A winning streak will be on the line for the New York Yankees on Tuesday when they battle the Oakland Athletics at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum.
Righthander Javier Vazquez will take the mound for the Yankees to start this game. Vazquez is 0-2 this season with a 9.82 ERA.
It’ll be Gio Gonzalez toeing the rubber for the Athletics in this contest. Lefthander Gonzalez is 1-0 with a 3.37 ERA so far this season.
Oddsmakers currently have the Yankees listed as 160-moneyline favorites versus the Athletics, while the game’s total is sitting at 8½.
The Yankees defeated Texas 5-2 as a -170 favorite on Sunday. The seven runs scored fell UNDER the posted over/under total (9).
Andy Pettitte allowed two runs on four hits over eight strong innings for New York and Ramiro Pena drove in a pair of runs in the win.
The Athletics lost to Baltimore 8-3 as a -170 favorite on Sunday. The 11 runs scored went OVER the posted over/under total (7).
Jake Fox was 2-4 with an RBI for Oakland and Brett Anderson gave up six runs on eight hits on five innings.
Current streak:
New York has won 4 straight games.
Team records:
New York: 9-3 SU
Oakland: 9-5 SU
New York most recently:
When playing on Tuesday are 6-4
Before playing Oakland are 7-3
After playing Texas are 7-3
After a win are 7-3
Oakland most recently:
When playing on Tuesday are 7-3
Before playing NY Yankees are 4-6
After playing Baltimore are 6-4
After a loss are 3-7
A few trends to consider:
The total has gone OVER in 11 of NY Yankees’s last 12 games on the road
NY Yankees are 7-1 SU in their last 8 games
NY Yankees are 11-2 SU in their last 13 games when playing Oakland
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of NY Yankees’s last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Oakland’s last 7 games
Oakland is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games at home
Oakland is 9-4 SU in its last 13 games
The total has gone UNDER in 9 of Oakland’s last 13 games when playing NY Yankees
Next up:
Oakland home to NY Yankees, Wednesday, April 21
