Ferringo 10-9-09
1-Unit Play. Take #964 N.Y. Yankees (-1.5, -145) over Minnesota (6 p.m., Friday, Oct. 10)
1-Unit Play. Take 'Under' 10.0 Minnesota at N.Y. Yankees (6 p.m., Friday, Oct. 10)
You can't feel too confident about having Nick Blackburn on the mound heading into today's game. The Yankees smell blood and I think that they are going to attack a team with a lot of heart but not enough cannons. I think that A.J. Burnett is going to be really, really good tonight. The most dangerous Twins hitters are Mauer and Kubel, who are both lefties. But the Yankees aren't going to pitch to Mauer anyway. So as long as Burnett stays away from Kubel he should be able to do work on the rest of the lineup. Chuckles Meriwether is behind the dish today and he has had a very liberal strike zone all season long. And that's a key thing with Burnett. The guy is kind of a head case and he really start to unravel when he's being squeezed. He isn't going to be getting squeezed today so that should allow his breaking stuff to really overwhelm the righties in the Twins lineup. Minnesota is going to score. They will run and they will score today. But it won't be enough. Blackburn's ERA is about a run higher on the road than at home in his career and this guy just doesn't win away from the Metrodome. The lefty-heavy Yanks lineup should have a field day with him. It's going to be a little wet and a little colder at The Stadium today, which should help Blackburn out early. But over the course of eight at-bats the Yankees are going to jump on the Twins. I think 6-2 or 6-3 sounds about right.
1-Unit Play. Take Boston (-105) over L.A. Angels (9:30 p.m., Friday, Oct. 10)
It was kind of a worst case scenario for Boston last night, as terrible calls by the umps all over the diamond really took the wind out of their sails. I think that the Angels win in Game 1 really woke them up and I think that tonight's game is going to be a dogfight. But in that instance I will definitely take Josh Beckett, who is a known big game bulldog. Also, this could be a game in which that Angels bullpen implodes if Weaver can't make it through seven. Angels are charged up. But this is an exceptional Boston team and they aren't going to get shut out again tonight.
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