posted August 31, 2007 at 19:00 in MLB Betting Trends
MLB Sports Betting Trends - Tampa Bay Devil Rays (54-80) vs. New York Yankees (75-59)
Fresh off a sweep of the Boston Red Sox, the New York Yankees try to continue making money for the MLB betting community when they welcome in the Tampa Bay Devil Rays this evening to Yankee Stadium.
The Yankees capped a three-game sweep of the Red Sox with a 5-0 win Thursday that pulled New York within five games of first-place Boston.
- Yankees are 35-16 in their last 51 games following a win.
- Yankees are 38-16 in their last 54 after scoring 5 runs or more in their previous game.
Phil Hughes (2-2, 5.35 ERA) tries again to notch his first win since Aug. 10 as he faces the Devil Rays for the first time.
The rookie right-hander is 0-1 with a 6.23 ERA in his last three starts, and was reached for five runs and three homers in six innings of a 5-4 loss to Detroit on Friday in his last outing.
- Yankees are 12-5 in their last 17 during Game 1 of a series.
- Yankees are 7-3 in their last 10 vs. a team with a losing record.
- Yankees are 7-3 in their last 10 vs. American League East.
- Yankees are 36-16 in their last 52 home games.
- Yankees are 35-17 in their last 52 overall.
The Devil Rays have won six of seven overall, scoring 65 runs. But Tampa has won only three series in franchise history at Yankee Stadium, where the Devil Rays are 21-58 all-time. Tampa Bay has a fighting chance of getting out of the American League East basement this September. The Devil Rays are 6-4 in its last 10 games.
The Devil Rays are hitting a respectable .269 this August and can avoid another 100-loss season as long as they don’t repeat last September’s 7-20 finish.
- Devil Rays are 12-40 in their last 52 during Game 1 of a series.
- Devil Rays are 1-4 in their last 5 Friday games.
- Devil Rays are 23-47 in their last 70 vs. American League East.
- Devil Rays are 26-75 in their last 101 road games.
- Devil Rays are 6-1 in their last 7 overall.
Andy Sonnanstine (3-9, 6.38 ERA), who is 2-4 with a 6.24 ERA in eight road starts, will take the mound for Tampa Bay trying to win consecutive outings for the first time in his career.
In his latest appearance, the rookie right-hander limited the Oakland Athletics to two runs in five innings of a 7-4 victory Sunday for his first home win after going 0-5 in his first seven starts at Tropicana Field.
- Devil Rays are 2-5 in Sonnanstine's last 7 starts vs. American League East.
- Devil Rays are 1-5 in Sonnanstine's last 6 starts on Grass.
- Devil Rays are 1-5 in Sonnanstine's last 6 road starts.
- Devil Rays are 3-11 in Sonnanstine's last 14 starts overall.
MLB odds display New York (-280) the favorites in Game 1 with a total of 10½ over -120.
- Yankees are 36-15 in their last 51 games as a favorite.
- Yankees are 53-23 in their last 76 games as a favorite of -201 or greater.
- Yankees are 46-20 in their last 66 games with the total set at 9.0-10.5.
Heat-to-Head Trends:
- Devil Rays are 16-46 in the last 62 meetings in New York.
- Devil Rays are 1-5 in the last 6 meetings.
- Over is 8-1 in the last 9 meetings in New York.
- Over is 16-5-2 in the last 23 meetings.
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