Yanks, Red Sox battle on ESPN
New York Yankees (77-46) At Boston Red Sox (70-52)
Date: Sunday August 23rd
Time: 08:05 PM ET
TV: ESPN
Line: Red Sox -116 / Yankees +106
Total: 9 Under -120 / Over +100
Yankees Road Record: 36-28
Red Sox Home Record: 39-19
Yankees Last 10: 7-3
Red Sox Last 10: 6-4
Pitchers:
CC Sabathia (NYY) 14-7 / 3.58 ERA / 140 K?s / 1.13 WHIP
Josh Beckett (BOS) 14-4 / 3.38 ERA / 149 K?s / 1.13 WHIPa
The ESPN Sunday night game will feature a premier pitching match up C.C. Sabathia against Josh Becket who both have 14 wins this season, it will decide who wins this important August series.
Yankees (76-45) have won seven of 10 games and all three series they?ve played. New York has won five straight series overall, is 14-3 since Aug. 2 and 25-8 since the All-Star break. The Yankees are 5-2 on their current road trip after taking three of four in Seattle and two of three in Oakland.
The Red Sox (69-52) have come out of their coma since the Yankees series, scoring 57 runs while going 7-3 against the Tigers, Rangers, and Blue Jays, and they are a different team in Fenway Park, with a home record of 38-19.
Derek Jeter has hit safely in each of the eight games on the road trip, batting .543 (19-for-35) during the streak. Jeter has four three-hit games in the last five, also leading off four of the past five games with hits in the top of the first.
Coming in to the series Friday night, Alex Rodriguez was in a 6-for-43 slump (.188), including one hit in his last 11 at-bats. In the first seven games of the road trip, Rodriguez was just 3-for-15. A-Rod went 4-4 in the Friday Opener and 1-3 Saturday in game two.
Hideki Matsui?s seven RBI Friday at Fenway represented a career-high. The only other Yankee to have seven RBI in a game at Fenway Park? Lou Gehrig.
Boston has scored five or more runs in eight of its past 11 contests, good for a 6.3 run per-game average.
David Ortiz went 2-for-3 with a home run, a double, two walks and three runs in Tuesday's win over the Blue Jays. Ortiz is now hitting seventh in Boston's order, he has homered in four of his last seven games.
Victor Martinez has batted third since Aug. 1, the day after he was acquired from Cleveland, and from which he has hit .316 with five home runs and a team-leading 16 RBI.
J.D. Drew, is now the No. 8 hitter and he responded Thursday night in Toronto by going four for four with two home runs, the best night of his career statistically.
Mike Lowell has been hot in his last 10 games with 11 hits, 4 homers, and 11 RBI.
The 31 runs between the two teams Friday are the most in a single game in the history of the rivalry.
Boston leads the season series, 9-5, which includes a 7-1 mark at Fenway...Swisher has reached base safely in 30 straight games...The Red Sox have hit multiple homers in eight straight games, which sets a franchise record. The Red Sox have 39 homers in August...New York went 0-for-9 with RISP and left 13 men on base in Saturdays game. Boston went 7-for-11 with RISP and stranded three runners Saturday.
C.C. Sabathia improved to 14-7 Tuesday when he held the A's to just two runs over eight innings. Sabathia gave up just five hits, walked only one and struck one seven in the win. He has a 3.58 ERA and 1.12 WHIP on the season and is 6-1 over his last seven starts. He has posted a 2.35 ERA and held opponents to a .185 batting average in 30 2/3 innings this month, including 7 2/3 scoreless frames of two-hit ball against the Red Sox on Aug. 8 in a 5-0 Yankees win. Sabathia will be making his first start at Fenway Park since June 11, when he allowed four runs and six hits over seven innings to take a 4-3 loss.
Josh Beckett allowed a season-high three home runs in a sub par outing, earning a no-decision in a 10-9 win over the Blue Jays on Tuesday at Rogers Centre. He gave up seven earned runs in only 5 1/3 innings, marking his highest earned run total and fewest innings pitcher since April. He allowed nine hits but walked only one, striking out four. Beckett had a 15-inning scoreless streak on the road snapped when the Jays scored in the second frame. It was an atypical start for Beckett, who had allowed three or fewer runs in 15 of his last 18 starts, going 14-4 with an ERA of 2.17. The Red Sox ace is 2-0 in four starts against the Yankees this year, with an ERA of 4.13.
Yankee Batters Against Beckett Red Sox Batters against Sabathia
Derek Jeter 14-47 .298 Jason Bay 0-6 .000
Alex Rodriquez 11-39 .282 Mike Lowell 2-13 .154
Jorge Posada 10-31 .323 J.D. Drew 2-10 .200
Melkey Cabrera 12-36 .333 Kevin Youkilis 4-12 .333
Hideki Matsui 6-23 .261 Dustin Pedroia 0-9 .000
Robinson Cano 14-41 .341 David Ortiz 7-23 .304
Betting Trends:
Yankees are 8-0 in their last 8 games as an underdog
Yankees are 4-0 in CC Sabathia?s last 4 starts
Red Sox are 10-1 in their last 11 games as a favorite
Red Sox are 19-7 in Josh Beckett?s last 26 starts
The OVER is 7-1 in CC Sabathia?s last 8 road starts
New York Yankees (77-46) At Boston Red Sox (70-52)
Date: Sunday August 23rd
Time: 08:05 PM ET
TV: ESPN
Line: Red Sox -116 / Yankees +106
Total: 9 Under -120 / Over +100
Yankees Road Record: 36-28
Red Sox Home Record: 39-19
Yankees Last 10: 7-3
Red Sox Last 10: 6-4
Pitchers:
CC Sabathia (NYY) 14-7 / 3.58 ERA / 140 K?s / 1.13 WHIP
Josh Beckett (BOS) 14-4 / 3.38 ERA / 149 K?s / 1.13 WHIPa
The ESPN Sunday night game will feature a premier pitching match up C.C. Sabathia against Josh Becket who both have 14 wins this season, it will decide who wins this important August series.
