Yankees vs. Athletics prediction: Odds, recent stats, trends, and best bets for April 9

Its getaway day in the Bronx as the Yankees (8-3) and the A’s (4-7) wrap up their three-game series. The teams have split the first two games. This afternoon they wrap up the series with left-hander Jeffrey Springs taking the mound for the Athletics against fellow southpaw Ryan Weathers for New York.

Last night, the Athletics evened the series at one game apiece with a 3-2 win. A’s starter Luis Severino gave up two runs in the first but Jeff McNeil drove in a run in the fourth and Brent Rooker drove in the winning run in the ninth with a sacrifice fly off of David Bednar . The Yankees managed just four hits in the game.

Cody Bellinger and J. C. Escarra drove in the Yankees’ runs.

New York has now lost two of its last three but still sits atop the American League East, 2. 5 games ahead of the Orioles. With the win, the Athletics pulled out of the cellar in the American League West moving a game in front of Seattle and remaining 2.