New York Yankees vs Detroit Tigers Prediction, Pick and Preview, April 20 (4/20): MLB

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The New York Yankees and the Detroit Tigers will the second of a 3-game series at the Comerica Park in Detroit on Wednesday. The Yankees won the 1st game of the series where Gerrit Cole pitched a career-low 1 2/3 innings, and Clarke Schmidt combined with four relievers to pitch three-hit shutout ball and lead the New York Yankees over the Detroit Tigers 4-2.

New York Yankees

The Yankees get here with a 6-5 record and are 2-2 on the road. The team is averaging 3 runs per game and allowing 2.82 runs. Aaron Hicks is batting for .345. Anthony Rizzo has 3 home runs and 8 RBI. Giancarlo Stanton has 2 home runs and 8 RBI.

Nestor Cortes did a great job in his first appearence allowing 3 hits and no runs in 4.1 innings pitched and striking out 5, the bullpen took it from there and hold the Blue Jays to zero.

Probable Pitcher: Luis Severino (1-0, 2.25 ERA)

Severino will be on the mound in the 2nd game of the series for the Yanks. He struck out six in five shutout innings, allowing two hits and two walks to pick up the victory in a 3-0 win Thursday against Toronto. In his last 3 games against the Tigers he has a 1.78 ERA and 28 strikeouts in 20.2 innings.

Detroit Tigers

The Tigers get here with a 4-6 record and are 2-5 at home this season. The team is averaging 3 runs and allowing 4.4 runs per game. Austin Meadows is batting for a .370 AVG. Spencer Torkelson has 2 home runs and 5 RBI.

Tarik Skubal is leading the pitching staff with a 3.72 ERA and 10 strikeouts but hasn't recorded a win yet.

Probable Pitcher: Eduardo Rodriguez (0-1, 5.87 ERA)

Rodriguez will be on the mound in the 1st game of the series for the Tigers. He allowed seven runs (two earned) across 3.2 innings to take the loss Wednesday against the Red Sox. He gave up five hits and three walks while striking out five. In his last 3 games vs Yankees he has a 2.41 ERA and 17 strikeouts in 11.1 innings pitched.

BETTING TRENDS

The total has gone UNDER in 5 of NY Yankees' last 5 games.

NY Yankees are 6-3 SU in their last 9 games against Detroit.

The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Detroit's last 5 games against NY Yankees.

Detroit are 1-5 SU in their last 6 games at home.

Prediction

The Yankees managed to win the game despite Gerrit Cole bad start, the bullpen took the game since the 2nd inning and didn't allow any more runs. Severino is coming from a great game against the Blue Jays but haven't pitched to the Tigers since 2018. The Tigers continue to struggle at home losing 5 of their last 6 games but they'll have Rodriguez in the mound who has been good against the Yanks. With both offenses struggling to score I think the best bet is the under.

PICK: Under 7.5 (-130)

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