Aces Square off As Yankees Host Indians

Postseason Series Preview?

The Cleveland Indians and the New York Yankees will meet at Yankee Stadium on Monday night. This game should be a good one. Two of the best pitchers in baseball will be going facing each other. Both teams are knee deep in the playoff battle as well. This could be a precursor to a good postseason series. The Yankees are the American League Wildcard leader, while the Indians are the AL Central leader. Oddsmakers opened the Yankees as -124-moneyline favorites versus the Indians, while the game’s total opened at 7.5. The Indians will trot Corey Kluber out to the mound in this one. Right hander Kluber has a 12-4 record and a 2.65 ERA this season. He is 4-1 with a 1.89 ERA in five starts in August. Kluber is also 5-1 with a 2.43 ERA in eight starts since the All-Star break. He is 4-1 with a 1.71 ERA in six career starts against the Yankees. Kluber  is 2-1 with a 2.25 ERA in three starts at Yankee Stadium. Kluber is coming off his first loss since July 4. He struck out 12 while allowing two runs on four hits over 7 2/3 innings in a 6-1 loss to the Boston Red Sox on Wednesday. During the game, he reached 200 strikeouts for the fourth straight season. He also took over the AL ERA lead the next night when the Indians beat Chris Sale and the Red Sox.

Yankees Bats Struggle Against Kluber

Starting this game for the Yankees will be Luis Severino. The right hander has a 3.10 ERA to go along with a 11-5 record this season. Severino is 6-1 with a 2.16 ERA in eight starts since the All-Star break. His only loss was Aug. 12 when he allowed 10 runs against the Red Sox. Severino is 2-0 with a 1.93 ERA in three career starts against the Yankees. Severino remained unbeaten against the Indians by holding them to one run and two hits in 6 2/3 innings Aug. 6 in Cleveland. New York’s current roster is hitting a combined .167 (20-for-120) with 37 strikeouts against Kluber. Todd Frazier and Aaron Hicks are 2-for-23 and 3-for-20, respectively, against him, while Chase Headley is 0-for-11. The Indians’ current roster is a combined 8-for-50 (.160) off Severino. Edwin Encarnacion had one of the two hits in the last meeting and is 3-for-13 lifetime against Severino.  

Bullpen

Cleveland’s relievers have pitched 7.1 innings in the last 3 games.
NY Yankees’s relievers have pitched 8 innings in the last 3 games.

New York Yankees – Luis Severino

Title	Stat	Rank	Stat	Rank
Away Team Overall Scoring vs Home Team Overall Defense	4.91	8	4.19	5
Away Team Away Scoring vs Home Team Home Defense	4.75	13	4.17	7
Home Team Overall Scoring vs Away Team Overall Defense	5.24	3	3.79	2
Home Team Home Scoring vs Away Team Road Defense	5.58	3	3.89	2

Head To Head Detail

MLB Betting Trends

Cleveland Indians
Cleveland is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games
Cleveland is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
Cleveland is 5-2 ATS in its last 7 games on the road
Cleveland is 8-2 SU in its last 10 games on the road
Cleveland is 3-6 ATS in its last 9 games when playing NY Yankees
Cleveland is 3-6 SU in its last 9 games when playing NY Yankees
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Cleveland’s last 6 games when playing NY Yankees
Cleveland is 6-3 SU in its last 9 games when playing on the road against NY Yankees
Cleveland is 7-15 SU in its last 22 games when playing on the road against NY Yankees
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Cleveland’s last 9 games when playing on the road against NY Yankees

New York Yankees
NY Yankees is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games
NY Yankees is 9-4 SU in its last 13 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of NY Yankees’s last 6 games
NY Yankees is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games at home
NY Yankees is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of NY Yankees’s last 6 games at home
NY Yankees is 6-3 ATS in its last 9 games when playing Cleveland
NY Yankees is 6-3 SU in its last 9 games when playing Cleveland
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of NY Yankees’s last 6 games when playing Cleveland
NY Yankees is 15-7 SU in its last 22 games when playing at home against Cleveland
NY Yankees is 3-6 SU in its last 9 games when playing at home against Cleveland
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of NY Yankees’s last 9 games when playing at home against Cleveland

Team Vs Division Or Conference

Cleveland Indians

New York Yankees

New York Yankees

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