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MLB: Totonto Blue Jays v New York Yankees Preview

by
Lungelo Mdladla
July 5, 2017

The Toronto Blue Jays take on the decorated Yankees to wrap up their three game match series held in the Bronx.

Yankee slugger, Aaron Judge, smashed a 138 metre home run taking his tally up to 28 this season. The big man will be looking to make an impact tonight as his team comes up against the Toronto Blue Jays.

New York Yankees v Toronto Blues Jays | Wednesday 5 July | Yankee Stadium | 19:05

Fixed Winner New York Yankees 6/10 | Toronto Blue Jays 23/20

Yankee’s pitcher CC Sabathia’s return to Tuesday’s 9th match was short lived as he walked off after only three innings. Yankee slugger, Aaron Judge, smashed a 138-metre home run taking his tally up to 28 this season and leads the MLB home run chase.

Pitchers to watch for the Blue Jays will be J.A Happ, Ryan Tepera.

Pitchers to watch for the Yankees are Masahiro Tanaka who’s regaining his form after his impressive last three match stats of 1.29 ERA and no home runs conceded.

Recent Head to Heads

Date	Team A	Score	Team B
1 May	Yankees	1 – 7	Blue Jays
2 May	Yankees	11 – 5	Blue Jays
3 May	Yankees	8 – 6	Blue Jays
1 June	Yankees	12 – 2	Blue Jays
2 June	Yankees	5 – 7	Blue Jays
3 June	Yankees	7 – 0	Blue Jays
4 June	Yankees	2 – 3	Blue Jays
3 July	Yankees	6 – 3	Blue Jays
4 July	Yankees	1 – 4	Blue Jays

NY Yankees have won 5
Toronto Blue Jays have won 4

Team Form

Blue Jays	Teams	Yankees
83	Played	83
38	Won	44
45	Lost	38
20 – 22	Home Record	25 – 14
18 – 23	Away Record	19 – 24
342	Runs Scored	459
387	Runs Against	355
-45	Points Diff	+104

Value Bet: Score Under 9,5: 7/5
Both teams have great pitchers and only two of their nine head to heads have gone over 9,5.

Verdict: New York Yankees 6/10
The Blue Jays will want to level their tenth match three – game series. And will attempt to shut out Aaron Judge, but with the hitman in form and Tanaka more than capable of stepping up due to Sabathia’s absence, The Yankees should take it.