Red Sox at Yankees MLB Odds & Picks: The Boston Red Sox head into Yankee Stadium looking to use this weekend series to pull back within range of the East division leading Yankees. Currently, the Yanks sit first in the AL East by half a game over the Tampa Bay Rays, but more importantly, by six games over the Red Sox. Clay Buchholz takes his 11-5 record and 2.59 ERA to the mound, with Javier Vazquez tossing for the Yankess. Vazquez is 9-7 so far this year, but has a bloated 4.61 ERA.
So far the Yankees are 5-3 in the season series, and have won eight of their last nine overall at home vs the Red Sox. Boston meanwhile are 7-3 overall in their last 10 games, and are 11-2 in Buchholz’s last 13 road starts.
Sportsbook.com lists the Yankees as -152 moneyline favorites versus the Red Sox with a posted total of nine. Red Sox backers are getting +142 odds. These odds are only good if Vazquez and Bucholz are the starting pitchers.
Brilliant in eight innings Sunday vs. the Tigers, Buchholz got the no-decision after Jonathan Papelbon blew a save in the ninth. In the game, Buchholz gave up two runs on three hits and struck out five. He's a career 0-2 with a 6.53 ERA vs. New York.
In his last start against the Rays, Vasquez had a small hiccup, surrendering four runs while notching only three strikeouts in a no-decision. But the right-hander has been solid in his past 10 starts, boasting a 3.50 ERA with 46 strikeouts.
Adrian Beltre launched a three-run homer Thursday, as the Red Sox beat the Indians 6-2. The Red Sox won that game as -200 Sportsbook favorites, while the teams played UNDER the posted 8.5 total. Daisuke Matsuzaka tossed the win for the Red Sox, and Jonathan Papelbon closed out the ninth for his 26th save.
Mark Teixeira drove in three runs to lead the Yankees over the Blue Jays 5-1 on Wednesday, as -182 favorites. The game's six runs went UNDER the day's posted 9.5 total. Phil Hughes ran his record to 13-4 this season with the win, allowing one earned run off five hits in his 5 1-3 innings for the Yankees.
Boston's Bucholz has been good on the road but he's not all that hot against the Yankees – 0-2 career wtih a bloated 6.53 ERA. New York, giving -152 moneyline odds, is the best Sportsbook.com play.
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