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If familiarity breeds contempt, there should be animosity aplenty on Thursday when the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees meet at Yankee Stadium.
The Red Sox will trot Jon Lester out to the mound in this one. Lefthander Lester has a 12-5 record and a 3.49 ERA this season.
Lester’s opponent in this one will be Mike Mussina. The Yankees righthander has a 3.45 ERA to go along with a 16-7 record this season.
NewBodog oddsmakers currently have the Yankees listed as 125-moneyline favorites versus the Red Sox, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. Dustin Pedroia belted a grand slam to lead the Red Sox to an 11-2 rout of the Yankees as +115 underdogs on Wednesday. The 13 runs made it OVER the posted over/under (10.5).
Alex Rodriguez had two hits with one RBI for the Yankees, who were favored at -125 in that game. Sidney Ponson gave up four runs off seven hits to suffer the loss.
Current streak:
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Boston most recently:
When playing on Thursday are 4-6 Before playing Chi White Sox are 7-3 After playing NY Yankees are 6-4 After a win are 6-4 New York most recently: A few trends to consider:
Boston is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games on the road Boston is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games Boston is 5-2 SU in their last 7 games when playing on the road against NY Yankees NY Yankees are 15-7 SU in their last 22 games at home NY Yankees are 2-5 SU in their last 7 games when playing at home against Boston Next up:
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