Detroit +130 New York -160 8o -105 This Thursday is opening day for Major League Baseball as the Detroit Tigers and the New York Yankees kick off the 2011 regular season in the American League with a 1:05 p.m. (ET) start at Yankee Stadium. The game will be broadcast nationally on ESPN.
Detroit finished third in the AL Central last season with an overall record of 81-81, but enters the 2011 season with renewed optimism after a productive spring campaign that resulted in a 20-14 record. Injury concerns still surround 2B Carlos Guillen but the Tigers? potent lineup still has the bats of 1B Miguel Cabrera and RF Magglio Ordonez along with Victor Martinez filling the role of DH to get the job done.
The Tigers will send their ?ace? Justin Verlander to the mound for opening day. The right hander went 18-9 in 2010 with an ERA of 3.37 in 33 starts. He recorded 219 strikeouts and had a WHIP of 1.16. This will be his fourth career opening day outing with a loss and two no-decisions in his previous three games.
New York is set for another AL East division run after finishing second the Tampa Bay last season by just one game with an overall record of 95-67. The Yankees? lineup remains pretty much intact from last season after signing Derek Jeter to a long-term deal. Jeter, along with Robinson Cano, Alex Rodriguez, and Mark Teixeira should once again provide enough offensive firepower to make New York one of the highest scoring teams in the league.
Left hander C C Sabathia will get the start for the Yankees in this one. He is coming off a 2010 campaign in which he went 21-7 with a 3.18 ERA in 34 starts. He ended the season with a WHIP of 1.19 and 197 strikeouts. He was 11-2 with an ERA of 3.00 at Yankee Stadium last year.
The Yankees are 6-1 against Detroit in the last seven games at home and 9-4 in the last 13 games overall. The total has stayed ?under? in eight of the last 11 meetings. This time around stick with New York to continue its domination of this series in a game that stays ?under? the eight run total line.
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