Tigers-Yankees Odds Preview

The Detroit Tigers and the New York Yankees will both be trying to pick up a win on Friday when they battle at Yankee Stadium.

The Tigers will trot Lucas French out to the mound in this one. Lefthander French has a 1-0 record and a 2.45 ERA this season.

The Yankees will counter French with AJ Burnett. Righthander Burnett has a 3.77 ERA to go along with a 8-4 record this season.

Oddsmakers currently have the Yankees listed as 210-moneyline favorites versus the Tigers, while the game’s total has not yet been posted.

The Tigers defeated Cleveland 10-1 as a -210 favorite on Sunday. The 11 runs scored went OVER the posted over/under total (9).

Clete Thomas was 3-5 with a home run and five RBI for Detroit and Brandon Inge homered and drove in three runs in the win.

The Yankees lost to the Angels 5-4 as a -135 favorite on Sunday. The nine runs scored caused this game to be a PUSH on the posted over/under total (9).

Melky Cabrera was 2-3 with an RBI and two runs scored for New York and CC Sabathia took the loss after allowing five runs on nine hits in 6 2-3 innings.

Current streak:
New York has lost 3 straight games.

Team records:
Detroit: 48-39 SU
New York: 51-37 SU

Detroit most recently:
When playing on Friday are 5-5
Before playing NY Yankees are 7-3
After playing Cleveland are 5-5
After a win are 5-5

New York most recently:
When playing on Friday are 7-3
Before playing Detroit are 3-7
After playing LA Angels are 2-8
After a loss are 5-5

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Detroit’s last 8 games on the road
Detroit is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 11 of Detroit’s last 14 games
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Detroit’s last 7 games when playing NY Yankees
NY Yankees are 4-1 SU in their last 5 games when playing Detroit
The total has gone OVER in 4 of NY Yankees’s last 5 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 7 of NY Yankees’s last 9 games
NY Yankees are 13-5 SU in their last 18 games

Next up:
NY Yankees home to Detroit, Saturday, July 18