MLB Odds Boston Red Sox vs. New York Yankees Pick Prediction Preview 7-21-2013

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The New York Yankees will conclude their weekend series against rival Boston Red Sox in ESPN Sunday Night Baseball.

Start time from Fenway Park in Boston for this series finale is set for 8PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by ESPN.

The MLB odds from this contest have the home side Boston Red Sox favored by -136 odds with the return on the road underdog New York Yankees at +126 odds. The run total is lined at nine runs.

Starting for the Yankees on Sunday will be staff ace C.C Sabathia who works his 21st game of the year. C.C. is 9-8 with an ERA of 4.07 and WHIP of 1.23. He has allowed three earned runs or less in his past three starts. Sabathia appeared on July 14th and allowed three earned runs and eight hits in four innings pitched in a home loss to Minnesota. The Yankees broke a three game losing streak with a 5-2 road win at Boston on Saturday as a +139 betting odds underdog. The game finished under the total of 9 runs.

Ryan Dempster will take the hill for the first place Boston Red Sox to face the Yankees hitting lineup on Sunday night baseball. Dempster is 5-8 in nineteen starts with an ERA of 4.24 and WHIP of 1.43. He has allowed three earned runs or less in eight of nine starts. The lone exception was his last appearance on July 11th and allowed four earned runs and nine hits in 3 1/3rd innings worked at Seattle. With the loss on Saturday the Red Sox have dropped three of four games.