The Boston Red Sox (80-51) hold an eight game divison lead over their arch-rivals the New York Yankees (72-59) and hope to keep it that way as they enter a three game series with New York in the Bronx at Yankee Stadium tonight.
RHP Daisuke Matsuzaka (Dice-K) will attempt to break his personal three game losing skid when he toes the rubber for Boston. In his last start August 22nd, Matsuzaka got very little run support in a 2-1 loss at Tampa Bay. In the game Dice-K only gave up two hits that being a two-run home run. His last win came on August 4th in a 4-3 win at Seattle.
The Yankees will counter with veteran LHP Andy Pettitte (11-7, 3.69 ERA). Pettitte, will be gunning for his sixth straight winning decision, a streak that began on August 1st. The Yankees have fared well with Pettitte on the mound winning nine of his last 10 starts.
Oddsmakers at Sportsbook.com favor the Yankees on the money line by a slight -128 price while the total opened at 9.5. The Red Sox are getting +118 ml juice.
Early betting trends show 54 percent of the money falling on the Yankees while 63 percent favors the OVER on the total. Boston has won 7-of-12 games against the Yankees and in 8-of-11 games between the teams the total has gone OVER.
The Yankees and Red Sox have split (3-3) their six games played at Yankee Stadium this season and 3-of-5 games in this series have gone UNDER the total.
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