MLB Baseball
2011-07-20 - New York Yankees at Tampa Bay Rays
A Sports Betting Pick by Addicted
Baseball : North America : MLB
Wednesday, July 20th, 2011, 7:10PM US
(12:10AM GMT)
PREVIEW
Tampa Bay ended a 3 game losing streak yesterday when they scored late to beat the Yankees 3-2. The loss ended a 3 game winning streak for the New Yorkers and now they play game 3, with the 4 game series tied at 1-1.
Tampa Bay will start David Price tonight. The southpaw has a 9-7 mark with a 3.73ERA in 20 starts. Price had a couple of bad outings against the Yankees in the Big Apple but at home he is much more solid, as his ERA suggests. Price last pitched against Boston on Friday, allowing 3 runs in 6 innings.
Price will be eager to stop Derek Jeter adding to his 3,008 hits. Jeter got his 3,000th against Price in New York and needs 2 more to get to 25th place on the all-time list.
The New York Yankees will go with Freddy Garcia. Through 16 starts Garcia is 7-7 with a 3.43ERA. Garcia pitched great going into the All Star Break but in his first game back he got tonked for 6 runs in 5 innings by Toronto, also on Friday.
Garcia also seems to pitch better during the day. With the sun shining his ERA is 1.57 but at night he owns a 5.12ERA which clearly underlines the trend.
TEAM STATS
New York Yankees
Overall 56-38, Streak L1
Tampa Bay Rays
Overall 51-44, Streak W1
BETTING VERDICT
I'm going with Tampa Bay here.
The Pick :
Tampa Bay Rays
