{"id":14917,"date":"2011-04-14T13:25:12","date_gmt":"2011-04-14T18:25:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=14917"},"modified":"2011-04-14T13:25:12","modified_gmt":"2011-04-14T18:25:12","slug":"al-east-rivals-baltimore-6-4-at-new-york-yankees-6-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/al-east-rivals-baltimore-6-4-at-new-york-yankees-6-4-14917\/","title":{"rendered":"AL East Rivals: Baltimore (6-4) at New York Yankees (6-4)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Baltimore Orioles (6-4) AT New York Yankees (6-4)<\/strong>
\nApril 14, 2011 at 7:05 PM EST<\/strong>
\nOpening Runline:\u00a0 NYY -1.5 +110, BAL +1.5 -130<\/strong>
\nCurrent Runline:\u00a0 NYY -1.5 +100, BAL +1.5 -120<\/strong>
\nOpening Moneyline:\u00a0 NYY -176, BAL +156<\/strong>
\nCurrent Moneyline:\u00a0 NYY -187, BAL +177<\/strong>
\nOpening Total: 10.5<\/strong>
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 10.5<\/strong><\/p>\n

SP:\u00a0 BAL- J. Arrieta, NYY- P. Hughes<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Derek Jeter had two hits to match Barry Bonds for 32nd on the all-time list with 2,935. Jeter has more hits (293) against the Orioles than any other team.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Phil Hughes experienced a lot of success last season when he recorded 18 wins, losing only 8, and posted a 4.19 ERA.\u00a0 His PECOTA projection is more impressive in terms of ERA, as Baseball Prospectus expects a 3.74 ERA from Hughes, though he is only projected to pitch 121 innings, 55 less than last season.\u00a0 In his first six starts last season, he went 5-0 with a 1.38 ERA.\u00a0 After that point, he was quite average, as in his remaining 15 games he posted a much less impressive 4.98 ERA, as opposing batters hit 1.6 Homers per 9 innings pitched.<\/p>\n

After mid May, most of his pitching appearances were not “quality starts” (6+ IP, < 3 runs scored).\u00a0 The problem for Hughes is that he is excellent on the road (3.47 ERA) and pretty bad at home (4.66 ERA).\u00a0 Also at home, he gave up a homer 1 of every 20 at bats.<\/p>\n

These struggles were furthered in his last appearance, though it was on the road.\u00a0 He allowed 11 runs and 3 home runs over 6 innings.\u00a0 Friday, he was just as bad, lasting only two innings, while giving up 6 runs, though he did not receive a loss for the foul performance.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s no fun to sit on a bad outing for four days, so I\u2019m excited to get out there, get things going again and hopefully work on some things to get back where I need to be,\u201d Hughes said. \u201cI can\u2019t afford to go out and throw two innings or four innings every start with the stuff I have. I have to turn it around.\u201d<\/p>\n

Part of the reason for the problems are a lack of heat on his fastball, which is only clocking in at 89.4 MPH, while last season he averaged 92.5 MPH.\u00a0 Hughes did experience success against the Orioles last season when he went 2-0 with a 2.41 ERA in three starts.\u00a0 He held the duo of Adam Jones and Nick Markakis to 1 of 18 batting.\u00a0 Markakis right now is in the midst of a 2 for 22 slump.<\/p>\n

Jake Arrieta takes the mound for the Orioles, and while he hasn’t been good this season (1-1, 8.68 ERA), he did well last season against the Yankees as a rookie.\u00a0 He won both starts against the Yankees and recorded a 3.65 ERA in the two games.\u00a0 Last season on the road Arrieta went 4-3 with a 4.56 ERA.\u00a0 Arrieta has yet to pitch to Alex Rodriguez, however.\u00a0 Arrieta’s PECOTA projection predict a 9-9 season with a 4.43 ERA.<\/p>\n

Some betting trends:<\/p>\n

The total has gone OVER in 4 of Baltimore’s last 6 games and the Orioles are 2-4 SU in their last 6 games.\u00a0 Baltimore is also 10-5 SU in their last 15 games while the total has gone UNDER in 13 of their last 18 games.\u00a0 The total has also gone UNDER in 7 of their last 8 on the road.\u00a0 Baltimore is 4-1 SU in their last 5 on the road but 1-4 SU in their last 5 games against the New York Yankees.\u00a0 The total has gone UNDER in 7 of their last 9 against the Yankees and the Orioles are 4-19 SU in their last 23 games on the road against the Yankees.<\/p>\n

The total has gone OVER in 10 of New York’s last 14 games.\u00a0 The total has also gone OVER in 8 of their last 10 at home and the Yankees are 6-2 SU in their last 8 home games.\u00a0 The total has gone UNDER in 7 of the Yankees’ last 9 games against Baltimore.\u00a0 The Yankees are 4-1 SU in their last 5 games against the Orioles and the Yankees are 19-4 SU in their last 23 games at home against the Orioles.<\/p>\n

Hughes may continue to struggle, which could be the demise of the Yankees.\u00a0 Moreover, Baltimore’s Arrieta is a good pitcher to the Yankees lineup, which only further works in the underdog Orioles’ favor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Baltimore Orioles (6-4) AT New York Yankees (6-4) April 14, 2011 at 7:05 PM EST Opening Runline:\u00a0 NYY -1.5 +110, BAL +1.5 -130 Current Runline:\u00a0 NYY -1.5 +100, BAL +1.5 -120 Opening Moneyline:\u00a0 NYY -176, BAL +156 Current Moneyline:\u00a0 NYY -187, BAL +177 Opening Total: 10.5 Current Total:\u00a0 10.5 SP:\u00a0 BAL- J. Arrieta, NYY- P. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40250,"featured_media":4793,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444],"tags":[172,149],"class_list":["post-14917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","tag-baltimore-orioles","tag-new-york-yankees"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14917","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40250"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14917"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14917\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14919,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14917\/revisions\/14919"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4793"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}