Yankees vs Indians MLB Betting Preview
The Yankees had a comfortable lead in the AL East for several weeks, but they have lost 3 straight and only lead the hot Tampa Bay Rays by 2.5 games in the division.
Venue/ Stadium: Progressive Field, Cleveland, Ohio
Time/Date: 7:05 PM EST Friday, August 24, 2012
MLB Odds From: Bovada
Moneyline: Yankees -230 / Indians +190
Over/Under: 9 runs
New York Yankees vs. Cleveland Indians Preview
The Indians have completely fallen apart after the All Star break while before that they were in the heart of the playoff race they are now far from. They have lost 8 straight and 21 of their last 25 games. MLB odds have the visiting Yankees as the big favorite with a total of 9 runs.
In their last games the Yankees lost to the Chicago White Sox 2-1 and the Indians lost to the Seattle Mariners 3-1.
This season the Yankees have an O/U record of 53-69 with a run-line W/L record of 65-59 and the Indians have an O/U record of 60-59 with a run-line W/L record of 52-72.
On the season the Indians are 30-29 at home and the Yankees are 33-28 on the road.
The Yankees have won 4 of their last 5 games against the Indians and 9 of their last 13 against them in Cleveland. [dfads params=’groups=10&limit=1&return_javascript=0′]
CC Sabathia (12-3, 3.56 ERA) goes for the Yankees and he is coming off a stint on the DL. He has not pitched since August 8th and in his last start he gave up 3 earned runs in 6 innings in a win over the Tigers. Cory Kluber (0-2, 6.27 ERA) is coming off a solid start not giving up any earned runs in 5 innings, but got no run support and took a loss against the Oakland A’s.
Sabathia is 2-1 with a 3.03 ERA in 5 starts against Cleveland.
The Indians’ offense has really struggled and they have been outscored 51-24 in their 8 game losing streak.
The last time these 2 teams met in Cleveland the Yankees swept the Indians.
In some betting trends for this AL match up the Yankees are 0-4 in their last 4 road games, 38-15 in Sabathia’s last 53 starts as a road favorite, and they have an Over record of 7-3 in their last 10 road games.
The Indians are 17-38 in their last 55 games, 0-4 in Kluber’s last 4 starts, and they have an Under record of 4-1 in their last 5 home games.
Jason’s Pick: Not much value in the Yankees at -230, but I can’t go with the Indians since they are struggling so much.
