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Halladay on the holiday: Blue Jays -135 at New York Yankees
Game Time: Saturday, July 4, 2009 12:00 AM ET
Roy Halladay is pitching for the Toronto Blue Jays Saturday afternoon in New York. Chien-Ming Wang is taking to the Bronx mound for the Yankees. Any questions?
The Blue Jays lost Game 1 of this four-game set with the Yankees 4-2 on Friday night and look to rebound with their ace on the bump Saturday afternoon.
Toronto will send Roy Halladay to the hill with his 10-2 record and ERA of 2.56 on the season. Halladay is 4-2 on the highway this year with an ERA of 1.88. When he takes the bump versus the Yankees he is 16-5 with an ERA of 2.75 and a WHIP of 1.096. Toronto is 21-7 in his last 28 starts versus New York and 10-4 in Gotham.
The Yankees are 9-22 (-16.7) versus an AL starting pitcher with a 1.10 WHIP or better over the last three seasons. New York is also 1-6 their last seven as home underdogs (+150 or less) and 2-8 when Chien-Ming Wang is installed as an underdog.
Today's starter for New York will be Wang and he has a 1-6 record on the season while struggling out of the gate with a 10.06 ERA. Unfortunately for the Yankees he is worse at home with a record of 0-2 and an ERA of 13.09.
Our Pitcher Efficiency Ratings Index project a closer matchup than one would think with Wang struggling but it stills predicts a Halladay win in the end. Our TPR (Team Performance Ratings) Index signals a win by the Blue Jays as well by 0.95 runs over the host Yankees. Combine these factors and the Blue Jays get the win in Gotham on Saturday afternoon.
Projected Final Score: Toronto-4 New York-2
Free Pick: Blue Jays -135