Record YTD 11 wins and 14 losses. Strong play today with the Yankees. Somebody blow on the Yankees because they are on fire right now. ANd I don't see that fire going out today vs struggling Kazmir.
Game #1: NYY @ TAM (NYY P.O.D.)
C.C. has a better road era than he does at home and Kazmir has definately stuggled at home this year with an outrageous era. Just a reminder that Kazmir has not won a game since May 9th when his team gave him 8 runs of support early in the game. Without that support Kazmir is not the same pitcher we've seen the past few years. Yanks are 21-11 vs Lefty. NYY are 8-3 last 11 road games. Yanks hit .303 vs lefty on the road while the Rays are hitting a poor .185 last 10 games vs lefty. C.C. given up 3 runs in 14 innings since the All -Star break. Kazmir's career record vs the Yanks is recidulous with a 1.49 era and 4-1 record. and he is also 4-2 with a 1.45 era in 8 home games vs NYY. I'm looking for C.C. to pitch well enough that they can get to the unhealthy Kazmir. In my opinion he is like 85% right now and look for the Yanks to roll 7-3 or so.
Bonus Play: No write up but I am leaning towards the over 7.5 in the LAD @ STL game. I have not played an over all year with STL being the home team. But with Mark Derosa and Holliday now there against a somewhat stuggling Billingsley I look for this to be a 9 run game. Best of luck to all and let's cash these tickets!