The New York Yankees are 5-2 in their last seven games at home. After finishing up a six-game road trip on Wednesday night, the Yankees return home on Thursday to host the Baltimore Orioles for the first game of a four-game series.
MLB betting: Baltimore Orioles at New York Yankees preview and odds
The New York Yankees enter Thursday night’s game against the Baltimore Orioles with a 14-5 record in their last 19 games.
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New York is a -125 favorite on the MLB odds for Thursday's series opener, according to sportsbooks monitored by OddsShark.com, over Baltimore at +120. Nathan Eovaldi will take the mound for the Yankees against Chris Tillman and the Orioles.
With their 5-1 loss against Toronto on Wednesday, New York lost its first series since falling to Baltimore back in the middle of April. Even with the loss, the Yankees are 14-5 in their last 19 games.
Three of those five losses have come on days that CC Sabathia has pitched; the team is 13-2 in its last 15 games when any other pitcher starts. With Sabathia going on Wednesday, the Yankees will not send their struggling starter to the mound in this series.
At 12-13, Baltimore's season has been littered with inconsistency early. After a 7-5 start, the Orioles went on to lose their next five games. Baltimore seemed to turn things around with a 5-1 record over its next six games, but now enters this series having lost both of its games on the road to the Mets.
Road play has been the biggest problem for the Orioles of yet with a 2-8 record over the team's last 10 road games, and things don't figure to get any easier this weekend in New York.
Thursday night's total is set at nine runs for the Orioles vs. Yankees betting matchup at the sportsbooks. The OVER is 5-1 in the last six meetings between the Yankees and the Orioles according to the OddsShark MLB Database.
Baltimore has enjoyed a recent string of success against its division rival with a 13-5 record over its last 18 games against the Yankees. Since 2012, the Orioles are 7-2 in their last nine games against New York with Chris Tillman on the mound. Thursday night's game will decide whether these trends continue or whether the hot Yankees can get the job done at home.
