The New York Yankees (59-41) and the Tampa Bay Rays (49-49) meet for the final contest in their three-game series on Sunday afternoon. The game, which takes place at the Yankee Stadium, starts at 1.35 p.m., with both teams having already recorded a victory in the series.
Sunday’s meeting between the Yankees and the Rays is set to be an interesting one, as game one saw the Yankees record a 6-1 win. However, the Rays hit back in style yesterday and ran out 9-1 winners to tie up the current series. In terms of the season series, the Yankees lead that 6-5.
Taj Bradley, the right-handed pitcher for the Rays, did well to limit the Yankees to one hit across seven innings as his team cruised to a 9-1 win. Left fielder Randy Arozarena went four for five with two homers. He also recorded three RBIs. On the road this term, the Rays are now 22-22.
Nestor Cortes started for the Yankees but only made it as far as 4 1/3 innings, giving up six earned runs in eight hits in that period. In what was a dismal showing, the Yankees only had five hits and the run they recorded was an RBI that left fielder Jahmai Jones delivered. At the Yankee stadium this season, the Yankees are now 26-20.
Betting Insights
- From the seventy-six games they’ve been favoured this season, the Yankees have recorded a victory forty-three times. It’s a win rate of 56.6%.
- When the moneyline at sportsbooks has been set to favour the Yankees by -157, the Yankees have a record of 19-13.
- The moneyline heading into the final game of the series indicates an implied probability of 61.1% for a Yankees win in this one.
- The Rays have been set as the odds-on underdogs forty-two times this season. They’ve won nineteen of those contests, which is 45.2%.
- When the sportsbooks have the moneyline set at +132 or worse, the Rays have a record of 4-5 this season.
- According to the moneyline at sportsbooks, the likelihood of a Rays win is 43.1%.
The Prediction
In game one of the series, the Yankees recorded a big 6-1 win. But the Rays immediately hit back with an even bigger victory of 9-1. You’d imagine this has knocked the Yankees and given the Rays confidence as the final game of the three-game series looms.
Regardless of what happened yesterday, which will remain entirely disappointing for the Yankees, we still believe that they can get the job done and win the series 2-1. Victories have been wide on both occasions and for both teams so far, but we’re going for a closer run, 5-2 or even a 5-3 win in this one.
All the stats suggest that the Yankees will win, and we go along with that. And we’re also going to put forward a prediction of there being under 8.5 runs. This was the case in game one when the Yankees won 6-1.
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