ALDS Preview: Yankees and Indians Square off in Cleveland

Aces Not on the Mound in ALDS for Yanks and Indians

The New York Yankees and the Cleveland Indians open their 2017 ALDS Series tonight at 7:30 pm EST. The game from Progressive Field will be telecast live across the nation on Fox Sports 1.

Neither teams Aces will be on the mound tonight. Fans should still expect to see a good pitching matchup. Yankees ace Luis Severino started the AL wild-card game against the Minnesota Twins on Tuesday.

Indians ace Corey Kluber is rested but will start Game 2. Manager Terry Francona wants to have Kluber pitch on his normal day to pitch. This also sets up to be ready for a possible Game 5 start.

It will be New York's Sonny Gray vs. Cleveland's Trevor Bauer in Game 1.

Oddsmakers have the Indians listed as -143-moneyline favorites. The total is at 8.5.

Indians Had Best Record in AL

The Indians come into the ALDS with the best record in the American League. They were 102-60 and have won 34 of their last 38 games. The amazing streak that includes their American League-record 22-game winning streak.

The Indians went 5-2 against the Yankees during the regular season. Three of those wins were during Cleveland's 22-game winning streak.

Indians pitchers will be trying to stimey Yankees rookie slugger Aaron Judge. Judge hit a rookie-record 52 home runs this season. He added another in New York's 8-4 win over Minnesota in the wild-card game.

Bauer had a breakout season this year. He finally put things together and went 17-9 with a 4.19 ERA. In two starts against the Yankees he was 2-0 with a 1.38 ERA.

Yankees Look for Strong Showing in ALDS

Gray was 10-12 with a 3.55 ERA in 27 starts this year for the Oakland A's and New York. He has 11 starts for the Yankees. Gray went 4-7 with a 3.72 ERA. He started three times against the Indians this year, going 1-2 with a 4.86 ERA.

Gray's last start against Cleveland came on Aug. 3. It was a 5-1 loss in which he pitched six innings. He gave up four runs, two of them earned, on four hits. Gray also had six strikeouts and three walks in his Yankees debut. Gray's career record against Cleveland is 3-3 with a 3.38 ERA.

Recent Form

Team	record	money	vs LHP	vs RHP	Fave	Dog	O/U	Diff
NY Yankees	92-71	$276.00	24-23	68-48	71-55	21-15	84-76-3	1.24
Cleveland	102-60	$553.00	36-24	66-36	95-56	6-4	61-92-9	1.57

Pitchers Last 3 Starts

S Gray (10-12) ERA: 3.55

event date	Opponent	Result	score	OU Result	ip	money
Sep 28, 2017	TB	L	6-9	O	4.2	-$100.00
Sep 23, 2017	TOR	W	5-1	U	6	$56.00
Sep 17, 2017	BAL	L	4-6	O	4	-$100.00

T Bauer (17-9) ERA: 4.19

event date	Opponent	Result	score	OU Result	ip	money
Sep 29, 2017	CHW	W	10-1	O	6	$34.00
Sep 22, 2017	SEA	L	1-3	U	7	-$100.00
Sep 15, 2017	KC	L	3-4	U	5.1	-$100.00

Bullpen

NY Yankees's relievers have pitched 15.2 innings in the last 3 games.
Cleveland's relievers have pitched 10.2 innings in the last 3 games.

Pitcher Recent Starts Vs Opponent

New York Yankees - S Gray

Date	score	Winner	ip	hits	Runs	Earned Runs	walks	strikeouts	Decision
Aug 3, 2017	5-1	CLE	6	4	4	2	3	6	Loss
Jul 14, 2017	5-0	OAK	6	2	0	0	1	5	Win
May 30, 2017	9-4	CLE	4.2	9	7	7	2	3	Loss
Jul 31, 2016	8-0	CLE	3.1	8	7	7	2	3	Loss
Aug 2, 2015	2-1	OAK	7	4	1	1	4	7	No Decision

Cleveland Indians - T Bauer

Date	score	Winner	ip	hits	Runs	Earned Runs	walks	strikeouts	Decision
Aug 30, 2017	2-1	CLE	6	4	1	1	4	4	Win
Aug 4, 2017	7-2	CLE	7	7	1	1	2	7	Win
Jul 7, 2016	5-4	NYY	5.2	8	5	5	2	4	Loss
Aug 23, 2015	4-3	CLE	6.1	2	2	1	6	7	No Decision
Aug 13, 2015	8-6	NYY	3.1	7	6	6	2	1	Loss

ALDS Supergrid

Title	Stat	Rank	Stat	Rank
Away Team Overall Scoring vs Home Team Overall Defense	5.31	2	3.48	1
Away Team Away Scoring vs Home Team Home Defense	5.02	3	3.40	2
Home Team Overall Scoring vs Away Team Overall Defense	5.05	6	4.07	4
Home Team Home Scoring vs Away Team Road Defense	5.01	10	4.26	9

