Blue Jays-Yankees Pointers

By JoeDuffy.net Administrator

The Toronto Blue Jays will be fighting to snap a losing streak on Friday when they take on the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium.

Righthander AJ Burnett will take the mound for the Blue Jays to start this game. Burnett is 16-8 this season with a 4.51 ERA.

Meanwhile, it’ll be Carl Pavano who starts for the Yankees. Righthander Pavano is 1-0 with a 5.40 ERA so far this season.

NewBodog oddsmakers currently have the Blue Jays listed as 120-moneyline favorites versus the Yankees, while the game’s total has not yet been posted.

The Blue Jays were edged 3-2 by the Rays last time out, as +130 underdogs. The five runs went UNDER the posted over/under (9).

Rod Barajas had two hits and drove in one run for the Blue Jays. Jesse Litsch surrendered three runs off 10 hits over 6 2-3 innings in the loss.

Jason Giambi hit a walk-off single to give the Yankees a 3-2 win over the Red Sox on Thursday, as -130 favorites. The five runs fell UNDER the posted over/under (9).

Giambi belted a two-run dinger and finished with all three RBIs for the Yankees. Mariano Rivera tossed just over an inning to earn the win in relief.

Current streak:
Toronto has lost 2 straight games.

Team records:
Toronto: 68-65 SU
New York: 71-62 SU

Toronto most recently:
When playing on Friday are 6-4
Before playing NY Yankees are 6-4
After playing Tampa Bay are 1-9
After a loss are 7-3

New York most recently:
When playing on Friday are 5-5
Before playing Toronto are 4-6
After playing Boston are 5-5
After a win are 4-6

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Toronto’s last 7 games when playing on the road against NY Yankees
The total has gone UNDER in 9 of Toronto’s last 13 games when playing NY Yankees
Toronto is 4-2 SU in their last 6 games when playing NY Yankees
Toronto is 6-3 SU in its last 9 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of NY Yankees’s last 7 games when playing at home against Toronto
NY Yankees are 16-7 SU in their last 23 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 9 of NY Yankees’s last 13 games when playing Toronto
NY Yankees are 4-2 SU in their last 6 games when playing at home against Toronto

Next up:
NY Yankees home to Toronto, Saturday, August 30

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