The Yankees lost yesterday’s game against the hated Red Sox, but they are still running away with the AL East with a 8.5 game lead over the Rays and Orioles. White the Red Sox are in the basement of the AL East they are still in the playoff race only 5 games out of the Wild Card lead. <\/p>\n
Venue\/ Stadium: Yankee Stadium, New York, NY<\/strong> PITCHING MATCHUP:<\/strong>\u00a0Red Sox LH Felix Doubront (10-5, 4.54 ERA) vs. Yankees RH Hiroki Kuroda (10-7, 3.34)<\/p>\n Matchup<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Preview<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Boston Red Sox vs. New York Yankees Preview<\/strong><\/p>\n MLB lines have the home Yankees as favorites tonight with a total of 10 runs.<\/p>\n In yesterday’s game the Red Sox beat the Yankees 8-6.<\/p>\n This season the Red Sox have an O\/U record of 51-46 with a run-line W\/L record of 47-54 and the Yankees have an O\/U record of 41-58 with a run-line W\/L record of 53-47.<\/p>\n On the season the Yankees are an AL best 31-18 at home and the Red Sox are 25-23 on the road.<\/p>\n The Red Sox have beaten the Yankees in 11 of their last 15 games in the Big Apple.<\/p>\n Felix Doubront (10-5, 4.54 ERA) goes for the Red Sox tonight and in his last outing he was shelled giving up 6 earned runs in 5 innings in a loss to the Rangers. Hiroki Kuroda (10-7, 3.34 ERA) is on the hill for the Yankees and in his last start he only gave up 1 earned run in 7 innings in a win over the Mariners.\u00a0[dfads params=’groups=10&limit=1&return_javascript=0′]<\/p>\n Doubront is 1-0 with a 2.92 ERA in 2 starts facing New York this season, but both of those starts were in Boston.<\/p>\n Koruda has to pitch around Adrian Gonzalez, as he had 3 hits yesterday, is almost hitting .400 in his career against the Yankees, and is hitting over .300 against koruda.<\/p>\n Tonight the the Red Sox are trying to win a series against the Yankees for the first time in almost a year.<\/p>\n Mark Teixeira went deep in yesterday’s loss and in his last 7 games facing Boston he is 10-30 with 4 HR and 18 RBI.<\/p>\n In some betting trends for this AL East match up the Red Sox are 2-6 in their last 8 games, 7-2 in Doubront’s last 9 road starts, and they have an Under record of 11-4 in their last 15 games.<\/p>\n The Yankees are 4-1 in their last 5 home games vs. a team with a losing record, 4-0 in Kuroda’s last 4 home starts, and they have an Under record of 9-3 in their last 12 games.<\/p>\n
\nTime\/Date: 8 PM EST Sunday, July 29, 2012<\/strong>
\nMLB Odds From: Bovada<\/a><\/strong>
\nMoneyline: Red Sox +160 \/ Yankees -180 <\/strong>
\nOver\/Under:\u00a0 10 runs<\/strong><\/p>\n