The Yankees have won 3 straight and they remain 1\/2 game back of the Rays in the tough AL East. The Braves have been up and down all season and even though they are coming off a loss they are 8-2 in their last 10 games and they only trail the Nationals by 2 games in the NL East. <\/p>\n
Venue\/ Stadium: Turner Field, Atlanta, Georgia<\/strong> Matchup<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Preview<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n New York Yankees vs. Atlanta Braves Preview<\/strong><\/p>\n MLB lines have the Yankees as slight away favorites with a total of 9 runs.<\/p>\n In their last games the Yankees completed their Subway Series sweep beating the New York Mets 5-4 while the Braves lost to the Toronto Blue Jays 12-4.<\/p>\n This season the Yankees have an O\/U record of 24-34 with a run-line W\/L record of 30-29 and the Braves have an O\/U record of 31-26 and have a run-line W\/L record of 28-32.<\/p>\n On the season the Braves are 14-12 at home and the Yankees are 15-13 on the road.<\/p>\n Taking the hill for the Yankees tonight is Ivan Nova (7-2, 5.09 ERA), who can move into a tie for the most wins with a win tonight and in his last outing he was stellar only giving up 1 earned run in 8 innings in a win over the Rays. Randall Delgado (4-5, 4.26 ERA) goes for the Braves and he gave up 1 earned run in 6 innings in a win over the Marlins in his last start. [dfads params=’groups=10&limit=1&return_javascript=0′]<\/p>\n Nova is among the league leaders in terms of run support (6.62 runs per game) and he needs run support since he does not have a great ERA.<\/p>\n Delgado will be going for his 3rd straight win tonight.<\/p>\n Even though the Braves have won 13 of their last 16 interleague games they have not had much luck at home against the Yankees losing 9 of their 11 games against them in Atlanta.<\/p>\n Delgado will be facing a Yankees’ squad that leads the Majors in HR.<\/p>\n Derek Jeter ranks 4th in the AL in batting average and he is hitting over .400 in his career against the Braves in Atlanta.<\/p>\n In some betting trends for this interleague game the Yankees are 6-1 in their last 7 games, 16-5 in Nova’s last 21 road starts, and they have an Under record of 6-2 in their last 8 games.<\/p>\n The Braves are 4-1 in their last 5 home games, 1-5 in Delgado’s last 6 starts as an underdog, and they have an Over record of 7-2 in their last 9 home games.<\/p>\n
\nTime\/Date: 7:10 PM EST Monday, June 11, 2012<\/strong>
\nMLB Odds From: Bovada<\/a><\/strong>
\nMoneyline: Yankees -115 \/ Braves -105 <\/strong>
\nOver\/Under:\u00a0 9 runs<\/strong><\/p>\n