PREMIUM
Stephen Nover's MLB Total of the Month
(MLB) Baltimore vs. NY Yankees,
Total: 8.50 | 103.00 Under
Result: Loss
Total: 8.50 | 103.00 Under
Result: Loss
It's hard to imagine this game staying under double digits considering the strong offenses and weak starting pitchers going.
Baltimore ranks 11th in runs scored. Only three teams have slugged more homers than the Orioles, who are averaging five runs during their past six games.
The Yankees have scored the second-most runs in baseball and rank No. 3 in homers. They are averaging 8.7 runs during their last nine games.
Now the topper - a pitching matchup of Ubaldo Jimenez against CC Sabathia.
Jimenez is having another rough season having won once in his last five starts while failing to reach the sixth inning during those outings. Jimenez has a horrible track record against the Yankees with a 6.60 ERA in nine matchups. He's not in good current form either with a 6.35 ERA in his last three starts.
Sabathia gets high marks for guts, but he's clearly over-the-hill and has lost his effectiveness due to age and arthritic right knee. Sabathia posted a 5.28 ERA in eight starts last year. This year hasn't been any better with a 5.27 ERA in 24 starts.
The 35-year-old Sabathia is coming off the DL and will be wearing a knee brace. Before going on the DL with knee problems, Sabathia had been lit up for eight runs on 18 hits in his last 15 1/3 innings with an eight-to-nine strikeout-to-walk ratio. Sabathia has a 6.00 ERA in two starts against Baltimore this year.
The weather forecast is for a hot muggy night in the Bronx with a slight wind that will be blowing out.
Paul Emmel is slated to be behind the plate. The over has cashed 32 of 54 times for 59 percent the last two years Emmel has been the home plate umpire.
Baltimore ranks 11th in runs scored. Only three teams have slugged more homers than the Orioles, who are averaging five runs during their past six games.
The Yankees have scored the second-most runs in baseball and rank No. 3 in homers. They are averaging 8.7 runs during their last nine games.
Now the topper - a pitching matchup of Ubaldo Jimenez against CC Sabathia.
Jimenez is having another rough season having won once in his last five starts while failing to reach the sixth inning during those outings. Jimenez has a horrible track record against the Yankees with a 6.60 ERA in nine matchups. He's not in good current form either with a 6.35 ERA in his last three starts.
Sabathia gets high marks for guts, but he's clearly over-the-hill and has lost his effectiveness due to age and arthritic right knee. Sabathia posted a 5.28 ERA in eight starts last year. This year hasn't been any better with a 5.27 ERA in 24 starts.
The 35-year-old Sabathia is coming off the DL and will be wearing a knee brace. Before going on the DL with knee problems, Sabathia had been lit up for eight runs on 18 hits in his last 15 1/3 innings with an eight-to-nine strikeout-to-walk ratio. Sabathia has a 6.00 ERA in two starts against Baltimore this year.
The weather forecast is for a hot muggy night in the Bronx with a slight wind that will be blowing out.
Paul Emmel is slated to be behind the plate. The over has cashed 32 of 54 times for 59 percent the last two years Emmel has been the home plate umpire.
