Baltimore at New York

The Yankees got a huge lift from Raul Ibanez last night, with a historical and epic playoffs display. Ibanez hit a game-tying home run in the 9th, and finished the off the O's with a walk-off homer in the 12th. Tonight the Yankees hand the ball to Phil Hughes who has been 16-13 on the season with just a 4.23 ERA. Hughes’ Achilles heel this season has been the long ball as he has served up 35 round trippers on the season. The Birds have gotten their share of those 35 home runs as they have swatted five in the 22.2 innings against Hughes this season. Hughes’ ERA against them has suffered from them at 4.86 on the season. Joe Saunders has served-up 21 homers himself in just 175 innings of work. The Yankees have come up big in their 30 home games vs. left-hand pitching where they have scored 5 or more runs in 19 of them or about 63.3% of the time. They have also scored 6 or more 50% of the time. The Yankees are now 10-4 to the OVER in their last 14 vs. a winning team, and 8-2-1 to the OVER behind Hughes as a favorite. Play the OVER.