MLB Preview New York Yankees (61-32) at Cleveland Indians (51-42) by entity wagering investment comp
MLB Preview New York Yankees (61-32) at Cleveland Indians (51-42) by entity wagering investment company mkinvestllc. Saturday, July 14, 2018 – First Pitch 7:15 PM EST. Progressive Field.
Yesterday the Cleveland Indians broke a 7-game losing streak to the New York Yankees winning by the score of 6-5. These teams will play again today and Sunday to wrap up the first half of the season before retuning to field on July 20th. The Yankees are completing an 11-game road trip that has seen them go 5-4 in the 9 games played. Cleveland is finishing up a 10-game home stand that has seen them go 3-5 in the 8 games played. The Yankees sit in 2nd place behind the record setting pace of the Boston Red Sox but are 17 games ahead of the 3rd place Tampa Bay Rays and 39.5 games ahead of the last place Baltimore Orioles, yes, we said 39.5 have games.
Cleveland holds the 1st spot in the very weak AL Central with a 7.5 game lead over the Minnesota Twins and 12.5 game lead over the Detroit Tigers. To give an example of separation of these divisions there are only 3 teams right now that have 60+ wins, Boston, Houston, and the Yankees. The team with the 3rd best record in all of MLB sits 3.5 games behind in their division while the Cleveland Indians can put themselves on cruise control as no other team in their division has a winning record. The 2nd place team is 6 games under .500.
The Yankees send CC Sabathia to the mound who is 6-4 overall with an ERA of 3.34. CC has gone 94.1 innings allowing 44 runs (35 earned) on 94 hits while striking out 75. The Yankees have won CC’s last 2 starts against the Indians and is 6-4 overall the last 10 times he faced Cleveland.
Cleveland counters with Mike Clevinger who is 7-4 overall with an ERA of 3.34. He has gone 116 innings allowing 44 runs on 104 hits with 110 strikeouts. Clevinger has faced the Yankees just one time is his career and while he came away with the loss, he pitched well in that game going 7.1 innings allowing just 1 hit and 2 runs.
Inside the numbers with entity wagering investment company mkinvestllc:
The Yankees are 20-6 the last 26 times they face teams from the AL Central
The Yankees are 42-15 the last 57 games when coming off a loss
The Yankees are 20-6 when Sabathia starts against a team with winning record
The Indians are 18-7 the last 25 times they faced a left-handed starter at home
The Indians are 10-4 the last 14 times the are coming of a win
The Indians are 63-28 the last 91 home games
The Indians are 1-6 in Clevinger last 7 starts when facing a team with a winning record
Head-to-Head
The Yankees have won 7 of the last 8 games over Cleveland
The Over is 5-1-1 in the last 7 games between these two teams
The Yankees are 7-3 on the last 10 meetings
Current Line: Cleveland Indians -1.08, New York Yankees -1.02, the total has been set at 9
Prediction: Yankees 5, Indians 4