Saturday, April 12, 1:05 PM on FS1, NSN

Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York

Boston - Lackey, J (2-0) vs. New York - Kuroda, H (1-1)

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Yankee Stadium in the Bronx will be home on Saturday to one of the greatest rivalries in sports. At 1:05 p.m., the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees will tangle with John Lackey getting the start for the visitors while the Yankees will rely on Hiroki Kuroda.

Lackey has had a solid career, but has struggled in his career at Yankee Stadium. He has made three starts at the stadium and has a 7.64 ERA. Boston fans will hope to see him continue his early season success instead of his struggles at the venue. In 2 starts this season, Lackey is 2-0 with a 1.38 ERA and 11 strikeouts. In his career against the current roster of Yankees, Lackey has allowed a .265 average. Derek Jeter is hitting .294 (20-for-68), Ichiro is hitting .292 (33-for-113) and Mark Teixeira is hitting .313 (21-fpr-67). He has given up 11 home runs to the current Yankees, but 5 have come against the suspended Alex Rodriguez.

Kuroda is 1-1 with a 2.92 ERA this season and is now just 2 games under .500 for his career. The current roster of Red Sox is batting .299 against him including David Ortiz (.588, 1 home run), Dustin Pedroia (.323, 1 home run) and Daniel Nava (.348). He has had some success against the current Boston roster, shutting down Jonny Gomes and A.J. Pierzynski.

Boston Betting Trends

Boston is 2-8-0 against the Over/Under

Run differential for Boston is -0.5

New York Betting Trends

New York is 4-6-0 against the Over/Under

Run differential for New York is -0.7

Injuries to Watch

Boston

04/09/14 P Steven Wright Hernia 60-day DL (3/21)
04/06/14 3B Will Middlebrooks Calf 15-day DL (4/5)
03/31/14 RF Shane Victorino Hamstring 15-day DL (3/30)

New York

04/08/14 P David Robertson Groin 15-day DL (4/7)
04/05/14 1B Mark Teixeira Hamstring 15-day DL (4/5)
04/01/14 SS Brendan Ryan Back 15-day DL (3/22)

Josh's Pick: Take Boston

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