New York at Kansas City

Mike Mussina returns from the DL to face Jorge De La Rosa. In his last outing, Mussina gave up three hits and got 11 strikeouts in a shutout. He's 13-5 on the year with a 3.61 ERA. Against KC he's got a 3.41 ERA. De La Rosas is 1-4 on the year with an 8.22 ERA. The Yankees won 12-5 last game to set the tone for this series. New York knows how to ride offensive momentum as they are 22-4 this season after a game in which 15+ runs were scored. Teams at 54%-62% off two wins are 182-69 (73%) vs.terrible teams (under 38%) over the past five seasons. Also, road favorites off 2 straight games with at least 7 more hits than their opponent are 48-16 (75%) over the last decade. Finally, road favorites scoring 5.4+ runs/game off 2 straight wins by 4 runs or more facing a team with a bad bullpen (ERA 5.00+) are 35-10 (78%) over the past ten years. Big line but Yankees should roll big here.