giovedì 3 giugno 2010

Yankees go for sweep and fifth straight win


Tonight American League predictions, written by Olivier:
*number 1 indicates road team win, number two home team win with respective pecentage to win the match.

Orioles (Milwood) @ Yankees (Sabathia) 1 55%
The Yankees have seven straight wins over the Orioles while ace
Sabathia has won six straight starts against baseball's worst team. CC, though, is 0-2 with a 6.28 ERA in his last five starts as he tries to bounce back against an opponent he has dominated. Baltimore starter is coming off his worst start of the season in which he gave up 5 runs in 6 innings of work but his team has always had success against the Yankees winning the last 4 outings. Orioles are going to avoid the sweep.

Indians (Huff) @ Tigers (Porcello) 2 65%
Detrioit leads regular season series 5-2 and will try to win the rubber game of this 3 game set against Cleveland. Porcello hopes to follow Galarraga's gem by continuing his success against Indians (4-0 2.10 ERA), who have lost 11 of 13 at Comerica Park. Huff allowed four runs in six innings in the loss to Porcello and the Tigers in April. Tigers will win the series.

Athletics (Anderson) @ Red Sox (Wakefield) 1 55%
The A's may have the right man on the mound to slow down Boston and its slugger David Ortiz. Anderson's lone career complete game was one of his two wins at Fenway last season as he's going to help the A's salvage the finale of a 10-game road trip. Wakefield is 3-0 with a 2.10 ERA in his last five home starts against Oakland. It's going to be a low scoring game but at the end Oakland will prevail.

Angels (Weaver) @ Royals (Greinke) 2 60%
After spending all of May below .500, the Angels can finally get back to the break-even mark but they will have to deal against last year CY young winner Greinke who is having a hard time picking up victories this year due to lack of support from his offense. He's coming off a good outing at Fenway when he gave up 1 run in 6 innings. Weaver has pitched well so far this season (4-2 3.01 ERA). Low scoring game, Royals will tie the series at 2.

Rangers (Lewis) @ Whitesox (Garcia) 2 55%
Texas is going for a 3-game sweep behind the big right-hander Colby Lewis but the right-hander is 1-2 with a 10.26 ERA as a starter against Chicago. On the mound for the Whitesox Freddy Garcia who has pitched decently this season and is coming off a brillant start against best team in baseball (Rays) as he allowed 2 runs over 7 innings earning his 4th win. Garcia is also 2-0 with a 1.06 ERA in his last three starts against Texas and will help the Whitesox to win the game.

Twins (Pavano) @ Mariners (Hernandez) 2 55%
The Twins are trying to bounce back from their second straight loss after winning the series opener 5-4 on Monday night. On the hill Carl Pavano who earned a win in his last start, allowing two runs in seven innings of an 8-3 victory over Texas. The veteran right-hander is 1-0 with a 3.46 ERA in two career starts against the Mariners. Hernandez, 0-1 in his last four outings despite a 2.25 ERA, is 2-1 with a 1.91 ERA in five starts at home versus the Twins. Low scoring game, Mariners will come up with the win.

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