Seattle Mariners vs. New York Yankees Betting Odds & Prediction: June 29th 2010

Our Tuesday night MLB predictions take us to Yankees Stadium where the Seattle Mariners and New York Yankees will lock horns for the first time in the 2010 baseball betting season.
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The Mariners had been playing their best ball of the season winning seven of their previous 10 ball games (+$437) entering last weekend’s Interleague series with Milwaukee, but the Brew Crew ended up being inhospitable hosts taking two of three overall. The series loss was manager Don Wakamatsu’s squads eighth in a row as a visitor where they stand 11-26 costing MLB bettors upwards of $1370 on the year.

Manager Joe Girardi and the defending champs wrapped up their 2010 Interleague betting schedule in fine fashion by storming back in the 9th inning of ESPN’s Sunday night broadcast to steal a 6-4 win in extra innings against the Los Angeles Dodgers. The series victory was the club’s third straight and they enter Game 1 of this series an impressive 25-10 (+$635) in the house that Steinbrenner built.

Seattle Mariners (31-44, -$1448) vs. New York Yankees (47-28, +$472)
Game Date/Time: Tuesday, June 29th, 7:05 ET
Game Location: Yankees Stadium, Bronx, NY
TV/Radio Broadcast: FOX-Northwest, My9, XM

MLB Betting Odds: Seattle Mariners +1.5 -150 +140 (Cliff Lee – L) vs. New York Yankees -1.5 +130 -160 (Philip Hughes – R): Total 7.5 O +105 7.5 U -125

Cliff Lee’s 37-inning streak without issuing a walk will fully be put to the test tonight against a Yankees club that’s taken more walks (310) than any other AL team this season. That said; the lefty enters his 12th start 6-3 overall with a 2.39 ERA & 0.91 WHIP having allowed just 75 hits and 23 ER’s with a K/BB ratio of 76/4 through 86.2 total innings pitched. Each of his L/6 outings has been of the quality variety; the M’s stand 5-1 during that stretch and they’ve won seven of his 11 starts on the year. He’s a perfect 4-0 the L/4 times he opposed NY in Yankees Stadium, and in 11 career starts vs. the Yankees, he’s 6-4 with a 4.40 ERA & 1.41 WHIP.

In a move made to rest Philip Hughes’ arm to avoid wear and tear, management decided to shut him down for the L/10 days; this will be his first outing since he picked up his 10th win of the season against the New York Mets. 2010 has really been a showcase year for the righty as he stands 10-1 overall with a 3.17 ERA & 1.13 WHIP through 82.1 total innings of work. The Yankees are undefeated the seven times he’s taken to the Stadium bump this season. Hughes owns a 6-0 record in the Bronx to go along with a 3.71 ERA, 1.15 WHIP, and K/BB ratio of 40/14 through 43+ innings pitched. His lone start against the Mariners came back in 2007 when he limited them to five hits and a pair of runs in the Yanks 10-2 home victory.

MLB Insider Tip: Tonight’s price on NY has more to do with the question mark that Hughes is pitching on 10 days rest than it does with the fact that he’s opposing a red hot Cliff Lee.

Honestly, it doesn’t make much of a difference to me. Getting the opportunity to play the Yanks at home at less than -200 is a steal. Yes, Lee is in very fine form but the team surrounding him hasn’t done much to impress of late or for the season for that matter.

Seattle’s a pathetic 1-8 (-$660) as a road underdog in the +125 to +150 range, while the Yanks are a $$$-making 5-1 (+$350) as a home chalk up to -175. NY’s won more than it’s lost against lefties overall (15-12), and they’ve taken 22 of the L/30 meetings between these clubs in the Bronx.

Hughes 2010 performance has NOT been a fluke! My MLB predictions for tonight’s series opener have him picking right back up where he left off t lead the Yanks to victory.

My MLB Prediction: New York Yankees (Hughes)
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