Yankees (76-45) have won seven of 10 games and all three series they?ve played. New York has won five straight series overall, is 14-3 since Aug. 2 and 25-8 since the All-Star break. The Yankees are 5-2 on their current road trip after taking three of four in Seattle and two of three in Oakland.
The Red Sox (69-52) have come out of their coma since the Yankees series, scoring 57 runs while going 7-3 against the Tigers, Rangers, and Blue Jays, and they are a different team in Fenway Park, with a home record of 38-19.
Derek Jeter has hit safely in each of the eight games on the road trip, batting .543 (19-for-35) during the streak. Jeter has four three-hit games in the last five, also leading off four of the past five games with hits in the top of the first.
Coming in to the series Friday night, Alex Rodriguez was in a 6-for-43 slump (.188), including one hit in his last 11 at-bats. In the first seven games of the road trip, Rodriguez was just 3-for-15. A-Rod went 4-4 in the Friday Opener and 1-3 Saturday in game two.
Hideki Matsui?s seven RBI Friday at Fenway represented a career-high. The only other Yankee to have seven RBI in a game at Fenway Park? Lou Gehrig.
Boston has scored five or more runs in eight of its past 11 contests, good for a 6.3 run per-game average.
David Ortiz went 2-for-3 with a home run, a double, two walks and three runs in Tuesday's win over the Blue Jays. Ortiz is now hitting seventh in Boston's order, he has homered in four of his last seven games.
Victor Martinez has batted third since Aug. 1, the day after he was acquired from Cleveland, and from which he has hit .316 with five home runs and a team-leading 16 RBI.
J.D. Drew, is now the No. 8 hitter and he responded Thursday night in Toronto by going four for four with two home runs, the best night of his career statistically.
Mike Lowell has been hot in his last 10 games with 11 hits, 4 homers, and 11 RBI.
The 31 runs between the two teams Friday are the most in a single game in the history of the rivalry.
Boston leads the season series, 9-5, which includes a 7-1 mark at Fenway...Swisher has reached base safely in 30 straight games...The Red Sox have hit multiple homers in eight straight games, which sets a franchise record. The Red Sox have 39 homers in August...New York went 0-for-9 with RISP and left 13 men on base in Saturdays game. Boston went 7-for-11 with RISP and stranded three runners Saturday.
C.C. Sabathia improved to 14-7 Tuesday when he held the A's to just two runs over eight innings. Sabathia gave up just five hits, walked only one and struck one seven in the win. He has a 3.58 ERA and 1.12 WHIP on the season and is 6-1 over his last seven starts. He has posted a 2.35 ERA and held opponents to a .185 batting average in 30 2/3 innings this month, including 7 2/3 scoreless frames of two-hit ball against the Red Sox on Aug. 8 in a 5-0 Yankees win. Sabathia will be making his first start at Fenway Park since June 11, when he allowed four runs and six hits over seven innings to take a 4-3 loss.
Josh Beckett allowed a season-high three home runs in a sub par outing, earning a no-decision in a 10-9 win over the Blue Jays on Tuesday at Rogers Centre. He gave up seven earned runs in only 5 1/3 innings, marking his highest earned run total and fewest innings pitcher since April. He allowed nine hits but walked only one, striking out four. Beckett had a 15-inning scoreless streak on the road snapped when the Jays scored in the second frame. It was an atypical start for Beckett, who had allowed three or fewer runs in 15 of his last 18 starts, going 14-4 with an ERA of 2.17. The Red Sox ace is 2-0 in four starts against the Yankees this year, with an ERA of 4.13.
Yankee Batters Against Beckett Red Sox Batters against Sabathia
Derek Jeter 14-47 .298 Jason Bay 0-6 .000
Alex Rodriquez 11-39 .282 Mike Lowell 2-13 .154
Jorge Posada 10-31 .323 J.D. Drew 2-10 .200
Melkey Cabrera 12-36 .333 Kevin Youkilis 4-12 .333
Hideki Matsui 6-23 .261 Dustin Pedroia 0-9 .000
Robinson Cano 14-41 .341 David Ortiz 7-23 .304
Betting Trends:
Yankees are 8-0 in their last 8 games as an underdog
Yankees are 4-0 in CC Sabathia?s last 4 starts
Red Sox are 10-1 in their last 11 games as a favorite
Red Sox are 19-7 in Josh Beckett?s last 26 starts
The OVER is 7-1 in CC Sabathia?s last 8 road starts
