The New York Yankees and the Tampa Bay Rays will meet on the field at Tropicana Field on Wednesday in a battle of division rivals.
The Yankees will pin their hopes on the pitching of righthander JobaChamberlain in this game. Chamberlain has a 6-2 record and a 3.86 ERA this season.
It’ll be MattGarza toeing the rubber for the Rays in this contest. RighthanderGarza is 7-7 with a 3.68 ERA so far this season.
Oddsmakers currently have the Rays listed as 110-moneyline favorites versus the Yankees, while the game’s total has not yet been posted.
ScottKazmir allowed only one run over seven innings to earn the win, as the Rays defeated the Yankees 6-2 on Tuesday night.
TampaBay won as +130 home underdogs as the game played UNDER the 9-run total listed by oddsmakers.
CarlCrawford and B.J.Upton each went 2-for-4 with a run batted in for the Rays, who got a homer from EvanLongoria in the win.
HidekiMatsui was 2-for-4 with two RBIs for New York, while CCSabathia was tagged with the loss after giving up five earned runs over 5 2-3 innings for the Yankees.
Team records: New York: 61-39 SU TampaBay: 55-46 SU
New York most recently: When playing on Wednesday are 7-3 Before playing Chi White Sox are 9-1 After playing TampaBay are 6-4 After a loss are 6-4
TampaBay most recently: When playing on Wednesday are 6-4 Before playing Kansas City are 7-3 After playing NY Yankees are 2-8 After a win are 6-4
A few trends to consider: NY Yankees are 10-2 SU in their last 12 games The total has gone UNDER in 9 of NY Yankees’s last 12 games The total has gone OVER in 6 of NY Yankees’s last 8 games when playing on the road against Tampa Bay NY Yankees are 9-4 SU in their last 13 games on the road The total has gone UNDER in 9 of Tampa Bay’s last 11 games Tampa Bay is 15-4 SU in its last 19 games at home The total has gone OVER in 6 of Tampa Bay’s last 8 games when playing at home against NY Yankees
Next up: NY Yankees at Chi White Sox, Thursday, July 30 Tampa Bay home to Kansas City, Friday, July 31
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