Detroit Tigers vs. New York Yankees Betting Preview - April 2
The Tigers vs. Yankees game has mostly gone OVER, but not Monday night.
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The OVER was 8-2 in the last ten meetings between these two teams prior to Monday night before going 3-1 Monday night.
Three of the last four had gone OVER 12. Those games were played in New York. Five of the other six featured double digit runs scored with the other game featuring a total of 8.
The OVER is now 11-4 in the Yankees last 15 overall.
The total on Tuesday's game is swinging between 8 and 8.5 but with a general trend from 8.5 to 7.5.
PITCHING MATCHUP: Tigers RH Jordan Zimmermann (0-0, 0.00 ERA) vs. Yankees RH Masahiro Tanaka (1-0, 1.59)
Zimmermann took a perfect game into the seventh inning and settled for seven scoreless innings with one hit allowed in a 2-0 win at Toronto on Opening Day, striking out four.
Tanaka picked up the win on Opening Day with 5 2/3 solid innings in which he allowed one earned run while striking out five.
The Tigers are 2-5 in Zimmermann's last 7 road starts.
The OVER is 5-2-1 in Zimmermann’s last 8 starts overall.
The OVER is 10-3 in Tanaka’s last 13 Tuesday starts.
More importantly perhaps, the OVER is 9-3 in Tanaka's last 12 starts after allowing 2 runs or less in their previous game.
- Dan Shapiro, Gambling911.com
