MLB Baseball: Athletics vs Yankees - 7:05pm EST on ESPN
The New York Yankees will try to make it five in a row when they face the Oakland
Athletics on Wednesday night at 7:05pm EST from Yankee Stadium in a game that can be seen on ESPN baseball. Baseball picks have the Yankees -140 favorites at home vs the Athletics +130 while the over/under MLB betting total is listed at 9 OVER (-115). New York will start righthander AJ Burnett for tonight's home game who carries a 9-12 record this season with a 5.17 ERA while Oakland will try to break their two game slump by sending lefthander Brett Anderson to the mound with a 3-5 record and 3.32 ERA this year. Online sportsbooks also favor the Yankees -1.5 (+140) in MLB betting odds on the run line vs the Athletics +1.5 (-160).
New York will be on the verge of sweeping the A's with a win tonight after taking the first game 11-5 on Monday and 9-3 last night. The Yankees won as -210 favorites in MLB odds on Tuesday while the 12 runs went OVER the 9 posted at online sportsbooks. Pitcher Phil Hughes moved to 16-6 on the season by only allowing two runs through five innings worth of work while Nick Swisher nailed a 359-homer in the third inning and Mark Teixeira added the finishing touch with a 390-ft homer in the fourth inning to make it 9-2. Daric Barton supplied the only offense for Oakland with a 376-ft homer in the seventh but it was a little too late as pitcher Vin Mazzaro allowed seven earned run in just 3 and 2/3 innings.
New York has gone 5-0 in their last 5 games when playing Oakland, 10-1 in their last 11 games when playing at home against the Athletics and 7-1 in their last 8 games at home overall. The baseball pick total has gone OVER in 7 of New York's last 8 games at home and OVER in 4 of Oakland's last 5 games when playing on the road against the Yankees. The total has gone OVER in 4 of the Athletics last 5 games overall and OVER in 4 of Oakland's last 5 games on the road.
MLB Baseball: Athletics vs Yankees - 7:05pm EST on ESPN