The Tampa Bay Rays and the New York Yankees will meet on the field at Yankee Stadium on Tuesday in a battle of division rivals.The Rays will pin their hopes on the pitching of lefthander David Price in this game. Price has a 7-7 record and a 4.75 ERA this season.
Price's opponent in this one will be Chad Gaudin. The Yankees righthander has a 5.09 ERA to go along with a 4-10 record this season.
Sportsbetting.com currently have the Yankees listed as 155-moneyline favorites versus the Rays, while the game's total is sitting at 10½.
Mark Teixeira went 3-for-4 with two big flies and four runs batted in, as the Yankees drilled the Rays 11-1 in the second game of their doubleheader on Monday night.
New York won as -230 home favorites, while the game played OVER the 10-run total listed by Sportsbetting.
A.J. Burnett gave up one run over six innings to pick up the win for the Yankees, who cashed the first game of the twinbill 4-1 as -185 home favorites earlier in the day.
Evan Longoria was 2-for-3 with an RBI for Tampa Bay, while Andy Sonnanstine was rocked for eight runs over 2 2-3 innings to take the loss for the Rays.
A few trends to consider:
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Tampa Bay's last 7 games when playing NY Yankees
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Tampa Bay's last 7 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 10 of Tampa Bay's last 15 games when playing on the road against NY Yankees
Tampa Bay is 2-5 SU in its last 7 games on the road
NY Yankees are 5-0 SU in their last 5 games at home
NY Yankees are 6-1 SU in their last 7 games when playing Tampa Bay
NY Yankees are 10-2 SU in their last 12 games
NY Yankees are 4-1 SU in their last 5 games when playing at home against Tampa Bay
