Rangers vs. Yankees Prediction
Following a pitcher’s duel on Friday night, will the Rangers and Yankees break out their bats today at 1:05PM ET?
According to oddsmakers from online sports book BetDSI, the Yankees are -146 money line favorites to beat the Rangers, who have odds of +136 to pull off the upset. With Austin Bibens-Dirkx set to face Luis Cessa in the pitching matchup, the over/under currently sits at 11 runs.
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Latest from Rotoworld: Bibens-Dirkx struggled in a no-decision against the Blue Jays on Monday, allowing five runs on five hits across his five innings of work. The right-hander struck out five while walking one. He surrendered a pair of solo home runs to Justin Smoak and Jose Bautista, but the big blow came on a three-run double by Steve Pearce in the fourth inning. Even with this rough effort, he still sports a respectable 4.25 ERA and 1.04 WHIP on the year. He draws a difficult matchup his next time out, taking on the Yankees in New York on Saturday.
Cessa allowed four runs on five hits over four innings in Sunday’s loss to the A’s. Cessa was making his first start of the season. He struck out four and walked one in the outing. All four of the runs on his line came in the third inning via a two-run double by Chad Pinder and a two-run home run by Khris Davis. While he ended up on the wrong side of the win-loss ledger in this one, he will get a home start against the Rangers next time to try for better results, assuming the Yankees offer him another turn through the rotation as they look to piece things together with the loss of CC Sabathia to a hamstring strain.
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OUR PREDICTION: The over has cashed in six of the Rangers’ last eight games when playing American League East competition and is 5-2 in their last seven games versus a right-handed starter. On the other side, the over is 7-1 in the Yankees’ last eight home games, is 4-0 in Cessa’s last four starts versus a team with a losing record, and is 6-1 in their last seven home games versus a right-handed starter.
SATURDAY MLB PREDICTION: RANGERS/YANKEES OVER 11