MLB Predictions: Red Sox vs Yankees Odds and Picks

The Boston Red Sox will try to win the third of a four game set with the New York Yankees at 8:00pm EST from Yankee Stadium in a game that can be seen on ESPN baseball. Online sportsbooks have the Yankees -135 betting favorites at home in MLB predictions vs the Red Sox +125 while the over/under total is listed at 9 OVER (-120). New York will send righthander AJ Burnett to the mound for tonight's home game with a 9-9 record and 4.93 ERA this year while Boston will counter with righthander Josh Beckett who is 3-1 this season with a 5.70 ERA. Sportsbooks also favor the Yankees -1.5 (+140) in MLB odds on the run line vs the Red Sox +1.5 (-160).

New York and Boston have split the two game played so far in this series with the Red Sox winning 6-3 on Friday and the Yankees 5-2 on Saturday. New York won yesterday's game as -220 favorites in MLB picks while the over/under baseball betting total stayed UNDER the 9 listed at online sportsbooks. Ramiro Pena had two RBI's in the second and sixth innings for New York while CC Sabathia allowed only two runs and six hits over eight innings worth of work. Victor Martinez provided the only home run for Boston with a 407-ft shot to left field in the second inning while John Lackey was handed the loss giving up five runs on eight hits through six innings.

Heading into tonight's ESPN baseball prime time game, New York has gone 68-41 in MLB odds for the season, 8-2 when playing on Sunday and 7-3 after a loss. The Yankees are 9-2 in their last 11 games when playing at home against Boston, 15-5 in their last 20 games overall when playing the Red Sox and 2-4 in their last 6 games. Boston has gone 63-48 on the season, 5-5 when playing on Sunday and 7-3 after a loss. The Red Sox are 2-9 in their last 11 games when playing on the road against the Yankees, 4-1 in their last 5 games on the road, 8-4 in their last 12 games overall and 5-15 in their last 20 games overall when playing New York.