Sunday, June 08, 2008

Royals-Yankees Who Will Cover?

The fans at Yankee Stadium will be treated to a game between the Kansas City Royals and the New York Yankees when they take their seats on Sunday.

Zach Greinke will be the starting pitcher for the Royals on this day. Righthander Greinke is 5-3 this season with a 3.56 ERA.

The Yankees will counter Greinke with Joba Chamberlain. Righthander Chamberlain has a 3.86 ERA to go along with a 0-0 record this season.

NewBodog oddsmakers currently have the Yankees listed as 190-moneyline favorites versus the Royals, while the game's total has not yet been posted.

Johnny Damon went 6-for-6 at the plate with four RBIs on Saturday, as the Yankees defeated the Royals 12-11. The Yankees won the game as -210 favorites, and the 23 runs sailed OVER the posted over/under (9).

Alex Rodriguez, Jason Giambi and Jorge Posada each had two RBIs for the Yankees. Mariano Rivera tossed the ninth and picked up the win.

Jose Guillen belted two home runs for seven RBIs in a losing effort for the Royals, who were +190 underdogs. Joakim Soria gave up the winning runs in relief and was tagged with the loss.

Team records:
Kansas City: 24-38 SU
New York: 31-31 SU

Kansas City most recently:
When playing on Sunday are 5-5
Before playing NY Yankees are 4-6
After playing NY Yankees are 2-8
After a loss are 2-8

New York most recently:
When playing on Sunday are 5-5
Before playing Kansas City are 7-3
After playing Kansas City are 9-1
After a win are 7-3

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Kansas City's last 6 games when playing NY Yankees
The total has gone OVER in 10 of Kansas City's last 13 games when playing on the road against NY Yankees
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Kansas City's last 6 games on the road
Kansas City is 6-19 SU in their last 25 games when playing NY Yankees
NY Yankees are 20-2 SU in their last 22 games when playing at home against Kansas City
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of NY Yankees's last 6 games when playing Kansas City
NY Yankees are 8-2 SU in their last 10 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 10 of NY Yankees's last 13 games when playing at home against Kansas City

Next up:
NY Yankees home to Kansas City, Monday, June 9

 

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