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Tampa Bay Rays vs. New York Yankees
If familiarity breeds contempt, there should be animosity aplenty on Saturday when the Tampa Bay Rays and the New York Yankees meet at Yankee Stadium.
Right hander Taj Bradley will take the mound for the Rays to start this game. Bradley is 4-4 this season with a 2.90 ERA.
It'll be Nestor Cortes Jr. toeing the rubber for the Yankees in this contest. Left hander Cortes Jr. is 4-8 with a 3.67 ERA so far this season.
Oddsmakers opened the Yankees as -137-moneyline favorites versus the Rays, while the game's total opened at 8.5.
The Yankees were a 6-1 winner in their most recent outing on the road against the Rays. That made winners of bettors who got New York at -164 on the moneyline, while the total score (7) was good news for UNDER bettors.
Last time out for Tampa Bay, they were a 6-1 loser as they battled the Yankees on the road. Moneyline bettors who got the Yankees at -164 were rewarded, while the 7 combined runs moved the game UNDER for totals bettors.
Tampa Bay:
Team record: 48-49 SU
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Tampa Bay's last 6 games
Tampa Bay is 1-5 ATS in its last 6 games on the road
Tampa Bay is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games on the road
New York:
Team record: 59-40 SU
NY Yankees is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games
NY Yankees is 8-16 ATS in its last 24 games
NY Yankees is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games
Next up:
Tampa Bay at New York Sunday, July 21