Oldman's Pick For Friday 6/30/06 - 8-1 (+8.52) YTD

oldmanTED · Jun 30, 2006

Looking at the Subway Series between the Mets and Yankees. This is the return series following the 5/19-5/21 series won by the Mets 2-1. In that series, the Yankees only win was 5-4 when Mussina started and went 7 innings as his line shows below. Hernandez did not face his former team.

<TABLE class=tablehead cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=3><TBODY><TR class=oddrow align=right><TD noWrap align=left>M Mussina</TD><TD>7.0</TD><TD>5</TD><TD>4</TD><TD>2</TD><TD>0</TD><TD>7</TD><TD>2</TD><TD noWrap>98-68</TD><TD>2.56
</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

The Mets are coming off being swept by the Red Sox being outscored 23-9 and now have lost 8 of their last 13 on the road. Meanwhile, the Yankees won 6 of their last 8. Mussina comes in with a record of 9-3 and an ERA of 3.28 while Hernandez is 2-3 with an ERA of 5.40 in 6 starts as a Met and 4-7 overall with an ERA of 5.82. Mussina's last outing was a gem against the Marlins as shown below. While, Hernandez remained in form against the Blue Jays.

<TABLE class=tablehead cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=3><TBODY><TR class=colhead align=right><TD align=left>Pitchers</TD><TD>IP</TD><TD> H</TD><TD> R</TD><TD>ER</TD><TD>BB</TD><TD>SO</TD><TD>HR</TD><TD noWrap>PC-ST</TD><TD>ERA</B></TD></TR><TR class=oddrow align=right><TD noWrap align=left>M Mussina (W, 9-3)</TD><TD>7.0</TD><TD>5</TD><TD>1</TD><TD>1</TD><TD>2</TD><TD>6</TD><TD>0</TD><TD noWrap>105-71</TD><TD>3.28</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

<TABLE class=tablehead cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=3><TBODY><TR class=colhead align=right><TD align=left>Pitchers</TD><TD>IP</TD><TD> H</TD><TD> R</TD><TD>ER</TD><TD>BB</TD><TD>SO</TD><TD>HR</TD><TD noWrap>PC-ST</TD><TD>ERA</B></TD></TR><TR class=oddrow align=right><TD noWrap align=left>O Hernandez (L, 4-7)</TD><TD>1.2</TD><TD>4</TD><TD>6</TD><TD>6</TD><TD>1</TD><TD>2</TD><TD>1</TD><TD noWrap>54-29</TD><TD>5.82</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

Sense here is that the Yankees will be looking for payback against their weary crosstown rivals. Hence,

1* New York Yankees -1.5 (+117)(Pinnacle)

Year To Date Record: 8-1 (+8.52)

Good Luck All.

oldmanTED · Jun 30, 2006

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 NY METS AT NY YANKEES -- LINEUPS

NY METS                                 NY YANKEES                            
                         AVG  HR  RBI                            AVG  HR  RBI   
Jose Reyes SS           .293   8   36   Johnny Damon CF         .295  11   42   
Paul Lo Duca DH         .282   3   22   Derek Jeter SS          .331   5   46   
Carlos Beltran CF       .291  22   62   Jason Giambi DH         .271  23   62   
David Wright 3B         .327  18   64   Alex Rodriguez 3B       .279  16   55   
Cliff Floyd LF          .238   6   19   Jorge Posada C          .288  10   42   
Jose Valentin 2B        .288   8   26   Bernie Williams RF      .276   6   34   
Julio Franco 1B         .303   1   12   Andy Phillips 1B        .289   5   16   
Endy Chavez RF          .274   1   14   Melky Cabrera LF        .255   2   18   
Ramon Castro C          .256   3    8   Miguel Cairo 2B         .229   0   12   

Orlando Hernandez RHP   (4-7, 5.82)     Mike Mussina RHP        (9-3, 3.28)