MLB Predictions: New York Yankees vs. Minnesota Twins: May 27th 2010

New York Yankees vs. Minnesota Twins
Free Pick: Minnesota Twins (RL)
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Minnesota will look to salvage the final game of this series with the Yankees who have taken the first two games. The Twins will see a familiar foe in Javier Vazquez who gets the start for New York. Vazquez is 2-4 with a 6.75 ERA in seven starts for the Yankees this season. The righty has faced the Twins 17 times in his career going 6-6 in those games. In 2008, he faced them three times giving up 12 runs and 23 hits in 16.3 innings pitched. Justin Morneau (14-40), Michael Cuddyer (12-35), Joe Mauer (9-30), Jim Thome (6-22), Orlando Hudson (5-18), Delmon Young (7-16), and J.J. Hardy (3-10) all have good numbers against Vazquez. The Twins are 14-9 at home and they’ve played in four straight one run games against the Yankees and Brewers.

The Twins will send Nick Blackburn to the mound tonight. He is cruising right now as he’s 3-0 with a 2.53 ERA in his last three starts including a win over the Yankees in New York. In that game, he gave up three runs and nine hits in seven innings of work. A-Rod (3-12), Nick Swisher (3-12), Robinson Cano (0-11), Marcus Thames (1-9), Brett Gardner (2-8), and Francisco Cervelli (0-2) all have poor numbers against Blackburn. New York’s offense is struggling a bit right now scoring just 13 runs over their last five games on the road. Minnesota owns the pitching edge with Blackburn over Vazquez, and since the Yankees aren’t scoring a lot of runs lately, we recommend taking the Twins on the run line in this game tonight.