Posted on 4/24/2008 3:24:28 PM

MLB Baseball Betting - Yankees vs. White Sox

By Mike Rose

The online baseball betting community saw the White Sox looking to rebound behind their staff ace after losing the opener to the Yankees on Tuesday night, but it didn’t go as planned. Javier Vazquez wasn’t sharp at all, while Mike Mussina put forth his best start of the year to allow the Yanks to take game 2 by a 6-4 final count. The Yankees outslugged the Palehose 12-6 with four of those hits coming from C Jorge Posada who doubled three times in the game for the first time in his career. Mussina scattered four hits and allowed two earned runs, while walking one and striking out three in the 101-pitch performance. The win pushed his record to 2-3 on the year, and lowered his ERA to 4.94. Vazquez struggles against his former mates continued as he exited after 5 1/3 innings, allowing six runs on 10 hits while walking three and striking out three. The loss dropped him to 3-2 on the year and his ERA rose to 4.40.

Youngster Phil Hughes will look to get off the schneid this evening and pick up his first victory of the year in the final game of the series. He enters tonight’s start 0-3 with a lofty 8.82 ERA allowing 25 hits and 16 earned runs with a K/BB ratio of 10/10 in just a little over 16 innings of work. He’s been roughed up in his last three starts of which all came on the road. Baltimore pounded him for nine hits and five earned runs in last weekends start at Camden Yards. He’s yet to face the White Sox stout line-up in his career.

Gavin Floyd has been simply sensational to start the season for the White Sox, and Manager Ozzie Guillen hopes he has it in him again tonight to allow his club to take one from the “Bronx Bombers”. Over his last two starts, Floyd has allowed three hits over 13 1/3 innings, without giving up an earned run. He flirted with a no-hitter against Detroit at home back on April 12th, and then retired the first 12 batters he faced in his next start. Overall, Floyd’s 2-0 with a 1.40 ERA allowing a measly nine hits and three earned runs in a shade under 20 innings of work. He’s never started against the Yankees in his career.

The Yankees opened short –115 road favorites for the finale of this series with the ‘total’ set at 10.5 under –120. You can get down on both the ‘side’ and ‘total’ at BetUS.com right now!!!

The Yankees have had the White Sox number recently winning 7 of the L/8 meetings overall, and they’re 6-3 the L/9 times they’ve squared off in US Cellular Field. However, they’re 1-4 in Hughes’ L/5 starts as a road favorite between –110 and –150. Chicago’s 4-1 the L/5 times they were installed an underdog at home including Tuesday night’s loss, and they’re yet to lose game three of a series this season (4-0), which includes a 2-0 mark after a loss.

Click Here for a recap of yesterdays matchup between the New York Yankees vs. Chicago White Sox!

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