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To be quite honest, we think that there should be interleague baseball series throughout the season. There are 162 freakin’ games, you’re telling us you can’t fit in a few more Subway Series in there?
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Phillies vs. Yankees<o:p></o:p>
Interleague play begins tonight and amongst the feature matchups a series between the defending World Series champions and a team that always has its sights set on the World Series—the Philadelphia Phillies at the New York Yankees.
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After getting off to a slow start, the New York Yankees have begun to renew the faith of the bettors currently sitting at 24-17 straight up and 13-7 SU at home.
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Furthermore, the public has been riding the coattails of the Yanks, who are currently on a 9-0 run overall and a 7-0 run at the new Yankee Stadium.
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Going into Friday night’s opener, the Phillies will send Brett Myers to the mound while A.J. Burnett will take the mound in front of the home crowd; the Phillies are listed at +138 at SPORTSBETTING.com, while the Bronx Bombers are -158 favorites and the Total is set at 11.
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In his last five home games against the Phillies, Burnett is 3-2 and this season is 3-1 in his last four home games overall.
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Loverboy sang “Everybody’s working for the weekend” and Burnett is no different. He loves Fridays, putting together a 9-2 mark on the weekend set-up day. Likely not overly meaningful, but an interesting stat nonetheless. Also worth noting is that Burnett and his team have posted five straight “Unders” in their last five Friday starts.
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Myers hasn’t been too shabby in his last 11 road starts, going 8-3 and is currently on a four-game road win streak.
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Red Sox vs. Mets<o:p></o:p>
The Boston Red Sox are coming on strong and have crept to within half a game of the AL East division-leading Toronto Blue Jays and their opponent in interleague play this weekend is the cross-town rival of their hated rival Yankees; that would be the New York Mets.
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It should be a pitchers duel between the two as Johan Santana goes for the Mets and Daisuke Matsuzaka will make his return at home after spending time on the DL with a shoulder injury. Online sportsbooks have the Mets are -129 road faves while the BoSox are +109 home ‘dogs.
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In three road games against the Red Sox, Santana is 0-3, while he is 5-4 lifetime against Boston. The sports betting public might want to jot this trend down: Santana has yet to pitch a game that has gone Over with a 0-9 O/U record.
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While Dice-K is coming off injury and has never faced the Mets, he is 10-2 in his last 12 Friday games and is currently riding a seven-game win streak in his last seven Friday games.
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Angels vs. Dodgers<o:p></o:p>
If the <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">New York</st1:place></st1:State> Yankees vs. the New York Mets is considered the “Subway Series” what would the L.A. Angels at the L.A. Dodgers be considered?
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The Freeway Series? The <st1:City w:st="on">Battle</st1:City> of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">L.A.</st1:City></st1:place>? The SoCal Slamboree?
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Regardless, there should be a lot of intrigue surrounding the All-L.A. baseball battle as the Angels are listed at +110, the Dodgers are -130 and the Total is set at 8.
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The Angels have struggled on the road against the Dodgers amassing a record of 8-12 in their last 20 games at Chavez Ravine and in the Angels’ last seven road games against the Dodgers, they are 1-6 on the Over/Under.
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The three-game weekend set starts with Jered Weaver going against Clayton Kershaw.
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Kershaw has been a rock at home going 10-4 in his last 14 home games and is currently on an 8-0 tear.
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It’s a great kick-off to Memorial Day weekend…enjoy the holiday and all the baseball.
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