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posted October 3, 2007 at 16:06 in MLB Betting Trends

Fantastic MLB betting action rolls on when the New York Yankees (-116) take on the Cleveland Indians (+106) at Jacobs Field, where the Yankees have won the last five meetings.

The Yankees are 22-8 in the last 30 games overall versus the Indians, as they look to improve on that number Thursday in the opener of a best-of-five ALDS by sending Chien-Ming Wang to the mound.

The right-hander from Tainan, Taiwan is 19-7 on the year with a respectable 3.70 ERA. This will be Ming's first appearance against the tribe this season.

.Lifetime, he's 2-1 versus Cleveland with an ERA of 3.72 over 19 1/3 innings in three outings. His one defeat came at Jacobs Field.

Ming has been stout following the All-Star break, going 10-3 with a 4.07 ERA. On the road, he's 9-3 with an ERA of 4.91 this season.

- Yankees are 7-1 in Wang's last 8 starts during Game 1 of a series.

- Yankees are 2-6 in Wang's last 8 Thursday starts.

- Yankees are 19-3 in Wang's last 22 starts vs. American League Central.

- Yankees are 17-5 in Wang's last 22 road starts.

- Yankees are 38-14 in Wang's last 52 starts overall.

Ming will be backed by a potent offense that hit .290 this year. The Bronx Bombers led the AL in runs (968) and home runs (201) in 2007. Away from home, the Yankees hit .280 while going yard 94 times and drove in 448.

- Yankees are 1-4 in their last 5 playoff games.

- Yankees are 2-5 in their last 7 Thursday games.

- Yankees are 43-19 in their last 62 vs. American League Central.

- Yankees are 4-1 in their last 5 road games.

- Yankees are 50-24 in their last 74 overall.

The Indians will hand the ball to ace C.C. Sabathia. The Vallejo, CA native is 19-7 on the year with an ERA of 3.21. This will be Sabathia's first appearance against the Bronx Bombers this season.

Lifetime, he's a dismal 1-7 versus New York with an ERA of 7.13 over 41.2 innings in eight outings.

Sabathia is 7-4 since the All-Star break with a 2.76 ERA. At home, he's 11-4 with an ERA of 3.13 this season.

- Indians are 14-4 in Sabathia's last 18 starts during Game 1 of a series.

- Indians are 4-9 in Sabathia's last 13 Thursday starts.

- Indians are 11-4 in Sabathia's last 15 starts vs. American League East.

- Indians are 15-5 in Sabathia's last 20 home starts.

- Indians are 6-0 in Sabathia's last 6 starts overall.

The left-hander will be supported by an offense that hit .268 this year. The tribe hit 178 long balls and knocked in 811 runs in 2007. At home, the Indians hit .275 while going yard 100 times and drove in 425.

- Indians are 10-1 in their last 11 during Game 1 of a series.

- Indians are 2-6 in their last 8 playoff games.

- Indians are 3-8 in their last 11 vs. American League East.

- Indians are 15-3 in their last 18 home games.

- Indians are 26-9 in their last 35 overall.

MLB odds display New York (-116) the favorites to win Game 1 with a total of 8½ over -125. The Yankees are also favored to take the series at -200.

- Yankees are 5-0 in their last 5 games as a favorite of -110 to -150.

- Yankees are 9-3 in their last 12 games as a road favorite.

- Yankees are 0-6 in their last 6 games with the total set at 7.0-8.5.

- Indians are 4-1 in their last 5 games as an underdog.

- Indians are 11-5 in their last 16 games as a home underdog.

- Indians are 8-1 in their last 9 games with the total set at 7.0-8.5.

- Over is 7-2 in the last 9 meetings.

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