MLB Betting Lines – Free Pick: Yankees vs. Rays

Gambling911.com is now 12-8 for the month of August following a pretty good run over the past few days.  We have more picks under today’s pitcher and team trends. 

Pitchers
Miami's Tom Koehler is 0-2 when starting against Arizona with an ERA of 8.00 and a WHIP of 1.667.  Arizona's Josh Collmenter has an ERA of 1.29 vs. Miami.

San Diego's Odrisamer Despaigne is 0-1 when starting against St. Louis with an ERA of 9.52 and a WHIP of 1.764 while Adam Wainwright is 5-2 when starting against San Diego with an ERA of 1.20 and a WHIP of 0.955.

Milwaukee's Wily Peralta is 1-1 when starting against the LA Dodgers with an ERA of 8.21 and a WHIP of 2.086.  The Dodgers Dan Haren is 2-0 when starting against Milwaukee with an ERA of 0.90 and a WHIP of 0.800.

Washington's Doug Fister is 1-1 when starting against Pittsburgh with an ERA of 1.47 and a WHIP of 1.091.

Tampa Bay's Jeremy Hellickson is 3-1 when starting against the New York Yankees with an ERA of 2.77 and a WHIP of 1.179.  New York's Hiroki Kuroda is 2-4 when starting against TAMPA BAY with an ERA of 6.07 and a WHIP of 1.488.

Kansas City's Jeremy Guthrie is 8-3 when starting against Minnesota with an ERA of 2.91 and a WHIP of 1.070 while Tom Milone is 3-1 when starting against Kansas with an ERA of 1.84 and a WHIP of 0.989.  The UNDER is 3-0 in those three starts for Milone.

Teams

The Angels are 10-2 vs. the Rangers this season.

Today’s Pick

Yankees/Rays UNDER 7  - The Rays RH Jeremy Hellickson (1-1, 2.03) has allowed one run or fewer in four of his five starts since returning from elbow surgery and is also 4-1 with a 2.95 ERA in eight career appearances against the Yankees.

The Yankees RH Hiroki Kuroda (7-8, 4.03 ERA will be hungry for a win here as he is winless in his last three starts.  That said, no more than 4 runs have been scored by the opposing teams in any of those three starts.

Five of the last six games in this series have stayed UNDER the current number of 7 and the UNDER is 6-1-2 in Tampa Bay’s last nine overall and 20-8-2 in New York's last 30 overall.

The UNDER is 14-3 in Kuroda’s last 17 Sun. starts.  The UNDER is 37-14-3 in Kuroda's last 54 starts overall.  The UNDER is 10-2-1 in Yankees last 13 games as an underdog.
 

- Dan Shapiro, Gambling911.com