Shota Imanaga isn't walking into this one cold. He's riding two straight scoreless outings and a 1.55 ERA over his last five turns, the best stretch of his season, and that's the honest case against backing New York this afternoon. But look past the pitcher's mound. Chicago's bullpen is stripped down to the studs — Phil Maton, Ethan Roberts, Hoby Milner and Ben Brown are all out, and the relievers left are running a 3.89 ERA, with Maton alone sitting on a 6.33 mark in his recent work. New York's relief corps has been the opposite story, a 2.84 ERA that ranks among the best in baseball, and the Yankees arrive having won seven of their last ten compared to Chicago's six. Will Warren has scuffled his last few times out, but this number isn't really about him — it's about who's better equipped if this game is still level in the seventh. We caught the Cubs on the wrong side five days ago in Pittsburgh, backing against a shaky Jameson Taillon, and it cashed. Both clubs sit dead even at 61-46, which makes plus money on the hotter team, with the deeper bullpen, worth taking. New York is the play this afternoon.
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Who was the public on? 62% of the public money was on New York Yankees to win on the moneyline. And, 77% of the bets were on the game to go OVER the total.
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My computer prediction for this game was that New York would win by a score of 3.2 to 2.8 with New York winning on the moneyline, Chicago winning on the runline and the game going UNDER the total.
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Public Consensus
Who was the public on? 63% of the public money was on New York Yankees to win on the moneyline. And, 65% of the bets were on the game to go OVER the total.
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My computer prediction for this game was that New York would win by a score of 3.0 to 2.7 with New York winning on the moneyline, Chicago winning on the runline and the game going UNDER the total.
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Public Consensus
Who was the public on? 69% of the public money was on Chicago Cubs to win on the moneyline. And, 74% of the bets were on the game to go UNDER the total.
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My computer prediction for this game was that New York would win by a score of 4.2 to 3.7 with New York winning on the moneyline and on the runline and the game going UNDER the total.
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New York at Chicago
2:20 PM Eastern
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Public Consensus
Who was the public on? 52% of the public money was on Chicago Cubs to win on the moneyline. And, 56% of the bets were on the game to go UNDER the total.
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My computer prediction for this game was that Chicago would win by a score of 0.0 to 0.0, Chicago winning on the runline and the game going UNDER the total.
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Chicago at New York
1:35 PM Eastern
Chicago bounced back nicely from Friday's 11-0 loss with a 5-2 win as Matthew Boyd pitched eight hitless innings and halted New York's five-game win streak. Now the Cubs have Shota Imanaga going today and he has only allowed seven runs his past five starts in 27 innings pitched and the Cubs won three of them. The Yankees will be seeing him for the first time. The Cubs are 10-2 in Imanaga's past 12 starts against teams with winning records and the Yankees have lost four of five versus left-handed starters. New York has lost five of six following a loss. Will Warren goes for the Yanks and he comes off 5 2/3 scoreless innings against Seattle. However, his previous outing was a disaster as he was touched for eight runs on 10 hits in four innings against Toronto. The UNDER is 5-0 in Imanaga's past five Sunday starts and the Yankees are 4-0-1 UNDER against southpaw starters. Chicago has gone UNDER five of six road games. Take the Cubs and the UNDER.
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Public Consensus
Who was the public on? 64% of the public money was on New York Yankees to win on the moneyline. And, 53% of the bets were on the game to go UNDER the total.
Computer Predictions
My computer prediction for this game was that Chicago would win by a score of 0.0 to 0.0, Chicago winning on the runline and the game going UNDER the total.
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