The Wednesday MLB schedule includes a pair of aces battling it out when Oakland faces Cleveland, while a wily veteran will take on a talented youngster as the Yankees head south to Tampa Bay.
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The Athletics hand the ball to Joe Blanton on Wednesday, while Cleveland sends Cy Young winner C.C. Sabathia to the hill. Blanton is 2-5 on the season, but that's mostly due to a lack of run support as his ERA is 3.82.
Blanton has already faced Oakland twice this season, posting a 1-1 record with a 4.47 ERA in those two starts. Oakland is a +150 moneyline underdog at online sportsbook .com.
Sabathia is finally back on track after allowing only one run in seven innings with nine strikeouts in his last start versus Toronto. Sabathia has already faced Oakland twice this season and was blasted in both starts, posting a poor 0-2 record and a monstrous 14.27 ERA. We are playing UNDER 8 on this game today.
In an intriguing AL East matchup on Wednesday, New York will try to avoid falling into the division cellar while Tampa Bay battles for first place. The Yankees send veteran Mike Mussina to the mound as a rare road underdog at Tampa as he goes for his fifth win in a row.
Mussina allowed three runs in five innings to Cleveland in his last start, and he held Tampa Bay to only one run in six innings earlier this season.
Tampa Bay goes with James Shields who's coming off the best start of his career, a complete-game shutout of the Angels in which he allowed only one hit. In his lone start against the Yankees this season, Shields took the loss despite allowing only two runs in five innings.
Both games in this series have played UNDER and we see this one going UNDER 8.5, which you can get at .
If you like betting on a team when their ace is on the mound, then Thursday shapes up as a potential betting parlay day for you as Ben Sheets, Johan Santana, Scott Kazmir, Tim Lincecum and Cole Hamels all are scheduled to pitch.
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