Indians-Yankees Odds Preview

The Cleveland Indians and the New York Yankees will both be gunning for a victory on Sunday when they meet at Yankee Stadium. The Indians will give the ball to starter Carl Pavano in this one. Righthander Pavano is 0-2 this season with a 16.71 ERA. Pavano's opponent in this one will be AJ Burnett. The Yankees righthander has a 2.70 ERA to go along with a 2-0 record this season. Oddsmakers currently have the Yankees listed as 250-moneyline favorites versus the Indians, while the game's total has not yet been posted. Cleveland scored 14 runs in the second inning and never looked back as they embarrassed New York 22-4 on Saturday afternoon. The Indians won as +127 underdogs, while the final score easily played OVER the day's posted total of 10.5. Chien-Ming Wang did not even last two innings, giving up eight hits and eight runs for the -137 favored Yankees. Team records: Cleveland: 4-8 SU New York: 6-6 SU Cleveland most recently: When playing on Sunday are 5-5 Before playing Kansas City are 3-7 After playing NY Yankees are 4-6 After a win are 6-4 New York most recently: When playing on Sunday are 5-5 Before playing Oakland are 6-4 After playing Cleveland are 4-6 After a loss are 7-3 A few trends to consider: The total has gone OVER in 9 of Cleveland's last 11 games The total has gone OVER in 4 of Cleveland's last 5 games on the road Cleveland is 5-2 SU in their last 7 games when playing on the road against NY Yankees Cleveland is 4-2 SU in their last 6 games when playing NY Yankees The total has gone OVER in 6 of NY Yankees's last 7 games NY Yankees are 6-2 SU in their last 8 games at home NY Yankees are 17-8 SU in their last 25 games when playing at home against Cleveland The total has gone UNDER in 6 of NY Yankees's last 9 games when playing Cleveland Next up: Cleveland home to Kansas City, Tuesday, April 21 NY Yankees home to Oakland, Monday, April 20