I like the Yankees in this spot as the Indians have started to cool off offensively especially against RHP batting just .246 and scoring 3.96 runs per 9 vs. RHP ont he road this year. They will face David Phelps who had a nice start allowing 1 ER in Cleveland earlier this year and won't have to face Asdrubal Cabrera who headed to the DL yesterday. The Yankees bats have been cold, but yesterday back at home they woke up with Teixera leading the charge with a grand slam. I expect Phelps to pitch well after all he is striking out nearly 9 per nine innings and has a low 8% HR/FB ratio which is good for Yankee Stadium. Indians have also relied on the home run quite a bit so this is a bad match up for them.

On the other side we have Scott Kazmir who pitched a gem his last time out, but I'm still not sold on Kazmir's resurgence on the road. Now that the Yankees have a couple of guys back in the line up with power Youkilis and Teixera I see them going on a nice run here. Either way I don't see Kazmir going deep into the game and the Indians bullpen has struggled posting a 10.61 ERA over their last 10 games. Indians are just 16-38 in their last 54 games at Yankee Stadium while the Yankees are 42-19 in their last 61 home games vs. a LH starter.