Fixture: New York Yankees @ Minnesota
Time/Date: 8:10 PM ET, July 3, 2013
Pick: New York Yankees
Odds: -153 (1.65 in decimal odds) @ Pinnacle
This will be the third game of 4 game series played in Minneapolis. Yankees won 10-4 on Monday and 7-3 yesterday.
Yankees are 4th in American League East with 44-39 record. Minnesota is 4th in American League Central with 36-44 record. They are on a 3 game losing streak and they've lost 8 out of their last 11 games overall.
New York Yankees second baseman Robinson Cano is in a great form lately. He has recorded 5 consecutive multihit games. Cano is 12-for-21 with 4 homers, 8 RBI's and 8 runs scored in his last 5 contests. He has hit .383 with 14 RBI's over his last 15 regular-season games in Minnesota.
CC Sabathia will be starting for the Yankees tonight. He is 8-6, 4.15 ERA in 17 appearances this season. Tonight he is going for his 200th victory and he has a good chance against Minnesota, team he has dominated throughout his career. He is 16-8 against them limiting their batters to a .236 average. Minnesota's best hitters have poor record against Sabathia. Justin Morneau is 6 for 43, Joe Mauer 6 for 35 and Ryan Doumit 3for 17. Sabathia is 8-0, 1.79 ERA in his last 9 starts vs. Minnesota. He has walked 6 and struck out 46 in his last 53.1 innings against Minnesota.
Minnesota is sending out P.J. Walters, who is 2-4, 6.03 ERA after 7 starts in 2013. He has lost his last 4 decisions and hasn't recorded a victory since winning his first 2 starts in late May. In 34.1 innings of work combined he has allowed 23 earned runs on 47 hits and 15 walks. Opponents are batting .324 against him. Walters has allowed 2 home runs in 2 of his last 3 starts. Minnesota is 0-5 in Walters' last 5 starts as a home underdog of +110 to +150.
New York Yankees are 29-7 in last 36 games against Minnesota and I expect them to win tonight.
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