Fixture: New York Yankees @ Toronto
Time/Date: 7:07 PM ET, August 28, 2013
Pick: New York Yankees
Odds: -135 (1.74 in decimal odds) @ 5Dimes
This will be the final game of 3 game series played in Toronto. Toronto won 5-2 on Monday night and the Yankees won 7-1 last night. Yankees are leading season series 13-2 outscoring Toronto 78-47.
The Yankees are 4th in American League East with 70-62 record. Toronto is 5th in the same division with 59-74 record, 11.5 games behind the Yankees. Toronto is 32-33 at home.
Toronto is 2-8 in their last 10 overall, 2-9 in their last 11 games as a home underdog, 1-5 in their last 6 games as a home underdog of +110 to +150, 1-6 in their last 7 vs. American League East teams, 1-6 in their last 7 games following a loss, 0-6 in their last 6 games as an underdog and 0-4 in their last 4 games as an underdog of +110 to +150.
Rookie Todd Redmond will be starting for Toronto tonight. He is 1-2, 4.44 ERA after 8 starts and 3 relief appearances. His last start, 5 days ago at Houston, was Redmond's worst so far. He recorded a loss allowing 7 earned runs on 8 hits with 3 walks in just 3.1 innings of work. So far he has allowed 24 earned runs and 15 walks in 46.2 innings.
New York Yankees are sending out Hiroki Kuroda, who is 11-9, 2.71 ERA in 26 starts this season. He has league's fourth-best ERA. Kuroda is 4-0, 1.60 ERA in his last 5 starts against Toronto, including wins in the most recent two this year. Kuroda also pitched well in his most recent visit to Toronto on April 20, allowing one run in 7.1 innings of work. New York Yankees are 7-2 in Kuroda's last 9 Wednesday starts and 9-3 in Kuroda's last 12 starts vs. a team with a losing record.
New York's left fielder Alfonso Soriano hit a pair of home runs with 4 RBI's yesterday. He has 11 homers and 33 RBI's in 30 games since he was acquired from the Chicago Cubs last month. He has 5 game-winning RBI's.
New York Yankees are 13-2 this season against Toronto and I expect them to win tonight.
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