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Baltimore over the weekend. Making matters worse for the Yanks is an injury to another one of their superstars. This time the injury bug reared its ugly head and took a bite out of 3B Alex Rodriguez’ quadriceps downgrading him to doubtful to start the series. New York has only managed to win five of its 11 games on the road this season, while Chicago owns a 4-3 mark at US Cellular Field. New York won six of their 10 match-ups last season.

Getting the starting nod for Joe Girardi’s club will be Chien-Ming Wang. The righty’s 3-0 with a 3.81 ERA, but he was roughed up badly in his last start at home against Boston. He was unable to make it past the fifth inning at Yankee Stadium for the first time in his big league career, and overall, it was just the fifth time in 84 career starts that he wasn’t able to go at least five. He allowed nine hits and eight earned runs in just four innings of work earning the no decision. He is 2-0 with a 2.57 ERA and 1.048 WHIP in three career starts at U.S. Cellular Field.

Contreras picked up his first victory in 2008 with a dominating performance that had Chicago management grinning from ear-to-ear his last time out. His offense put three on the board in the first inning after Jim Thome blasted his 510th career HR, and he made the lead stand over seven strong innings. He only threw 91 pitches allowing just four hits and one earned run while striking out six, but most importantly, he didn’t issue a single walk. Contreras, who pitched for the Yankees during the 2003 and 2004 seasons, has a 2-4 record against his original big-league employer with a 3.96 ERA and 1.241 WHIP.

New York opened –135 road favorites with the ‘total’ set at 9.5 under –120 for the opening game of the series. You can get down on both the ‘side’ and ‘total’ at BetUS.com right now!!!

The Yankees are yet to cash as a –125 to –150 road favorites this season going 0-2, and their 1-5 their L/6 as a road favorite of –110 to –150. However, they’re 16-5 in Wang’s L/21 road starts and 5-1 the L/6 meetings with the Yankees, and a woeful 1-7 the L/8 times Contreras was installed a home underdog. This has also been a lower scoring series as the under has cashed in 15 of the L/22 meetings, and it’s 5-1-2 the L/8 times they’ve squared off at “The Cell”.

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