Free MLB Picks – Yankees at Angels MLB Odds: The New York Yankees will try to avoid losing another road series when they play the rubber game of a three games set versus the Los Angeles Angels in Anaheim today. Wins have been harder to get as the regular season winds down. New York currently needs a combination of 6 wins or Red Sox losses to clinch the American League East Division. Yanks'manager Joe Girardi is expected to go with A.J. Burnett as today's starting pitcher while lefthander Scott Kazmir will be the probable starter for Los Angeles. Burnett, a righthander, is 11-9 on the year with a 4.22 ERA. Kazmir, a recent acquisition from Tampa Bay, is currently 9-8 with a 5.08 ERA.
MLB Picks oddsmakers at online super-sportsbook BetUS.com list the Angels, on the arm of Kazmir, as the favorite in this game at -130 on the BetUS moneyline with a 9 1/2 total. Yankees backers are getting +110 moneyline odds as the road underdog.On Friday, Burnett's last start, he was dazzling holding the Mariners to one run on seven hits with three walks and six strikeouts. Burnett said he is trying to keep this mental state as he faces the Angels, a team who he might need to face in October. was the deepest Burnett has gone into a start since an Aug. 17 complete game at Oakland.
Kazmir delivered the best of his four starts with the Angels on Friday night in Arlington, shutting out the Rangers across six innings on six hits without issuing a walk, striking out five men. The stylish lefty has yielded four earned runs in 25 1/3 innings since joining the Angels, posting a 1.42 ERA while walking six and striking out 20. Kazmir is 2-0 with a 2.63 ERA against the Yankees this year, both with the Rays, and 6-4 with a 2.53 lifetime ERA in 13 starts and one relief appearance.
Alex Rodriguez's sacrifice fly in the top of the ninth inning lifted the Yankees past the Angels 6-5 on Tuesday night. New York cashed as +110 road underdogs, while the teams played OVER the 10-run total listed by oddsmakers.
Rodriguez also hit a two-run dinger for the Yankees, as Phil Hughes was credited with the win in relief of starter Chad Gaudin for New York. Chone Figgins was 3-for-5 with a homer for Los Angeles, while Matt Palmer took the loss after coming into the game for Angels starter Ervin Santana.
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