CHASE THE ANGLE

I like to play on teams at home to avoid sweep if they have been favored at least one game. Today that is the Yankees and Toronto.

YANKEES -115

TORONTO -1.5 +125 I'm going runline with Toronto as I don't want to lay -165.

Here's a write-up on the Yankees...

After losing the first two games of this series to AL East rival Boston, I look for the New York Yankees to salvage it with a Game 3 victory tonight. I like their chances given the edge they have on the mound with Andy Pettite over Ryan Dempster.

Dempster was traded from Chicago to Texas in 2012 mid-season, and it was clear he could not handle the American League. He posted a 2.25 ERA in 16 starts for the Cubs before registering a 5.09 ERA with the Rangers following the trade.

Pettite was limited to 12 starts due to a broken leg that kept him out three months last year. However, he took advantage of the 12 starts he did receive, going 5-4 with a 2.87 ERA.

Dempster is 0-4 with a 7.63 ERA and 2.048 WHIP in five career starts against New York. His teams have gone 0-5 in those five starts. That includes a 2-8 loss at New York in his lone start against the Yankees last year on August 13th. Dempster surrendered 8 earned runs and 11 base runners over 6 innings in that outing.

The Yankees are 39-13 in their last 52 games after losing the first 2 games of a series. The Red Sox are 17-38 in their last 55 games as a road underdog. New York is 44-18 in Pettite’s last 62 starts as a favorite. Bet the Yankees Thursday.

After losing the first two games of this series to AL East rival Boston, I look for the New York Yankees to salvage it with a Game 3 victory tonight. I like their chances given the edge they have on the mound with Andy Pettite over Ryan Dempster.

Dempster was traded from Chicago to Texas in 2012 mid-season, and it was clear he could not handle the American League. He posted a 2.25 ERA in 16 starts for the Cubs before registering a 5.09 ERA with the Rangers following the trade.

Pettite was limited to 12 starts due to a broken leg that kept him out three months last year. However, he took advantage of the 12 starts he did receive, going 5-4 with a 2.87 ERA.

Dempster is 0-4 with a 7.63 ERA and 2.048 WHIP in five career starts against New York. His teams have gone 0-5 in those five starts. That includes a 2-8 loss at New York in his lone start against the Yankees last year on August 13th. Dempster surrendered 8 earned runs and 11 base runners over 6 innings in that outing.

The Yankees are 39-13 in their last 52 games after losing the first 2 games of a series. The Red Sox are 17-38 in their last 55 games as a road underdog. New York is 44-18 in Pettite’s last 62 starts as a favorite. Bet the Yankees Thursday.