New York Yankees vs Cleveland Guardians Prediction, Pick and Preview, October 14 (10/14): MLB

New York Yankees vs Cleveland Guardians Prediction, Pick and Preview, October 14 (10/14): MLB

Odds

Time 1:07 p.m. EST
Yankees money line -140
Yankees run line -1.5 (+160)
Guardians money line +117
Guardians run line +1.5 (-185)
Over / under 6.5

 

Key stats

  New York Yankees  Cleveland Guardians
Record 100-63 94-71
Home / road record 58-24 46-36
Last 10 record 6-4 7-3
Streak W1 L1
Over / under record 76-82-5 76-81-8
Runs / game 4.98 4.27
Runs allowed / game 3.50 3.87

 

Preview

The AL Central division champion Cleveland Guardians will visit the AL East champion New York Yankees again to play the 2nd game of the AL Divisional Series. The Yankees took the win 4-1 in the first game of the series. Cole cruised for most of the night, Bader and Anthony Rizzo homered.

 

New York Yankees

The Yankees get here with a 100-63 record and have won 3 of their last 5 games. The team is averaging 4.98 runs per game. They're batting for .241 AVG, 807 runs scored in 1308 hits and 254 home runs, ranking #2 in offense in the league, behind the LA Dodgers. Aaron Judge leads the team and is batting for .315 with 62 home runs and 131 RBI.

Defensively they are allowing 3.50 runs per game and rank #3 in the league. Gerrit Cole leads the pitching staff with a 3.50 ERA, 257 strikeouts and 13 wins recorded with the Yanks.

Probable Pitcher:  Nestor Cortes (12-4, 2.44 ERA)

Cortes will be on the mound in the 2nd game of the series for the Yankees. Cortes earned the win Saturday, allowing one hit and two walks over 7.1 scoreless innings against the Orioles while striking out 12. He has a record of 1-0 with an ERA of 2.50 and 18 strikeouts in 5 appearances against the Guardians in his career.

Cleveland Guardians

The Guardians get here with a 94-71 record and have won 5 of their last 7 games. They're averaging 4.27 runs and batting for .254 AVG, 698 runs scored in 1410 hits and 127 home runs, ranking #18 in offense, behind the Minnesota Twins. Jose Ramirez leads the team batting for .285 avg, 29 home runs and 126 RBI. 

Defensively they are allowing 3.87 runs per game and ranking #8 in the league. Shane Bieber leads the pitching staff with a 2.88 ERA, 198 strikeouts and 13 wins recorded with the Guardians.

Probable Pitcher: Shane Bieber (13-8, 2.88 ERA)

Bieber will be on the mound in the 2nd game of the series for the Guardians. Bieber earned the win Sunday against Kansas City, striking out three in five innings while allowing two runs (one earned) on seven hits and a walk. He is 1-1 with an ERA of 5.74 and 19 strikeouts in 3 appearances against the Yankees in his career.

 

BETTING TRENDS

Cleveland are 4-1 SU in their last 5 games.

Cleveland are 1-6 SU in their last 7 games against NY Yankees.

Cleveland are 9-1 SU in their last 10 games on the road.

Cleveland are 1-4 SU in their last 5 games when playing on the road against NY Yankees.

The total has gone UNDER in 5 of NY Yankees' last 6 games.

NY Yankees are 13-5 SU in their last 18 games.

NY Yankees are 10-2 SU in their last 12 games at home.

 

Prediction

The Guardians couldn't do much against a great performance from Gerrit Cole and the Yankees bullpen and they'll now try to tie this series by sending Shane Bieber who was pretty solid at the end of the season allowing only 1 run per game in his last 2 starts and the Guardians have won in 6 of his last 7 starts. Nestor Cortes will take the mound for the Yanks who has been insane lately and hasn't allowed a single run in his last 13.1 innings pitched. Cleveland has lost all of the last 3 games against the Yankees when Bieber has started so go with the bombers to take the lead 2-0 on this series.

PICK: Yankees ML (-140)

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