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Friday, August 20, 2010

Mariners vs Yankees Baseball Odds

Courtesy of OddsShark.com:

The Seattle Mariners and the New York Yankees will both be trying to pick up a win on Friday when they battle at Yankee Stadium.
Ace righthander Felix Hernandez will take the mound for the Mariners to start this game. Hernandez is 8-10 this season with a 2.62 ERA.
Meanwhile, it'll be AJ Burnett who starts for the Yankees. Righthander Burnett is 9-10 with a 4.66 ERA so far this season.
Oddsmakers currently have the Yankees listed as 145-moneyline favorites versus the Mariners, while the game's total has not yet been posted.
Matt Tuiasosopo belted a three-run homer and the Mariners went on to defeat the Orioles 6-5 on Wednesday. The Mariners won that game as +138 underdogs, while the 11 runs made it OVER the posted over/under (8.5) set by sportsbooks.
Casey Kotchman drove in the winning run for the Mariners, and David Pauley tossed six innings for the victory. David Aardsma closed out the ninth for his 24th save.
Robinson Cano hit a two-run dinger and drove in three runs to lead the Yankees in an 11-5 pounding of the Tigers on Thursday, as -250 favorites. That game's 16 runs sailed OVER the posted over/under (9.5) set by sportsbooks.
Derek Jeter knocked in a pair of runs for the Yankees, and Phil Hughes improved to 15-5 with his six innings of work on the mound.
Current streak:
Seattle has won 2 straight games.
New York has won 3 straight games.
Team records:
Seattle: 48-73 SU
New York: 75-46 SU
Seattle most recently:
When playing on Friday are 6-4
Before playing NY Yankees are 5-5
After playing Baltimore are 6-4
After a win are 5-5

New York most recently:
When playing on Friday are 6-4
Before playing Seattle are 6-4
After playing Detroit are 8-2
After a win are 4-6
A few trends to consider:
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Seattle's last 6 games when playing NY Yankees
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Seattle's last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Seattle's last 5 games on the road
Seattle is 7-3 SU in its last 10 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of NY Yankees's last 6 games when playing Seattle
NY Yankees are 4-1 SU in their last 5 games when playing Seattle
NY Yankees are 11-3 SU in their last 14 games when playing at home against Seattle
NY Yankees are 5-2 SU in their last 7 games at home
Next up:
NY Yankees home to Seattle, Saturday, August 21

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