Atlanta vs NY MLB Betting Preview
The Yankees are riding a 9 game winning streak and last week they swept the Braves in Atlanta. The Yankees now have a 1.5 game lead in the AL East over the Orioles, who took 2 of 3 from the Braves in their last series.
Venue/ Stadium: Yankee Stadium, New York, NY
Time/Date: 7 PM EST Monday, June 18, 2012
MLB Odds From: Bovada
Moneyline: Braves +180 / Yankees -200
Over/Under: 9 runs
Atlanta Braves vs. New York Yankees Preview
The Braves are in 2nd place in the NL East 4 games back of the Nationals. MLB lines have the Yankees as big home favorites with a total of 9 runs.
In their last games the Yankees finished their sweep of the Washington Nationals beating them 4-1 while the Braves lost to the Orioles 2-0.
This season the Braves have an O/U record of 32-32 with a run-line W/L record of 29-37 and the Yankees have an O/U record of 27-37 with a run-line W/L record of 36-29.
The Yankees are 19-12 at home and the Braves are 20-14 on the road.
In their winning streak the Yankees’ offense has been solid, but their pitching has been stellar with an ERA of 1.88 and on top of that they have their ace on the mound tonight.
Mike Minor (3-4, 6.01 ERA) takes the hill for the Braves and in his last outing he was solid in a no decision against the Yankees going 7 innings and only giving up 1 earned run. C.C. Sabathia (8-3, 3.70 ERA) goes for the Yankees and he beat the Braves last week even though he gave up 4 earned runs in 7 innings. [dfads params=’groups=10&limit=1&return_javascript=0′]
Before his last good start against New York Minor had an ERA near 10 in his last 6 starts.
The Braves’ offense is struggling and they were shut out in their last 2 games. Slugger Dan Uggle, who leads the Braves with 11 HR and 41 RBI, is hitting under .100 with 0 RBI in his last 7 games.
Minor will be facing a Yankees’ offense that has hit the most HR in the Majors and Curtis Granderson and Robinson Cano both went deep in yesterday’s game. Granderson ranks 3rd in the Majors in HR and Cano is hitting .381 in his last 12 games.
In some betting trends for this interleague game the Braves are 4-0 in their last 4 road games, 1-4 in Minor’s last 5 starts, and they have an Under record of 4-0 in their last 4 games.
The Yankees are 16-5 in their last 21 games as a favorite, 38-13 in Sabathia’s last 51 home starts, and they have an Under record of 16-6 in their last 22 home games.
Jason’s Pick: The Braves have been solid on the road lately and this season, but facing Sabathia they will not win tonight.
