Saturday MLB Betting – Yankees vs Angels Preview & Pick
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MLB Betting – Yankees vs Angels Preview & Pick
Date: Saturday, June 4, 2011
Venue: Angel Stadium of Anaheim, Anaheim, CA
Broadcast: YES, FSW
New York Yankees at Los Angeles Angels Betting Lines from BetOnline.com
Money Line: Angels +105
Over/Under: 7 (-115)
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New York Yankees (31-23 through June 2)
C.C Sabathia (6-3, 2.98)
The Yankees’ Western road trip started with two road losses in Seattle but, since then, it suddenly turned very friendly. Through Thursday night, the Bronx Bombers had won four straight, winning the series finale against Seattle and steamrolling Oakland three straight times. During the streak, New York has outscored opponents 26-6. The Bats are hot and so are the arms.
The key of late for the Yanks’ offense has been a return to form for some slumping sluggers. Robinson Cano is really heating up and Nick Swisher has finally found his power stroke. He has a pair of longballs during his current six-game hitting streak.
Saturday’s probable Yankee starter, C.C. Sabathia, already has sparkling numbers this season, but he’s ahead of schedule. According to his career splits, he only really gets going in the second half. Does that mean C.C. is in store for a career year? It’ll be interesting to see how he handles the Angels, one of the few teams to have his number. He’s 5-7 with a 4.72 lifetime ERA against them.
Los Angeles Angels (29-29 through June 2)
Dan Haren (5-3, 2.29)
The Angels are the quintessential .500 team. They have a few outstanding players, a few duds and a slew of injuries keeping them from any major success. Howie Kendrick, Kendrys Morales and Vernon Wells were arguably their top three hitters entering the 2011 season; all three are on the DL.
Dan Haren has probably been L.A.’s best player overall this season and he, too is battling injury woes. He’s questionable for Saturday’s start with a bad back.
MLB Trends:
Over is 8-2-1 in NYY last 11 overall.
Over is 8-2-1 in NYY last 11 on grass.
Over is 19-5-3 in NYY last 27 Sat. games.
Under is 32-14-6 in LAA last 52 home games.
Under is 6-1-2 in Harens last 9 home starts.
Under is 11-3-3 in Harens last 17 on grass.
The pick:
As outstanding as Haren has been so far this season, his arrow is trending downward. He’s allowed eight runs over his last two starts, clearly bothered by the sore back. He’s a homer-prone pitcher facing the top homer-hitting team in baseball. Though he’s 4-1 against the Yankees in his career, they’ve taken him deep six times.
I think the Yankees will play long ball and get to Haren on Saturday. Watch out for Mark Teixeira in particular. He has three homers in 26 at-bats against Haren and has four homers in his last seven games this season.
Yankees vs Angels prediction: Yankees 6, Angels 3
