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Tampa Bay Rays vs. New York Yankees
If familiarity breeds contempt, there should be animosity aplenty on Tuesday when the Tampa Bay Rays and the New York Yankees meet at Yankee Stadium.
Jeffrey Springs will be the starting pitcher for the Rays on this day. Left hander Springs is 4-3 this season with a 2.56 ERA.
The Yankees will counter Springs with Nestor Cortes Jr.. Left hander Cortes Jr. has a 2.67 ERA to go along with a 9-3 record this season.
Oddsmakers opened the Yankees as -200-moneyline favorites versus the Rays, while the game's total opened at 7.5.
Last time out for New York, they were a 4-0 loser as they battled the Rays on the road. Moneyline bettors who got the Rays at 205 were rewarded, while the 4 combined runs moved the game UNDER for totals bettors.
The Rays were a 4-0 winner in their most recent outing on the road against the Yankees. That made winners of bettors who got Tampa Bay at 205 on the moneyline, while the total score (4) was good news for UNDER bettors.
Tampa Bay:
Team record: 61-53 SU
Current Streak: won 3 straight games.
Tampa Bay is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games
Tampa Bay is 5-2 ATS in its last 7 games on the road
Tampa Bay is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing NY Yankees
New York:
Team record: 72-44 SU
NY Yankees is 0-5 ATS in its last 5 games
NY Yankees is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of NY Yankees's last 6 games
Next up:
Tampa Bay at New York Wednesday, August 17