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The New York Yankees host the Toronto Blues Jays on Tuesday in the opening game of a three-game set in the Bronx. The Blue Jays come to town on a bit of a cold stretch, winning just three of their last nine games, while the Yankees have been a streaky group, winning two, losing two, winning four, and losing two heading into this series.

Toronto Blue Jays (41-30) at New York Yankees (35-33)
Date: Tuesday, June 17, 2014
Time: 7:05 PM ET
Venue: Yankee Stadium
City: New York, New York
O/U Odds: 8
Money Line: New York -170, Toronto +160
Pitching Matchup: RH Marcus Stroman (3-1, 5.18 ERA) at RH Masahiro Tanaka (10-1, 2.02 ERA)
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It won’t be hard to figure out who the main draw in this outing will be. Masahiro Tanaka has come just as advertised to the Yankees, who paid a hefty premium to get the Japanese star in pinstripes. Tanaka has dominated MLB hitters through his first 13 starts.

Tanaka’s last start yielded his second complete game victory of the season. In it, he limited the Seattle Mariners to two runs and six hits, striking out 11 and walking only one batter, needing 110 pitches to accomplish the feat.

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Interestingly enough, Tanaka’s first career start came against these very Blue Jays, though it didn’t go so well. He would come away with the win, but Tanaka surrendered three runs in seven innings of work, including a home run in the first inning, then another two runs in the second before settling down from there.
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The Blue Jays counter with Marcus Stroman. A highly touted prospect, Stroman’s base numbers don’t tell the whole story. The 23-year-old compiled a 12.79 ERA and 2.21 WHIP as a reliever before being moved to the starting rotation, where he’s gone 2-1 with a 2.50 ERA and 1.28 WHIP through his first three starts.

Stroman looks to bounce back from his first loss of the season which came in his last outing against the Minnesota Twins. In that start, he surrendered three runs on nine hits, striking out four batters in six innings of work.

The Blue Jays have actually struggled to score runs of late after absolutely tearing the cover off the baseball in the month of May. The team has scored just 2.3 runs per game over their last 10 contests, with the under going 9-0-1 in those contests.

Facing Tanaka isn’t likely going to help them turn things around. With that said, Stroman has held his own since joining the Blue Jays’ starting rotation. He’s a good prospect with a strong pedigree who won’t shy away from the bright lights at Yankee Stadium.

The under is 12-3-1 in the Blue Jays’ last 16 games overall, and 8-0-1 in their last nine games against a right-handed starter.

The under is also 8-3-1 in the last 12 meetings between these teams, and 5-2 in the last seven meetings between these teams in New York.

The play: Under 8

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