The New York Yankees got the better of the Cleveland Guardians in Game 1 of their ALDS series behind one of the best performances of the season from Gerrit Cole. In Game 2, both teams send exceptional starters to the mound in what should be an incredibly intense Thursday night matchup. In our MLB betting picks for Thursday night, we break down Guardians vs Yankees Game 2 as the Yankees look to go up 2-0 in the Bronx.
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Guardians vs Yankees Game 2 Betting Pick
MLB
Cleveland Guardians
New York Yankees
Team Records
CLE | Team Records | NYY |
---|---|---|
3-3 | Home | 4-2 |
9-3 | Road | 9-4 |
8-6 | vRHP | 10-2 |
4-0 | vLHP | 3-4 |
3-3 | vs>.500 | 5-4 |
9-3 | vs<.500 | 8-2 |
6-4 | Last10 | 6-4 |
12-6 | Last20 | 13-6 |
12-6 | Last30 | 13-6 |
Team Stats
CLE | Team Stats | NYY |
---|---|---|
3.76 | ERA | 4.06 |
.240 | Batting Avg Against | .231 |
1.27 | WHIP | 1.25 |
.286 | BABIP | .276 |
8.3% | BB% | 8.8% |
21.3% | K% | 23.5% |
74.3% | LOB% | 73.2% |
.250 | Batting Avg | .232 |
.380 | SLG | .402 |
.693 | OPS | .709 |
.313 | OBP | .307 |
Pitchers
S. Bieber | N. Cortes | |
---|---|---|
117.0 | Innings | 63.1 |
19 | GS | 12 |
5-6 | W-L | 5-2 |
3.77 | ERA | 4.97 |
7.31 | K/9 | 9.52 |
2.54 | BB/9 | 2.84 |
1.08 | HR/9 | 1.56 |
76.5% | LOB% | 69.1% |
13.0% | HR/FB% | 11.0% |
4.12 | FIP | 4.50 |
4.08 | xFIP | 4.83 |
.249 | AVG | .243 |
19.4% | K% | 25.2% |
6.7% | BB% | 7.5% |
4.41 | SIERA | 4.33 |
Recent Starts
Date | Opp | W/L | IP | H | R | ER | SO | BB | ST-PC |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
9/30 KC | Zerpa ML N/A | W6-1 TOTAL N/A | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 32-50 |
9/24 CHW | Cease ML N/A | L0-1 TOTAL N/A | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 22-34 |
6/13 SEA | Gilbert ML N/A | L2-6 TOTAL N/A | 5.2 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 69-107 |
6/8 STL | Martinez ML N/A | W10-1 TOTAL N/A | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 63-98 |
6/1 CHW | Cease ML N/A | W6-5 TOTAL N/A | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 70-103 |
Date | Opp | W/L | IP | H | R | ER | SO | BB | ST-PC |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
5/4 TOR | Kikuchi ML N/A | L1-2 TOTAL N/A | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 51-83 |
4/29 KC | Bubic ML N/A | W12-2 TOTAL N/A | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 56-82 |
4/17 BAL | Zimmermann ML N/A | L0-5 TOTAL N/A | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 62-88 |
4/12 TOR | Kikuchi ML N/A | W4-0 TOTAL N/A | 4.1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 46-72 |
Betting Trends
CLE | Betting Trends | NYY |
---|---|---|
OVERALL | OVERALL | |
2-1-0 | Win/Loss/Tie | 1-2-0 |
1-2-0 | ATS W/L/P | 1-2-0 |
1.33 | Avg Score | 2.67 |
1.67 | Avg Opp Score | 2.67 |
AWAY | HOME | |
2-1-0 | Win/Loss/Tie | 2-1-0 |
2-1-0 | ATS W/L/P | 2-1-0 |
5 | Avg Score | 4.33 |
3.33 | Avg Opp Score | 1.33 |
CLE | Betting Trends | NYY |
---|---|---|
OVERALL | OVERALL | |
4-1-0 | Win/Loss/Tie | 3-2-0 |
3-2-0 | ATS W/L/P | 2-3-0 |
3.6 | Avg Score | 3.2 |
2 | Avg Opp Score | 2.6 |
AWAY | HOME | |
4-1-0 | Win/Loss/Tie | 3-2-0 |
4-1-0 | ATS W/L/P | 3-2-0 |
5 | Avg Score | 3.2 |
3 | Avg Opp Score | 1.2 |
CLE | Betting Trends | NYY |
---|---|---|
OVERALL | OVERALL | |
7-3-0 | Win/Loss/Tie | 6-4-0 |
6-4-0 | ATS W/L/P | 5-5-0 |
3.6 | Avg Score | 3.9 |
3.1 | Avg Opp Score | 2.3 |
AWAY | HOME | |
9-1-0 | Win/Loss/Tie | 8-2-0 |
8-2-0 | ATS W/L/P | 5-5-0 |
6 | Avg Score | 5.6 |
3.5 | Avg Opp Score | 2.9 |
Head to Head
Teams Last 10
This game will be played at Yankee Stadium at 7:37 PM ET on Thursday, October 13, 2022.
Why Bet The Yankees:
✅ The depth of the Yankees lineup is just too much for the Guardians to overcome in this series. The top-five members of the Yankees batting order got just one hit on Tuesday night, and they still managed to win comfortably. With more to be expected from the Yankee bats in this game, New York should be able to use them to take a 2-0 lead.
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✅ Shane Bieber looked great against the Tampa Bay Rays in his first postseason start on Friday. But that was a home start, while he is set to go into a very hostile environment in this matchup. Expect less from Bieber in this game, as he faces the most formidable lineup in all of baseball in the Bronx on Thursday night.
✅ It is officially time to be worried about the offense of the Cleveland Guardians in this postseason. They have scored four runs in three games in these MLB playoffs, and have been held to two runs in their last 24 innings of play over the last two games. Against an All-Star arm in Nestor Cortes in Game 2, the Guardians will continue to sputter offensively.
Cleveland Guardians
The Cleveland Guardians could not get their bats going in Game 1 of the ALDS against the Yankees. They scattered six hits across nine innings, and pushed just one run across en route to a 4-1 loss on Tuesday night. In this game, the Guardians will need to do more to put runs on the board if they want to avoid an 0-2 deficit in this series.
On the bright side for Cleveland, they go into this game with their best pitcher on the mound in Shane Bieber. Because of the way this series has been set up from a pitching standpoint, this could be Bieber’s lone start in this series. As a result, it is incredibly important that he delivers to set up the rest of the Guardians rotation with a level series.
New York Yankees
In Game 1 of the ALDS, the New York Yankees did not get the contributions they had hoped for from their major contributors like Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton. But they got the most important contribution of all in the form of a quality start from Gerrit Cole en route to a series opening victory. In Game 2, the Yankees will hope for more from their top hitters, while maintaining the same success on the mound.
Nestor Cortes will start this game for the Yankees, following a regular season where he went 12-4 with a 2.44 ERA. Cortes gave up three earned runs in 12.1 innings against the Guardians this season, striking out 14 batters in those two games. If he can hold Cleveland in check again in this game, the Yankees could force Cleveland to face elimination in three straight games.