Boston Red Sox vs New York Yankees Prediction, Pick and Preview, July 7 (7/7): MLB

Boston Red Sox vs New York Yankees Prediction, Pick and Preview, July 7 (7/7): MLB

Credit: photo by Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports

 

Odds

Time 7:10 p.m. EST
Yankees money line -160
Yankees run line -1.5 (+100)
Red Sox money line +134
Red Sox run line +1.5 (-120)
Over / under 8.5

 

Key stats

  New York Yankees  Boston Red Sox
Record 59-23 45-37
Road / home record 25-14 21-18
Last 10 record 7-3 4-6
Streak W1 L2
Over / under record 35-44-3 32-41-9
Runs / game 5.00 4.72
Runs allowed / game 3.00 4.02

 

Preview

The Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees will play the third game of the series at the Yankee Stadium on Wednesday. The Yankees took the win again in the second of the series in a very close game. Sears held the A's to three hits over 5 2/3 innings. Jose Trevino backed him with an RBI single in the first and Marwin Gonzalez homered in the second to beat the A's 2-1 and take the lead 2-0 on the series.

New York Yankees

The Yankees get here with a 55-20 record and have won 5 of their last 7 games. The team is averaging 5 runs per game. They're batting for .242 AVG, 421 runs scored in 658 hits and 139 home runs, ranking #2 in offense in the league behind the Los Angeles Dodgers. Aaron Judge leads the team and is batting for .287 with 30 home runs and 64 RBI.

Defensively they are allowing 3 runs per game and rank #1 in the league. Nestor Cortes leads the pitching staff with a 2.44 ERA, 91 strikeouts and 7 wins recorded with the Yanks.

Probable Pitcher:  Gerrit Cole (7-2, 2.99 ERA)

Cole will be on the mound in the 1st game of the series for New York. Cole (7-2) earned the win in the first game of Saturday's doubleheader against the Guardians, allowing two runs on three hits and three walks over six innings. He struck out six batters. He has a record of 5-3 with an ERA of 4.00 and 73 strikeouts in 11 appearances versus the Red Sox in his career.

Boston Red Sox

The Red Sox get here with a 45-37 record and have lost 4 of their last 6 games. The team is averaging 4.72 runs per game. They're batting for .261 AVG, 383 runs scored in 740 hits and 77 home runs, ranking #6 in offense in the league, behind the NY Mets. Rafael Devers is leading the team with 17 home runs and 46 RBI, batting for .327 AVG while Trevor Story leads in RBI's with 54. 

Defensively they are allowing 4.02 runs per game and rank #11 in the league. Nick Pivetta leads the team with 8 wins recorded with a 3.68 ERA and 95 strikeouts.

Probable Pitcher: Josh Winckowski (3-2, 3.12 ERA)

Winckowski will be on the mound in the 1st game of the series for the A's. Winckowski took the loss against the Cubs on Saturday, allowing two runs (one earned) on six hits and a walk with six strikeouts in six innings. He hasn't pitched against the Yankees in his career.

BETTING TRENDS

NY Yankees are 8-2 SU in their last 10 games against Boston.

The total has gone UNDER in 6 of NY Yankees' last 8 games when playing on the road against Boston.

Boston Red Sox are 3-6 SU in their last 9 games.

The total has gone UNDER in 10 of Boston's last 14 games against NY Yankees.

Prediction

The Yankees destroyed the Pirates in their last game scoring 16 runs while allowing none. They're the 2nd best offense in the league and #1 defense. Gerrit Cole will get the ball for this game and he's been dominant on the mound in his last 4 starts allowing 4 runs in his last 26.1 innings pitched. The Red Sox have struggled lately as they have 4 of their last 6 games and are 1-2 against the Yankees this season. Winckowski has done a decent job so far but hasn't faced an offense like the Yankees. The Red Sox are no rivals this year for the bombers so take the Yankees to win. 

PICK: Yankees ML (-160)

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