Yankees vs. Rangers Pick
The New York Yankees and the host Texas Rangers resume their series Saturday afternoon at 1:05PM EST.
Oddsmakers at sports book Bovada.lv have made the Yankees a -162 favorite to win on the moneyline. The Ranger are a +142 underdog and the over-under is 9.5.
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Pitching for the Yankees will be Luis Severino (12-6, 3.03 ERA), while the Rangers counter with Andrew Cashner (9-9, 3-29). Severino carries a 1.7 WHIP and has struck out 201 batters over 169 1/3 innings. He has a 2.32 ERA in 15 road starts. Cashner gave up two earned runs on six hits with five strikeouts and two walks over six innings in an 8-2 win at Atlanta..
New York is 75-65 overall this season and 35-38 on the road, while Texas is 71-69 and 33-39 on the road. The Rangers lead the season series 3-1 and the over-under has gone 5-4-1.
On Thursdaym the Rangers won the opener of the series by a score of 11-5. Delino DeShields Jr. was 2-for-5 with a double, two runs and an RBI. Shin Sho Choo had two hits including a double. Eliv Andrus went 3-for-4 with a walk, a run and three RBIs. Martin Perez gave up five earned runs in 5 2/3 innings to earn the win. Gary Sanchez paced the Yankees as he was 2-for-4 with two runs. Didi Gregorius had a hit and taking on two runs.
The Yankees isn’t likely to allow a second straight possible win at Texas to slip through their cracks. Cashner has been very lucky this season according to advanced numbers and is set for a regression in a major way. We’ll pick the Yankees to turn Cashner into a pumpkin.
MLB DAILY PREDICTION: NEW YORK YANKEES -162