New York Yankees (29-20), PK, 10½ at Detroit Tigers (35-16), 6 p.m. Eastern
by Ultimatecapper.com Staff
The New York Yankees visit the first-place Detroit Tigers Tuesday night in the middle game of a 3-game set in MoTown.
New York won the opener of this series 4-0 Monday night thanks to P Randy Johnson’s best outing in weeks. Detroit has now been blanked twice in a row, and has scored 3 runs in its last 3 games.
The Yanks have won 3 games in a row, five of their last six, and sit in 2nd place in the AL East, 1 ½ back of the division-leading Red Sox.
The Tigers had won 15 of their previous 16 games before dropping their last two in a row. Detroit leads the AL Central by a game and a half over the 2nd-place White Sox.
New York took the season series from the Tigers last year 5 games to 1. This is the first encounter between these two teams this season.
Detroit is 15-9 at home this year, while the Yanks are 13-11 on the road.
New York’s Small (0-2, 8.59) has made one start this season, giving up 4 ER in 4 1/3 innings vs. the Mets last week. Small has never started a game vs. Detroit.
This is the first start of the year for the Tigers’ Colon (0-0, 3.60), and he’s never started a game vs. the Yankees.
New York leads the AL with a .371 team OBP, and averages 5.9 RPG. The Yanks have scored 51 runs over their last 7 games.
The Tigers own a .333 team OBP, 7th-best in the AL, and average 5.0 RPG.
The New York bullpen has given up 7 ER and 19 H+W in its last 15 2/3 IP.
The Detroit pen has given up 6 ER and 26 H+W in its last 20 innings of work.
Yanks SS Derek Jeter hurt his hand Monday night, and is listed as questionable for Tuesday’s game.
The over/under is 25-23 in New York games this year, but 17-31 in Tigers games and 8-14 at Comerica Park.
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The Ultimatecapper Pick: We like the Tigers in this spot.
