New York Yankees (47-35) –110, o/u 9 ½ at Cleveland Indians (39-44), 7 p.m. Eastern
by Ultimatecapper.com Staff
The New York Yankees and Cleveland Indians close out their four-gameseries with a battle of left-handers Thursday night at JacobsField.
Cleveland won the first two games of this series, 5-2 on Monday and 19-1 on Tuesday. But New York bounced back to win 11-3 Wednesday.
The Yankees, 5-5 over their last 10 games, still sit in second place in the AL East, three games back of the division-leading Boston Red Sox.
The Tribe, 6-4 over their last 10 games, is stuck in fourth place in the AL Central, a distant 17 games behind the division-leading Detroit Tigers.
These two teams have split six games thus far this season. The Yanks won the season series between these two teams last year four games to three.
New York is 21-18 on the road this season, while Cleveland is 22-20 at home.
Yanks’ lefty Randy Johnson (9-7, 5.25) has had his ups and downs this season. Johnson has allowed 11 ER and 22 H+W in his last 20 IP. New York is 10-8 in Johnson’s starts this year, the over/under 11-7.
Johnson has made two starts vs. Cleveland this year and last, giving up 4 ER and 14 H+W in 12 1/3 innings.
Indians’ lefty Cliff Lee (8-5, 4.69) has been pretty good lately, earning wins in his last four starts. Lee has allowed 7 ER and 29 H+W in his last 19 2/3 IP. Cleveland is 10-7 in Lee’s starts this year, the o/u 10-6.
Lee has made three starts vs. the Yankees this year and last, giving up 12 ER and 25 H+W in 19 1/3 IP.
New York owns a .365 team OBP this year, which ranks 2nd-best in the AL, and is averaging 5.6 runs per game.
Cleveland owns a .355 team OBP, 4th-best in the league, and is also averaging 5.6 RPG.
The Yanks bullpen, thanks in large part to that 19-1 debacle Tuesday night, has allowed 14 ER and 32 H+W in its last 22 2/3 innings of work.
The Indians bullpen has given up 5 ER and 18 H+W in its last 15 1/3 IP.
New York OF Johnny Damon is listed as doubtful for Thursday’ game after straining an abdominal muscle Wednesday.
The o/u is 43-38 in Yankees games this year, 47-34 in Cleveland games, and 24-17 at Jacobs Field.
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The Ultimatecapper Pick: This is a tough game. Randy Johnson was very ineffective for the first part of the season and now he's starting to show signs of life. The same could be said for Cliff Lee. We're passing on this one! Too tough to call. (OK, if you put a gun to our heads we'd be on the Indians)
