While interleague games ruled the weekend sked, everything returns to normal today, including a good old AL East battle between the Boston Red Sox who visit the Baltimore Orioles.
It’s Jon Lester’s turn in Boston’s rotation and in his last nine starts against the Orioles, the Red Sox have gone 8-1 straight up.
Boston is listed at -170 while Baltimore is listed at +150.
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The New York Mets will host the New York Yankees in another edition of the “Subway Series.”
Game 1 goes tonight with Mike Pelfrey starting for the Mets and CC Sabathia making his scheduled start–there was some doubt that Sabathia would earlier in the week.
The Mets are listed at +145 while the Yanks are at -165.
The Baltimore Orioles will host the New York Mets in interleague action tonight listed at -127.
However, the Mets send RHP Mike Pelfrey to the mound and in Baltimore’s last eight games when going against a righty, they are 2-0 SU in their last two but 2-6 SU in their last eight.
Pelfrey is listed at -150 in a “Who Will Score First” proposition.
Tonight will be CC Sabathia’s first tilt agains the Boston Red Sox as a member of the New York Yankees–the Yanks are -144 for tonight’s game while BoSox are +134.
However, Sabathia has faced Boston a number of times as a Cleveland Indian and the results don’t bode well for Yankee bettors.
As a member of the Tribe, Sabathia was 2-7 straight up.
The Over/Under went 2-5-2 and tonight’s Total is set at 9.5.
The Seattle Mariners are in Baltimore to play the Orioles tonight listed at -109 with the Total set at 8.5.
Felix Hernandez takes the mound for the M’s and is 3-1 in Baltimore, however Seattle is in the midst of a five-game losing streak in Baltimore (0-5) and the O’s are -101.
As mentioned below, the Boston Red Sox host the New York Yankees tonight and are -138 home faves for tonight’s opener.
The New England Sports Network is reporting that BoSox outfielder Jacoby Ellsbury will not take the field tonight due to a “sprained AC in his right shoulder.”
Ellsbury is said to have sustained the injury in a recent game against the Texas Rangers.
The Tampa Bay Rays are in New York to begin a four-game set against the Yankees and face CC Sabathia in the opener with the Rays at +182 and the Yanks at -195.
Sabathia is 8-3 straight up against the Tampa Bay Rays dating back to 2002.
Philadelphia is looking to complete the sweep following a 10-5 victory Tuesday. Philadelphia hit three home runs off Padres relievers to make a winner of Antonio Bastardo, who threw six solid innings in his major league debut.
Philadelphia has hit five home runs in this series while San Diego has hit three.
The +105 underdog phillies will try to complete the sweep against San Diego's Chris Young, who has pitched well recently.
Young is 2-1 with a 4.50 ERA against the Phillies, who tagged him for seven runs and nine hits in 3 2-3 innings April 17. The Padres, though, bailed him out by rallying to win 8-7.
Philadelphia counters with J.A. Happ, who will make his third start since Chan Ho Park was demoted to the bullpen.