Head To Head Detail

Date	Away	away score	Home	home score	line	O/U	Away Pitcher	Home Pitcher	Away Hits	Home Hits	Away Walks	Home Walks	Away Strikeouts	Home Strikeouts
Aug 30, 2017	CLE	9	NYY	4			O	Ryan Merritt (L)	Jordan Montgomery (L)	13	8	5	3	9	2
Aug 30, 2017	CLE	2	NYY	1	-124	9.5	U	Trevor Bauer (R)	Jaime Garcia (L)	8	5	4	4	13	9
Aug 28, 2017	CLE	6	NYY	2	-103	6.5	O	Corey Kluber (R)	Luis Severino (R)	6	3	4	1	12	8
Aug 6, 2017	NYY	8	CLE	1	-120	7.5	O	Luis Severino (R)	Carlos Carrasco (R)	12	2	3	1	10	10
Aug 5, 2017	NYY	2	CLE	1	-131	8.5	U	Jordan Montgomery (L)	Danny Salazar (R)	5	6	4	0	15	12
Aug 4, 2017	NYY	2	CLE	7	-119	9	P	Jaime Garcia (L)	Trevor Bauer (R)	11	8	2	4	10	10
Aug 3, 2017	NYY	1	CLE	5	-197	8	U	Sonny Gray (R)	Corey Kluber (R)	3	5	1	3	11	7
Aug 7, 2016	CLE	2	NYY	3	100	8	U	Carlos Carrasco (R)	Masahiro Tanaka (R)	8	5	3	2	12	12
Aug 6, 2016	CLE	5	NYY	2	171	8	U	Corey Kluber (R)	CC Sabathia (L)	10	6	6	1	10	10
Aug 5, 2016	CLE	7	NYY	13	-115	8	O	Josh Tomlin (R)	Michael Pineda (R)	11	16	4	8	10	4

ALDS Betting Trends

New York Yankees
NY Yankees is 15-8 ATS in its last 23 games
NY Yankees is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of NY Yankees's last 7 games
The total has gone OVER in 10 of NY Yankees's last 15 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of NY Yankees's last 6 games on the road
NY Yankees is 2-5 SU in its last 7 games when playing Cleveland
NY Yankees is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Cleveland
NY Yankees is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Cleveland

Cleveland Indians
Cleveland is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games
Cleveland is 21-4 SU in its last 25 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Cleveland's last 5 games
Cleveland is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games at home
Cleveland is 17-3 SU in its last 20 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Cleveland's last 5 games at home
Cleveland is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games when playing NY Yankees
Cleveland is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games when playing at home against NY Yankees
Cleveland is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games when playing at home against NY Yankees

Team Vs Division Or Conference

New York Yankees

	record	Home	Away	Fave	Dog	O/U	vs LHP	vs RHP
Overall	92-71	52-30	40-41	71-48	22-20	83-76-3	24-23	68-48
Last 10	7-3	6-2	1-1	7-2	0-1	4-6	1-1	6-2
vs Div	44-32	27-12	17-20	30-20	15-11	41-33-2	13-12	31-20
vs AL	77-66	44-28	33-38	60-46	18-18	73-66-3	20-23	57-43
vs NL	15-5	8-2	7-3	11-2	4-2	10-10	4-0	11-5

Cleveland Indians

	record	Home	Away	Fave	Dog	O/U	vs LHP	vs RHP
Overall	102-60	49-32	53-28	95-55	8-5	60-92-9	36-24	66-36
Last 10	7-3	4-2	3-1	6-3	1-0	3-7	1-0	6-3
vs Div	50-26	21-16	29-10	50-26	1-0	26-47-3	21-11	29-15
vs AL	96-46	45-26	51-20	89-42	7-4	52-81-8	33-20	63-26
vs NL	6-14	4-6	2-8	6-13	1-1	8-11-1	3-4	3-10

Team Last 5 Games

New York Yankees

Date	Opponent	score	Result	line	Total	starter	ip	opposing starter	Location
Oct 3, 2017	MIN	8-4	W	-245	7.5	Luis Severino	0.1	E Santana	H
Oct 1, 2017	TOR	1-2	L	-183	8.5	Jordan Montgomery	5.1	Br Anderson	H
Sep 30, 2017	TOR	2-1	W	-159	8.5	C Sabathia	5.2	M Stroman	H
Sep 29, 2017	TOR	4-0	W	-235	9	Masahiro Tanaka	7	Joe Biagini	H
Sep 28, 2017	TB	6-9	L	-200	8.5	S Gray	4.2	Jacob Faria	H

Cleveland Indians

Date	Opponent	score	Result	line	Total	starter	ip	opposing starter	Location
Oct 1, 2017	CHW	3-1	W	-197	9	J Tomlin	5.1	C Volstad	H
Sep 30, 2017	CHW	1-2	L	-370	7	C Kluber	5	Carson Fulmer	H
Sep 29, 2017	CHW	10-1	W	-290	8.5	T Bauer	6	M Pelfrey	H
Sep 28, 2017	MIN	5-2	W	-268	7.5	C Carrasco	8.1	E Santana	H
Sep 27, 2017	MIN	4-2	W	-193	9	D Salazar	4.2	Adalberto Mejia	H

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