The Boston Red Sox are 6-1 over their last seven games, surging past 100 wins for the first time since 1946. The Red Sox look to keep the momentum going in a three-game series starting Tuesday on the road against the New York Yankees.
Red Sox vs. Yankees 2018 odds: Boston set as road underdog in matinee series opener
The Boston Red Sox will try to stay hot Tuesday when they visit the New York Yankees, but they’re pegged as underdogs at the sportsbooks for the afternoon game.
Boston is a +125 road underdog in New York in the series opener at sportsbooks monitored by OddsShark.com. Nathan Eovaldi takes the mound for the Red Sox facing J.A. Happ and the Yankees as -135 home favorites.
Boston Red Sox vs. New York Yankees
When: Tuesday, Sept. 18, 1:05 p.m. ET
Where: Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York
Betting Line / Total: New York -135 / 9 Runs
Boston Red Sox
With a 103-47 record, the Red Sox have separated themselves from the field as the clear team to beat this October. The team is three wins away from setting a new franchise record in wins and is showing no signs of slowing down down the stretch.
Mookie Betts left Sunday’s game against the New York Mets with an injury in the sixth inning to give Red Sox fans a bit of a scare, but the MVP frontrunner is fine and is expected to be back in the lineup on Tuesday.
After sweeping the Yankees in a four-game series at home last month, the Red Sox will now try to prove that they can beat the Yankees in New York. Boston is 2-6 in its last eight games at Yankee Stadium and 6-14 over its last 20 per the OddsShark MLB Database.
New York Yankees
Reinforcements are on the way for the Yankees as Aaron Judge and Aroldis Chapman both made it through a sim game with no issues on Monday afternoon. The two superstars would probably be rushed back into action this Tuesday if New York wasn’t 11.5 games behind the Red Sox in the AL East standings, but as it stands the Yankees will wait until both players are at 100% before they return.
New York is 7-1 straight up and on the runline in J.A. Happ’s eight starts as a Yankee.
Tuesday’s total is set at nine runs. The UNDER is 4-0-1 in Boston’s last five games.
While the division may be all but locked up for Boston, the intensity always rises when these two teams meet. The series continues on Wednesday when David Price clashes with Luis Severino and wraps up on Thursday with Eduardo Rodriguez vs. Masahiro Tanaka.
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