Cleveland Indians vs. New York Yankees

Tuesday June 13, 7:05 EST
Yankee Stadium


Tuesday night, the New York Yankees stadium will host the Cleveland Indians, with Paul Byrd, as the starting pitcher, after playing the White Soxs.

The Indians cannot carry the 14-2 loss to the Angels on Sunday June 4th. The loss was particularly disappointing to the Indians who had their No.1 starter on the mound, C.C. Sabathia. It will be a challenging stretch of games for the Indians, who are trying to recover the ground they have lost to the Tigers and White Sox; who are ahead of them in the Central Division standings. Third in their Division, these up-coming games against the Yankees are important to short the gap. It won’t be easy after going to the White Soxs but it’s a must. There is a lot of inconsistency among players Paul Byrd, Cliff Lee, Jake Westbrook, and Jason Johnson. But if Cleveland wants to jump back into the Central Division first places, this has to end.

Line up: 1. Grady Sizemore, CF. 2. Jason Michaels, LF. 3. Johnny Peralta, SS. 4. Travis Hafner, DH. 5. Victor Martinez, C. 6. Ben Broussard, 1st B. 7. Casey Blake, RF. 8. Ronnie Belliard, 2nd B. 9. Aaron Boone, 3rd B.

Yankee stat in the AL’S East group keeps everybody surprised; the Yankees continue seeking the World Series. First in their group and with good news from players Rodriguez and Giambi who are well and ready to receive the Indians; in rehab but positive about coming games. Hideki Matsui said: "Personally, I believe I will be coming back (this season), "obviously that's my mind speaking, not my wrist."

This game is an attention getter among sportsbooks and sports betting fans alike. Reason being Cleveland needs these wins and the Yankees are trying to keep first place consistently. None of them want to leave a “ball for a win”. Nice game to watch and bet on.

Line up: 1. Johnny Damon, CF. 2. Melky Cabrera, LF. 3. Jason Giambi, DH. 4. Alex Rodriguez, 3rd B. 5. Jorge Posada, C. 6. Robinson Cano, 2nd B. 7. Andy Phillips, 1st B. 8. Bernie Williams, RF. 9. Miguel Cairo, SS.

NY Yankees vs. Boston Red Sox

Thursday, June 8th 2006 7:00 PM ET
Yankee Stadium By Jacob Mitchell
http://www.wagerweb.comContributing Writer


It was almost a perfect night for Yankees pitcher Mike Mussina last week as they faced the Tigers in Detroit; he pitched the entire game allowing six hits and no errors; unfortunately one run that separated him from having his first shutout in almost a year.

"They shouldn't have scored at all and I just wanted to finish it," said Mussina, who notched his 57th career complete game.

Alex Rodriguez went 3-for-4 and drove in two runs for the Yankees, who have won five straight. The Yankees want to keep their winnings streak this week against their archrivals the Boston Red Sox in a game that will be full of adrenaline and excitement.

The Yankees have a great team this year as usual and despite all the injury problems they’ve been able to overcome that and manage to win important games.

Lineup1. Melky Cabrera, LF. 2. Miguel Cairo, SS. 3. Jason Giambi, DH. 4. Alex Rodriguez, 3rd B. 5. Jorge Posada, C. 6. Robinson Cano, 2nd B. 7. Bernie Williams, CF. 8. Andy Phillips, 1st B. 9. Terrence Long, RF.

The Red Sox got a much needed victory after losing the first two games of the series against the Blue Jays at Toronto. Boston had a total of four home runs in the game half of those scored by Manny Ramirez and David Ortiz.

David Pauley the starter for the Red Sox pitched four innings, allowing eleven hits and six runs with the same amount of errors but had no decision in the game; meanwhile Jonathan Papelbon had his 19th save of the season.

"We needed this. That's what they've been doing to us," Boston manager Terry Francona said.

Boston is now preparing to travel to New York where it awaits a difficult series against the Yankees, both teams needs to win the series but Boston is now behind the Yankees in the standings for the first time in the season and they need to get back on track.

This is with no doubt one of the most exciting match ups in the league, that’s the reason why it brings so many sports betting fans to bet on the games between these two.

Lineup1. Coco Crisp, CF. 2. Mark Loretta, 2nd B. 3. David Ortiz, DH. 4. Manny Ramirez, LF. 5. Kevin Youkilis, 1st B. 6. Mike Lowell, 3rd B. 7. Doug Mirabelli, C. 8. Trot Nixon, RF. 9. Alex Gonzalez, SS.