Interleague is something not every baseball fan enjoys, but when you get series like the one, we have this week, everyone gets on board. The quick two game series concludes with the New York Yankees (73-52, 34-27 away) at Atlanta Braves (68-57, 31-30 home) on Tuesday, August 24, 2021. This game will air live on MLB Network at 7:20 p.m. EST.
The New York Yankees have won 10 consecutive games and now are just four games back of the first place Tampa Bay Rays in the AL East. New York currently occupies the first Wild Card spot and are 2.5 games ahead of the Boston Red Sox and 3.5 games ahead of the Oakland Athletics.
Atlanta has also been hot since the calendar turned to August and are now have a 4.5 game lead over the Philadelphia Phillies in the NL East.
Below is my pick for this huge interleague series between the New York Yankees and Atlanta Braves. All odds are from Caesars Sportsbook.
New York Yankees (+130) at Atlanta Braves (-154): O/U 9.0 (-120/-102)
Pitching Matchup: Andrew Heaney (8-8, 5.51 ERA, 1.28 WHIP) vs Charlie Morton (12-4, 3.47 ERA, 1.09 WHIP)
Andrew Heaney will look to build off his best start since being acquired by New York. The lefty allowed just two hits and one earned run in seven innings pitched against the Boston Red Sox. Heaney has not been good this season and has allowed four earned runs, or more, in three of his four starts with the Yankees.
Charlie Morton is having a lights out August as he has allowed two earned runs or less in all five of his previous starts. Morton is coming off back-to-back wins where he allowed two earned runs in each start. The big righty is putting together his fourth good season since 2017.
Betting Trends:
Play Against – Road teams (NY YANKEES) – after allowing 1 run or less 2 straight games against opponent after scoring 2 runs or less.
(107-73 over the last 5 seasons- 59.4%, +38.3 units)
Play Against – Road teams (NY YANKEES) – after allowing 1 run or less 2 straight games against opponent after scoring 3 runs or less 2 straight games.
(79-44 over the last 5 seasons – 64.2%, +44.4 units)
Yankees Betting Trends
- NY Yankees are 10-0 SU in their last 10 games.
- NY Yankees are 14-6 SU in their last 20 games against Atlanta.
- NY Yankees are 8-2 SU in their last 10 games on the road.
- NY Yankees are 9-2 SU in their last 11 games when playing on the road against Atlanta.
- The total has gone UNDER in 4 of NY Yankees’ last 5 games against an opponent in the National League.
- The total has gone UNDER in 4 of NY Yankees’ last 5 games against an opponent in the National League East Division division.
Braves Betting Trends
- The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Atlanta’s last 6 games.
- Atlanta are 9-1 SU in their last 10 games.
- The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Atlanta’s last 5 games against NY Yankees.
- Atlanta are 2-9 SU in their last 11 games when playing at home against NY Yankees.
- Atlanta are 12-2 SU in their last 14 games this season.
- The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Atlanta’s last 5 games against an opponent in the American League.
- The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Atlanta’s last 5 games against an opponent in the American League East Division division.
Series Recap:
The New York Yankees won their 10th consecutive game after beating the Atlanta Brave 5-1 Monday night. Giancarlo Stanton was the story of the night as he went 2-3 with one home run and three RBI’s. Jordan Montgomery pitched brilliantly as he allowed two hits and one earned run in five innings of work. Atlanta was on a nine-game winning streak prior to the loss Monday night.
Prediction: Give me Atlanta -154 to end the Yankees lengthy win streak Tuesday night.