Tigers-Yankees Lines Preview

The Detroit Tigers and the New York Yankees will both be gunning for a victory on Saturday when they meet at Yankee Stadium.

The Tigers will give the ball to ace starter Justin Verlander in this one. Righthander Verlander is 10-4 this season with a 3.38 ERA.

The Yankees will counter Verlander with ace CC Sabathia. Lefthander Sabathia has a 3.86 ERA to go along with a 8-6 record this season.

Odds aren’t yet posted for this game, so check back later for the opening line and total.

Mark Teixeira belted a three-run homer in the seventh inning as the Yankees defeated the Tigers 5-3 in Friday night’s opener. The Yankees won the game as -240 favorites, while the eight runs went UNDER the posted over/under (10).

Hideki Matsui went 2-for-4 at the plate with one RBI for the Yankees. Phil Hughes tossed two innings of relief for the win, and Mariano Rivera collected his 24^th save.

Curtis Granderson went deep for a solo home run for the Tigers, who were +210 underdogs. Joel Zumaya surrendered five hits and three runs to suffer the loss.

Team records:
Detroit: 48-40 SU
New York: 52-37 SU

Detroit most recently:
When playing on Saturday are 6-4
Before playing NY Yankees are 7-3
After playing NY Yankees are 2-8
After a loss are 6-4

New York most recently:
When playing on Saturday are 6-4
Before playing Detroit are 3-7
After playing Detroit are 7-3
After a win are 7-3

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Detroit’s last 9 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Detroit’s last 5 games
Detroit is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games
Detroit is 8-15 SU in their last 23 games when playing on the road against NY Yankees
NY Yankees are 5-1 SU in their last 6 games when playing Detroit
NY Yankees are 4-1 SU in their last 5 games at home
NY Yankees are 14-5 SU in their last 19 games
The total has gone OVER in 7 of NY Yankees’s last 10 games

Next up:
NY Yankees home to Detroit, Sunday, July 19