MLB Odds: Red Sox vs Yankees MLB Picks – May 17th, 2010: Bitter rivals Boston and New York will begin their third series of the season against each other tonight at Yankee Stadium. The two teams last played on May 9th, with the Red Sox getting 9-3 victory to break up a four game skid against the Yankees. First pitch in this evening's game is scheduled for 7:05pm ET on ESPN. MLB Odds at SBGglobal.com have New York listed as a -200 moneyline favorite; the game total is set at 9.5 with the Under drawing -125 odds.
Boston enters tonight's ball game with a 19-19 overall record and a fourth place slot in the American League's Eastern 
Division. The Red Sox, which are 7-8 away from Fenway Park this season, are coming off a series loss in Detroit that saw them yield 19 runs in three games.
Starter Daisuke Matsuzaka will attempt to stop the bleeding tonight in just his fourth start of the year. Matsuzaka comes into this game one matchup with a lofty 6.35 ERA; however, Boston is 2-1 in his three outings, winning by an average of five runs per game. The Tokyo native was brilliant in his last start, allowing three hits and one earned run over seven innings in a 7-1 win against the Blue Jays.
New York saw its record drop to 24-13 yesterday as all-world reliever Mariano Rivera gave up a grand slam to the Twins Jason Kubel in the top of the ninth inning to send the Yanks to a 6-3 loss. The Yankees now trail the first place Rays by two games in the AL East standings.
Getting the ball tonight for New York is 23 year old right-hander Phil Hughes. Hughes has been in dominant form all season long, going 5-0 in six starts with a 1.38 ERA and 39 strikeouts. The California native last pitched against the Tigers when he gave up five hits and no earned runs to help the Yankees garner a 8-0 win. Prior to that outing, Hughes went seven innings versus Boston, allowing seven hits and two earned runs in a 10-3 New York victory.
MLB Odds Betting Trend: The Red Sox are 0-10 straight up in their last 10 games as a road dog with a total between 9.5 and 10, losing by an average of 4.9 runs per game. The Under is 7-3 in those 10 games.
SBGglobal.com MLB Odds: Red Sox vs Yankees MLB Picks – May 17th, 2010:
Boston Red Sox +1.5 (-125), Over 9.5 (+105), +180 (Moneyline)
New York Yankees -1.5 (+105), Under 9.5 (-125), -200 (Moneyline)
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