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The Minnesota Twins will battle the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium on Friday in Game 2 of their ALDS.
The Twins will give the ball to starter Nick Blackburn in this one. Righthander Blackburn is 11-11 this season with a 4.03 ERA.
Starting this game for the Yankees will be AJ Burnett. The righthander has a 4.04 ERA to go along with a 13-9 record this season.
Oddsmakers currently have the Yankees listed as 310-moneyline favorites versus the Twins, while the game’s total is sitting at 10.
CC Sabathia fanned eight batters over 6 2-3 innings to help the Yankees defeat the Twins 6-2 in Game 1 of the series on Wednesday.
The Yankees won the game as -360 favorites, while the eight runs went UNDER the posted over/under (9.5).
Hideki Matsui and Derek Jeter belted two-run homers in leading the Yankees. Alex Rodriguez also drove in a pair of runs.
Brian Duensing was rocked for seven hits and five runs over 4 2-3 innings in the loss. Oddsmakers listed the Twins as +310 underdogs.
Team records:
Minnesota most recently:
When playing on Friday are 5-5 Before playing NY Yankees are 4-6 After playing NY Yankees are 3-7 After a loss are 7-3 New York most recently: A few trends to consider:
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Minnesota’s last 6 games Minnesota is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Minnesota’s last 6 games when playing on the road against NY Yankees Minnesota is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games on the road NY Yankees are 5-0 SU in their last 5 games when playing Minnesota NY Yankees are 5-0 SU in their last 5 games when playing at home against Minnesota NY Yankees are 7-1 SU in their last 8 games at home The total has gone UNDER in 5 of NY Yankees’s last 6 games at home Next up:
NY Yankees at Minnesota, Sunday, October 11 |