MLB Betting – Yankees, Sox Renew Hostilities Tonight

The MLB’s preeminent rivalry takes center stage again tonight at 7:10 when the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox get together at Fenway Park, a place where classic games in the series always seem to unfold.

The Yankees sit in second place behind the Tampa Bay Ray while the Red Sox sit in 4th place at just a game above .500, but that doesn’t matter in this rivalry as the records rarely do.

The Red Sox find themselves as the MLB betting favorites tonight according to the baseball betting odds, and the Yankees know they’re in for a fight against the always dangerous Josh Beckett.

The MLB betting underdog Yankees according to the baseball betting odds will send Phil Hughes to the mound, however, and Hughes has been great so far despite his youth.

New York Yankees (Phil Hughes, R) at Boston Red Sox (Josh Beckett, R)

7:10 pm ET, Fenway Park

MLB betting odds: Red Sox favored at -1 ½

Hughes is one of the better pitchers in MLB this year with an opponent’s batting average of just .122.

That bodes well for the New York Yankees as the betting underdog today as Hughes could conceivably keep the in the game.

But Hughes has not fared well against the rival Red Sox during his young career, although the sample size is small. Phil Hughes has an ERA of 7.62 in his career against the rival Red Sox, although it’s in only 8 appearances total.

But it speaks to the problems he may have in dealing with the pressure. Now the MLB betting underdog Yankees will need a good performance from Phil Hughes to match up with Red Sox star Josh Beckett, who is one of the most feared right handers in the game.

With Beckett on the mound leading the MLB betting favorite Red Sox in tonight’s game, the Red Sox should be able to cover the baseball betting odds tonight.

Beckett is dynamite at home and the Red Sox need to win this game more than the Yankees do at this point in the 2010 MLB season.

MLB betting pick: Boston Red Sox (-1 ½). >> JOIN HERE!