Tigers-Yankees Odds Preview

The Detroit Tigers and the New York Yankees will both be trying to pick up a win on Friday when they battle at Yankee Stadium. The Tigers will trot Lucas French out to the mound in this one. Lefthander French has a 1-0 record and a 2.45 ERA this season. The Yankees will counter French with AJ Burnett. Righthander Burnett has a 3.77 ERA to go along with a 8-4 record this season. Oddsmakers currently have the Yankees listed as 210-moneyline favorites versus the Tigers, while the game's total has not yet been posted. The Tigers defeated Cleveland 10-1 as a -210 favorite on Sunday. The 11 runs scored went OVER the posted over/under total (9). Clete Thomas was 3-5 with a home run and five RBI for Detroit and Brandon Inge homered and drove in three runs in the win. The Yankees lost to the Angels 5-4 as a -135 favorite on Sunday. The nine runs scored caused this game to be a PUSH on the posted over/under total (9). Melky Cabrera was 2-3 with an RBI and two runs scored for New York and CC Sabathia took the loss after allowing five runs on nine hits in 6 2-3 innings. Current streak: New York has lost 3 straight games. Team records: Detroit: 48-39 SU New York: 51-37 SU Detroit most recently: When playing on Friday are 5-5 Before playing NY Yankees are 7-3 After playing Cleveland are 5-5 After a win are 5-5 New York most recently: When playing on Friday are 7-3 Before playing Detroit are 3-7 After playing LA Angels are 2-8 After a loss are 5-5 A few trends to consider: The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Detroit's last 8 games on the road Detroit is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games The total has gone UNDER in 11 of Detroit's last 14 games The total has gone OVER in 5 of Detroit's last 7 games when playing NY Yankees NY Yankees are 4-1 SU in their last 5 games when playing Detroit The total has gone OVER in 4 of NY Yankees's last 5 games at home The total has gone OVER in 7 of NY Yankees's last 9 games NY Yankees are 13-5 SU in their last 18 games Next up: NY Yankees home to Detroit, Saturday, July 18