Baseball Betting: Marlins vs. Yankees Free Pick: June 19th 2009

Free Pick: New York Yankees -1.5 (110) - Fri June 19th 2009 7:10p
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Both the New York Yankees and the Florida Marlins has to wait out rain delays in their getaway games yesterday, but while the Yankees still finished up at a reasonable time, the Marlins game was not officially rain-shortened until very late.

Thus, there should be a lot of bleary eyes in the Florida lineup tonight, nit that they have played well at home even when fully alert this year, as they are just 15-19 while getting outscored by an amazing -1.23 runs per game in their own stadium. A lack of fan support may be part of the problem, but a more direct cause has been the struggles of the pitching staff, especially the bullpen.

The entire Florida staff has a 4.87 ERA at home, a figure that has been inflated by awful work by the bullpen, which has a collective 5.74 ERA in the Miami sunshine. This is bad news for the young Fish starter tonight Sean West. Now West has good numbers to this point at 2-1 with a 3.00 ERA and 1.03 WHIP, but his stamina is still questionable after just five starts, and the Yankees easily own the best offense he will have faced to this point in his young career.

Sure, the Bronx Bombers were anything but after losing two out of three games to the pathetic Washington Nationals, but you know that they did not have a pleasant flight last night and we expect their hitters to come out breathing fire tonight. As for their starter Andy Pettitte, he has had a propensity for alternating good and bad outings, and if that pattern holds, he is in line for a quality effort tonight.

Besides, Pettitte has pitched much better on the road this season, where he is 3-1 with a sparkling 2.59 ERA. When you combine his fine road form with tired Florida bats and a Yankees offense in an ornery mood, we look for a multiple-run win by the Bombers tonight.

MLB Free Pick: Yankees -1.5 (+110)