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The Los Angeles Angels will try to stave off elimination on Thursday when they battle the New York Yankees at Angel Stadium in Game 5 of the ALCS.
The Yankees will trot AJ Burnett out to the mound in this one. Righthander Burnett has a 13-9 record and a 3.94 ERA this season.
Burnett’s opponent in this one will be John Lackey. The Angels ace righthander has a 3.66 ERA to go along with a 12-9 record this season.
Oddsmakers currently have the Angels listed as 120-moneyline favorites versus the Yankees, while the game’s total is sitting at 8½.
Melky Cabrera was 3-for-4 with four runs batted in to lead the Yankees over the Angels 10-1 in Game 4 of the series on Tuesday night.
New York won as -140 road favorites, while the teams played OVER the 8-run total listed by oddsmakers.
Alex Rodriguez went 3-for-4 with a two-run dinger for the Yankees, as winning pitcher CC Sabathia allowed one run over eight innings for New York.
Kendry Morales hit a solo shot for Los Angeles, while Scott Kazmir was tagged for four runs over four innings to take the loss for the Angels.
The Yankees now lead the best-of-seven series 3-1.
Team records:
New York: 103-59 SU Los Angeles: 97-65 SU New York most recently:
When playing on Thursday are 8-2 Before playing LA Angels are 5-5 After playing LA Angels are 6-4 After a win are 8-2 Los Angeles most recently: A few trends to consider:
NY Yankees are 7-1 SU in their last 8 games NY Yankees are 5-1 SU in their last 6 games when playing LA Angels The total has gone UNDER in 5 of NY Yankees’s last 7 games The total has gone OVER in 15 of NY Yankees’s last 21 games when playing on the road against LA Angels LA Angels are 7-2 SU in their last 9 games at home LA Angels are 11-4 SU in their last 15 games LA Angels are 18-7 SU in their last 25 games when playing at home against NY Yankees The total has gone OVER in 15 of LA Angels’s last 21 games when playing at home against NY Yankees Next up:
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