On the Thursday MLB baseball board, it’s the 57-49 New York Yankees versus the 57-48 Cleveland Indians in the opening game of a four-game set at Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio tonight. The first pitch in the opener at Progressive Field is scheduled for 7:05 PM ET.
The Indians open on the odds board as a medium sized favorite with their backers being asked to lay -130 to -137. The O/U line is offered at most sportsbooks at 8.5 runs.
In their last game, the Yankees lost to the Detroit Tigers. In that game, the Yankees were held scoreless on seven hits and the Tigers scored two runs on six hits.
The Indians had their last game rained out and in their previous game they lost to the Boston Red Sox 12-10. In that match, the Indians put up 10 runs on 13 hits while the Red Sox scored 12 runs on 15 hits. Cleveland gave up a game-winning three-run HR in the bottom of the 9th inning.
This season the Yankees rank 4th in the Majors in runs scored and 5th in team ERA.
The Indians rank 8th in the Majors in runs scored and 4th in team ERA.
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Pitching Match Up
New York: Sonny Gray (6-5, 3.43 ERA)
Cleveland: Corey Kluber (8-3, 2.90 ERA)
Sonny Gray goes in this game tonight and makes his first start for the Yankees after coming over in a trade from the Oakland A’s. In his last start for Oakland he was solid not giving up any earned runs in six innings, but got little support in a 4-1 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays. Gray faced the Indians on July 14th and did not give up any earned runs in six innings in a 5-0 A’s win. In Gray’s career against the Indians he is 3-2 with an ERA of 3.43.
Corey Kluber gets the call for the Indians in the first game of this series and in his last outing he gave up four earned runs in six innings in a 5-4 win over the Chicago White Sox. After the Indians lost three straight with him on the hill they have won his last two starts where he has given up five earned runs in 13 innings. Since coming off the DL in June Kluber has 120 strikeouts in 77 innings of work. This is his first start of the season against the Yankees and in five career starts against them he has an ERA of only 1.91. Overall, the Indians have won 25 of Kluber’s last 35 starts and they have won 19 of his last 26 home starts.
Betting Angles
The Yankees are 4-1 in their last 5 games against the Indians.
The Yankees are 4-1 in their last 5 games against the Indians in Cleveland.
In the last 5 games between these teams in Cleveland the Over record is 4-0-1.
This season the Indians are 28-24 at home and the Yankees are 25-29 on the road.
Straight Up / Over/Under / Run Line Records
New York Yankees: 57-49 SU / O/U 55-49 / Run Line W/L 57-49
Cleveland Indians: 57-48 SU / O/U 41-57 / Run Line W/L 45-60
New York at Cleveland Key Betting Trends
- NYY is 5-1 in their last 6 road games vs. a right-handed starter
- NYY is 7-3 in their last 10 overall
- NYY has an Under record of 4-1-1 in their last 6 games
- CLE is 10-1 in their last 11 home games
- CLE is 9-3 in their last 12 overall
- CLE has an Under record of 11-5-1 in their last 17 home games vs. a right-handed starter
Key Player Injuries
YANKEES
[1B] 06/29/2017 – Tyler Austin 10-day DL (06/29) ( Hamstring )
[CF] 06/25/2017 – Aaron Hicks 10-day DL (06/26) ( Oblique )
[P] 07/16/2017 – Michael Pineda 60-day DL (07/11) ( Elbow )
[2B] 07/22/2017 – Starlin Castro 10-day DL (07/22) ( Hamstring )
[1B] 05/03/2017 – Greg Bird 10-day DL (05/02) ( Ankle )
INDIANS
[P] 04/09/2017 – Cody Anderson 60-day DL (04/02) ( Elbow )
[RF] 07/14/2017 – Lonnie Chisenhall 10-day DL (07/14) ( Calf )
[2B] 07/09/2017 – Jason Kipnis 10-day DL (07/09) ( Hamstring )
[P] 07/30/2017 – Boone Logan 60-day DL (07/20) ( Side )
[P] 07/31/2017 – Josh Tomlin 10-day DL (07/31) ( Hamstring )
[P] 08/02/2017 – Andrew Miller 10-day DL (08/02) ( Knee )
