New York Yankees vs Detroit Prediction: the Yankees to Beat But Not to Thrash the Tigers

In the first game of the home series, New York Yankees literally destroyed Detroit Tigers 13:0. Will Detroit face something similar in the Game 2? Let's choose several options for betting.

So far, Aaron Boone's team has almost no rivals in the American League Tournament. Only Houston Astros, the West Division leader, can match the Yankees at this point. But they still lead the conference with a 37-15 balance and a three-win handicap over Houston.

In the first game, New York Yankees blew their opponent out. Jose Trevino and Anthony Rizzo each had 3 RBI and DJ LeMahieu, Aaron Judge and Matt Carpenter each had 2 RBI and Aaron Hicks added 1 more. Pitcher Gerrit Cole got off to a brilliant start, not conceding a single run in 7 complete innings and winning.

Luis Severino will pitch for the Yankees in game two against the Tigers, going 3-1 and a 3.38 ERA in 9 games.

Before the games at Yankee Stadium, the Tigers had a great home series against division rival Minnesota Twins. Detroit took four out of five games from division leader Center AL - 7-5, 2-8, 4-0, 5-0, 3-2. A.J. Hinch's team has been great on defense, but now seems to have conceded everything the Yankees failed to score from Minnesota.

The antihero of the first game of the series with the Yankees was starting pitcher Eduardo Rodriguez, who missed 10 runs in 4.1 innings.

Beau Briskie, 0-4 and with a 5.25 ERA in seven starts, will pitch for Detroit in the second game of the showdown.

The first game of the series was over before it even started - by the fifth inning, Detroit was already losing 0-12. The Tigers will surely do better in game two. A.J. Hinch's team will still be unlikely to beat the Yankees, though. The prediction is a win for New York Yankees this time in an under match.

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