{"id":28997,"date":"2013-06-11T12:45:41","date_gmt":"2013-06-11T17:45:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=28997"},"modified":"2013-06-11T12:53:08","modified_gmt":"2013-06-11T17:53:08","slug":"mlb-picks-new-york-yankees-vs-oakland-athletics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/mlb-picks-new-york-yankees-vs-oakland-athletics-28997\/","title":{"rendered":"MLB Picks: New York Yankees vs. Oakland Athletics"},"content":{"rendered":"

The New York Yankees (37-26) and Oakland Athletics (38-27) will open up a three-game American League series Tuesday night at the O.co Coliseum, with the first pitch scheduled for 10:05 p.m. ET<\/p>\n

New York Yankees vs. Oakland Athletics<\/strong><\/p>\n

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New York Yankees SP CC Sabathia is 1-2 with a 4.88 ERA in five road games<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

New York has won six of its last seven games, including a 2-1 victory over the Seattle Mariners as +136 road underdogs Sunday, while going UNDER the betting total for a fourth consecutive contest.\u00a0 The Yankees are hoping that second baseman Robinson Cano can get going offensively, as he\u2019s gone 4-for-33 at the plate in the last 10 games dating back to May 31.\u00a0 New York is 10-15 on the road when the total is 7 or less the last two-plus seasons, with the OVER going 11-10-4 in that situation.<\/p>\n

Yankees starting pitcher CC Sabathia (6-4, 3.74 ERA) has won back-to-back home starts, including a 6-4 victory over the Cleveland Indians last time out, as he allowed four runs and seven hits over nine frames.\u00a0 The left-hander is 1-2 with a 4.88 ERA in five road games, surrendering six home runs in 31.1 combined innings.\u00a0 In 26 career appearances versus the Athletics, Sabathia has compiled an 8-9 record and 4.50 ERA, including a 2-0 home loss on May 3.<\/p>\n

Oakland returns home after going 4-3 on its recent seven-game road trip, which included a 4-2 defeat to the Chicago White Sox as -125 favorites Sunday, while going UNDER the total for the fifth time in six opportunities.\u00a0 The Athletics finally got an off day on Monday, as they compiled a 13-4 record over their most recent 17-game stretch.\u00a0 The pitching staff has posted an AL-best 2.63 ERA over its last 23 games, which is far different than its 4.35 ERA in the first 42.\u00a0 Oakland is 24-20 at home with a money line of -100 to -125 the last two-plus seasons, with the UNDER going 25-17-2 in that situation.<\/p>\n

Athletics starting pitcher Bartolo Colon (7-2, 3.14 ERA) has won four consecutive outings, including a 6-1 road victory over the Milwaukee Brewers last time out, as he allowed one run and eight hits over seven frames.\u00a0 The right-hander is 2-0 with a 3.18 ERA in five home appearances, issuing just a single walk and striking out 14 batters in 34 combined innings.\u00a0 In 16 lifetime starts against the Yankees, Colon has tallied a 4-7 record and 6.16 ERA, including a 4-2 road loss on May 4.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Athletics due to their 8-0 mark in their last eight season openers.<\/p>\n

Make sure to check out our Major League Baseball picks<\/a> all season long and get the most up-to-date betting odds at Bookmaker<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The New York Yankees (37-26) and Oakland Athletics (38-27) will open up a three-game American League series Tuesday night at the O.co Coliseum, with the first pitch scheduled for 10:05 p.m. ET New York Yankees vs. Oakland Athletics New York has won six of its last seven games, including a 2-1 victory over the Seattle […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":4514,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444],"tags":[151,981,265,25,149,7461,1449],"class_list":["post-28997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","tag-american-league","tag-bartolo-colon","tag-cc-sabathia","tag-mlb","tag-new-york-yankees","tag-o-co-coliseum","tag-oakland-athletics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28997","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\/181"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28997"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28997\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28999,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28997\/revisions\/28999"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}