New York Yankees @ Los Angeles Angels

Over/Under: 9 / Yankees -109

 

The Yankees and Angels wrap up their three-game set tonight on Sunday Night Baseball. The Yankees are sending C.C. Sabathia to the hill while the Angels will rely on Tyler Skaggs to salvage at least one win out of the three games. It’s been two starts since Sabathia allowed an earned run and has only allowed four over 19.1 innings this season while Tyler Skaggs has been a mixed bag of results.

 

Game Play Predictions

 

Yankees

  • New York has won eight straight games.

  • Miguel Andujar leads the MLB in doubles with 12.

  • Gary Sánchez has seven extra-base hits (4 doubles & 3 home runs) over the last seven days.

  • Didi Gregorius leads Major League Baseball with 30 RBI and is tied for first in HR with 10.

  • Yankees are top five in OBP, SLG, OPS, and wOBA versus left-handed pitching amongst the entire league.

  • C.C. Sabathia has a 3:1 K:BB rate and has yet to allow more than five hits in any game this year.

  • Aaron Judge has struck out in seven consecutive games and 36 times in 26 games.

  • Aaron Hicks is hitting just .167 versus left-handed pitching this season.

  • Giancarlo Stanton is slashing .304/.346/.696 vs. LHP compared to .217/.309/.361 vs. RHP.

  • Both of Brett Gardner ’s stolen bases this season have come against right-handed pitchers.

 

Angels

  • Mike Trout is tied with Didi Gregorius for the league lead in homers with 10.

  • Tyler Skaggs has an ERA of 8.00 at home compared to 0.49 on the road. This game is in Los Angeles tonight.

  • Justin Upton has a 27.3-percent K-rate against left-handed pitching this year.

  • Ian Kinsler has one hit in 13 at-bats against left-handed pitching. Last year he hit .278 against southpaws.

  • Albert Pujols is 3-for-15 off of CC Sabathia but has taken him deep once.

  • Chris Young has a .909 OPS against left-handed pitching this year and has an .828 OPS vs. LHP for his career.

  • Andrelton Simmons is 16th in the league with a .391 batting average against left-handed pitching, one spot ahead of Didi Gregorius .

  • Jefry Marte has a .507 wOBA vs. LHP with a 26.7 line drive rate and a 40-percent fly ball rate.

  • Zack Cozart is hitting .105 with a .340 OPS versus left-handed pitching but has a 35.3-percent hard contact rate, so he’s more unlucky than not.