Boston vs N.Y. MLB Betting Preview
The Yankees lost yesterday’s game against the hated Red Sox, but they are still running away with the AL East with a 8.5 game lead over the Rays and Orioles. White the Red Sox are in the basement of the AL East they are still in the playoff race only 5 games out of the Wild Card lead.
Venue/ Stadium: Yankee Stadium, New York, NY
Time/Date: 8 PM EST Sunday, July 29, 2012
MLB Odds From: Bovada
Moneyline: Red Sox +160 / Yankees -180
Over/Under: 10 runs
PITCHING MATCHUP: Red Sox LH Felix Doubront (10-5, 4.54 ERA) vs. Yankees RH Hiroki Kuroda (10-7, 3.34)
Boston Red Sox vs. New York Yankees Preview
MLB lines have the home Yankees as favorites tonight with a total of 10 runs.
In yesterday’s game the Red Sox beat the Yankees 8-6.
This season the Red Sox have an O/U record of 51-46 with a run-line W/L record of 47-54 and the Yankees have an O/U record of 41-58 with a run-line W/L record of 53-47.
On the season the Yankees are an AL best 31-18 at home and the Red Sox are 25-23 on the road.
The Red Sox have beaten the Yankees in 11 of their last 15 games in the Big Apple.
Felix Doubront (10-5, 4.54 ERA) goes for the Red Sox tonight and in his last outing he was shelled giving up 6 earned runs in 5 innings in a loss to the Rangers. Hiroki Kuroda (10-7, 3.34 ERA) is on the hill for the Yankees and in his last start he only gave up 1 earned run in 7 innings in a win over the Mariners. [dfads params=’groups=10&limit=1&return_javascript=0′]
Doubront is 1-0 with a 2.92 ERA in 2 starts facing New York this season, but both of those starts were in Boston.
Koruda has to pitch around Adrian Gonzalez, as he had 3 hits yesterday, is almost hitting .400 in his career against the Yankees, and is hitting over .300 against koruda.
Tonight the the Red Sox are trying to win a series against the Yankees for the first time in almost a year.
Mark Teixeira went deep in yesterday’s loss and in his last 7 games facing Boston he is 10-30 with 4 HR and 18 RBI.
In some betting trends for this AL East match up the Red Sox are 2-6 in their last 8 games, 7-2 in Doubront’s last 9 road starts, and they have an Under record of 11-4 in their last 15 games.
The Yankees are 4-1 in their last 5 home games vs. a team with a losing record, 4-0 in Kuroda’s last 4 home starts, and they have an Under record of 9-3 in their last 12 games.
Jason’s Pick: The Yankees will win tonight and take the series against the rival Red Sox behind a strong start from Koruda.
