Sports Betting

They’re at it again; the Beasts of the East collide Monday night when the first-place Boston Red Sox take on the 2nd-place New York Yankees in the opener of a four-game set at Yankee Stadium.
Boston sits atop the American League East, a half-game ahead of the 2nd-place Yankees.
Both teams have won seven of their last 10 games. The Red Sox just took two of three games from Detroit over the weekend, while the Yankees just took two of three in Baltimore to cap off a 5-2 road trip.
Boston is 17-13 on the road this season, 6-6 as underdogs. New York is 16-9 at home this year, 28-17 as favorites.
Boston’s Beckett (7-2, 4.46) had four decent starts in a row before being slapped around for 7 runs and 10 hits in 4 2/3 IP vs. Toronto last Tuesday. In his only start against the Yankees since the 2003 World Series, Beckett gave up 3 runs in 7 innings May 9.
New York’s Mussina (7-1, 2.42) tossed a complete game his last time out vs. Detroit last Thursday, holding the Tigers without an ER. Mussina held the Red Sox to 3 runs in 6 2/3 innings in a start three weeks ago, but in five starts total vs. Boston this year and last, Mussina has allowed 19 ER and 49 H+W in 26 2/3 IP.
The Red Sox are 7-4 in Beckett’s starts this year, the o/u also 7-4. The Yanks are 8-4 in Mussina’s starts this year, the o/u 6-6.
Boston owns a healthy .366 team OBP, 2nd-best in the AL, and averages 5.5 runs per game.
New York leads the league with a .373 team OBP, and averages 6.0 RPG.
The Red Sox bullpen has allowed 4 ER and 14 H+W in its last 15 IP.
The Yankees pen has given up 11 ER and 31 H+W in its last 21 1/3 IP, covering just the last five games.
For New York, OFs Matsui and Sheffield are already on the DL, and ARod and Derek Jeter have both missed games recently. ARod played Sunday, but Jeter had to leave the game with that bad thumb. Also, 1B Jason Giambi is listed as questionable for Monday with a bit of the flu, and closer Mariano Rivera is also a question mark. Have we missed anyone?
The Yanks won the season series with the Sox 10-9 last year, the over/under going 10-7-2. Boston has taken 4 of 7 games from New York this year, the o/u going 5-2.
The o/u is 31-22 in Red Sox games this year, 30-24 in Yanks games, but 11-13 at Yankee Stadium.
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