NY Yankees (86-51) at Oakland (81-57)
When: Monday, September 3rd 2018
Where: Oakland Coliseum,
Oakland, California
Time: 7:05 ET | TV: ESPN
Opening Odds: Oakland -118/9
One month from now, the Oakland A’s and New York Yankees could very well be hooking up at Yankee Stadium for a one-game Wild Card showdown to see who moves onto the AL Divisional Series. We get a nice little preview as the teams open up a three-game series at the Oakland Coliseum on Monday night as CC Sabathia goes up against A’s righty Trevor Cahill. The Yankees hopes at an AL East title are looking slimmer and slimmer after a rough 3-4 homestand against the lowly Detroit Tigers and Chicago White Sox – teams that are about 30 games behind New York in the standings. The Bronx Bombers look to refocus with a huge week ahead that seems them going to Seattle this weekend. The Mariners are 4.5 games behind Oakland for the second Wild Card spot. The A’s are also coming off a 3-4 week, but they played the AL West-leading Astros and Mariners. Stephen Piscotty homered twice on Sunday for the Athletics and is 7-for-19 with three homers and 10 RBIs during a five-game hitting streak. New York first baseman Luke Voit homered in Sunday’s 11-7 loss to the Tigers, and has five homers in his last 10 games.
Pitchers: Yankees – CC Sabathia (7-5, 3.36 ERA) | Athletics – Trevor Cahill (5-3, 3.60)
Sabathia’s solid season has continued through the summer and has posted three straight quality starts, going six innings in each outing and giving up five runs total. However, two of those were home starts, and the big lefty has not been as sharp on the road this year, posting a 4.27 ERA, while his team is just 5-6 in his 11 starts. Sabathia has a 5.20 ERA in 16 career starts in Oakland.
Cahill is coming off two very rough outings, but those were on the road and he has some extreme splits when it comes to home vs. road. He has been scorched for 33 earned runs in 42.1 innings away from the Coliseum, while owning his opponents at home. In eight Coliseum starts, Cahill has allowed just five earned runs in 52.2 innings, while his team is 6-2. Newly acquired Yankee Andrew McCutchen is 6-for-14 with three doubles and a home run against Cahill.
The Yankees are the better team, but you can’t ignore Cahill’s stats at home, nor Oakland’s ability to hit the longball. This will be an entertaining series to watch, but the A’s will get the better of CC in the opener.
Pick: A’s -115
BETTING TRENDS:
- Yankees are 4-0 in their last 4 road games.
- Yankees are 4-0 in their last 4 road games vs. a right-handed starter.
- Yankees are 6-1 in their last 7 games vs. a right-handed starter.
- Yankees are 11-4 in their last 15 overall.
- Yankees are 19-7 in their last 26 vs. American League West.
- Yankees are 72-35 in their last 107 games on grass.
- Yankees are 2-5 in their last 7 Monday games.
- Yankees are 1-7 in their last 8 vs. a team with a winning record.
- Yankees are 0-5 in their last 5 road games vs. a team with a winning record.
- Yankees are 0-5 in their last 5 road games vs. a team with a winning home record.
- Yankees are 4-1 in Sabathia’s last 5 Monday starts.
- Yankees are 21-7 in Sabathia’s last 28 starts vs. a team with a winning record.
- Yankees are 19-7 in Sabathia’s last 26 starts following a team loss in their previous game.
- Yankees are 5-2 in Sabathia’s last 7 starts.
- Yankees are 5-2 in Sabathia’s last 7 starts on grass.
- Yankees are 59-28 in Sabathia’s last 87 starts during game 1 of a series.
- Yankees are 40-19 in Sabathia’s last 59 starts vs. American League West.
- Athletics are 4-0 in their last 4 vs. American League East.
- Athletics are 6-1 in their last 7 Monday games.
- Athletics are 22-8 in their last 30 home games.
- Athletics are 10-4 in their last 14 home games vs. a left-handed starter.
- Athletics are 47-20 in their last 67 overall.
- Athletics are 47-20 in their last 67 games on grass.
- Athletics are 1-4 in their last 5 games vs. a left-handed starter.
- Athletics are 4-0 in Cahill’s last 4 home starts.
- Athletics are 7-2 in Cahill’s last 9 starts.
- Athletics are 7-2 in Cahill’s last 9 starts on grass.
- Athletics are 5-2 in Cahill’s last 7 starts with 4 days of rest.
- Athletics are 5-11 in Cahill’s last 16 starts following a team loss in their previous game.
- Athletics are 1-11 in Cahill’s last 12 starts during game 1 of a series.
- Under is 5-0-1 in Yankees last 6 vs. a team with a winning record.
- Under is 4-1-1 in Yankees last 6 road games vs. a team with a winning record.
- Under is 4-1 in Yankees last 5 games vs. a right-handed starter.
- Under is 4-1-1 in Yankees last 6 road games vs. a team with a winning home record.
- Under is 6-2 in Yankees last 8 overall.
- Under is 6-2 in Yankees last 8 on grass.
- Under is 7-3 in Yankees last 10 Monday games.
- Under is 23-10-2 in Yankees last 35 road games vs. a right-handed starter.
- Under is 25-12-3 in Yankees last 40 road games.
- Under is 6-1-2 in Sabathia’s last 9 starts with 4 days of rest.
- Under is 8-2-2 in Sabathia’s last 12 starts on grass.
- Under is 6-2 in Sabathia’s last 8 starts during game 1 of a series.
- Under is 3-1-1 in Sabathia’s last 5 starts vs. a team with a winning record.
- Under is 20-7-1 in Sabathia’s last 28 starts following a Quality Start in his last appearance.
- Under is 21-8-3 in Sabathia’s last 32 road starts.
- Under is 10-4-3 in Sabathia’s last 17 road starts vs. a team with a winning record.
- Under is 7-3-1 in Sabathia’s last 11 starts vs. American League West.
- Under is 41-18-4 in Sabathia’s last 63 starts overall.
- Over is 5-0 in Athletics last 5 Monday games.
- Under is 8-2-2 in Athletics last 12 home games vs. a left-handed starter.
- Under is 11-3-1 in Athletics last 15 games vs. a left-handed starter.
- Over is 3-1-1 in Athletics last 5 home games vs. a team with a winning road record.
- Over is 9-3-1 in Athletics last 13 games vs. a team with a winning % above .600.
- Under is 11-5-1 in Athletics last 17 home games.
- Over is 3-0-1 in Cahill’s last 4 starts on grass.
- Over is 3-0-1 in Cahill’s last 4 starts overall.
- Under is 19-5-4 in Cahill’s last 28 home starts vs. a team with a winning record.
- Over is 6-2-1 in Cahill’s last 9 starts during game 1 of a series.
- Under is 26-9-5 in Cahill’s last 40 home starts.
- Over is 5-2-3 in Cahill’s last 10 starts with 4 days of rest.
- Over is 5-0 in Sabathia’s last 5 road starts vs. Athletics.
- Over is 4-1 in Sabathia’s last 5 starts vs. Athletics.
- Yankees are 2-5 in the last 7 meetings.
- Athletics are 1-4 in Cahill’s last 5 starts vs. Yankees.
- Yankees are 0-4 in the last 4 meetings in Oakland.
