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The New York Yankees have won eight of the last nine against the San Francisco Giants. Sunday afternoon they come into San Francisco as a -134 favorite.
Yankees @ Giants
PITCHING PROBABLES: Yankees: Nestor Cortes Jr. (3-4, 3.30 ERA, 1.06 WHIP, 67 strikeouts); Giants: Blake Snell (0-3, 10.42 ERA, 2.00 WHIP, 24 strikeouts)
Early Line: Giants -111, Yankees -109; over/under is 7 1/2 runs
BOTTOM LINE: The San Francisco Giants take on the New York Yankees looking to end a three-game home losing streak.
San Francisco is 29-30 overall and 17-13 at home. Giants hitters have a collective .313 on-base percentage, the 10th-best percentage in MLB play.
New York has a 41-19 record overall and a 23-11 record on the road. The Yankees have the second-best team slugging percentage in MLB play at .438.
Nestor Cortes was uninvolved in the decision Tuesday after allowing two runs in 5 1/3 innings against the Angels. Prior to that he pitched five scoreless innings against the Mariners, allowing three hits and three walks while striking out six and earning the win.
Snell allowed four runs (three earned) in four innings and got a no-decision in the Giants’ 8-4 victory over the Phillies on Monday after being activated off the paternity list.
Prior to that, he gave up four runs on four hits over 3 1/3 innings in a no-decision against the Pirates after coming off the injury list.
Note that in 78 at bats vs. the current Yankees roster (7 players he's faced off against), Snell has allowed just 14 hits in 78 at bats with 3 home runs and 8 RBIs (.179).
There's that and the fact that he is really due for a strong outing here. We'll be sitting this one out.
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