T.M. Selection: New York Yankees -1.5.

I like the New York Yankees runline in this game against the Cincinnati Reds on Tuesday. The Yankees have lost 2 games in a row now after losing the last 2 games of their series against the Red Sox but they are back in their own ballpark here against 1 of the worst teams in the league and I expect them to get a nice bounce back win against the Reds here. They had won 3 games in a row before that and have been playing at an extremely high level all year. They also just had a day off so I expect them to come out rested here and have a big offensive game since they have been scoring a ton of runs lately too. The Reds have won 4 games in a row now and are coming off a rare sweep over the Rays in their previous series but they did play that series in their own ballpark and I don't see them extending their good fortune as of late to this road series. The Yankees have their ace pitcher Gerrit Cole (8-2, 3.26 ERA) up for this game and he has been pitching well this year. He just had a bad start in his most recent appearance, giving up 5 runs in 6 innings, but he put together 4 great starts in a row just before that and I expect him to bounce back with a better performance here. It isn't often that he puts up bad numbers in a start like that so I don't see him putting together 2 bad starts in a row here when he has bounce bad the next game after a bad start all year. The Reds have Graham Ashcraft (4-2, 4.35 ERA) up for this game and he has not been great this year but he is also still in his rookie year and is going to have a tall task ahead of him here with the best lineup in baseball coming at him. He hasn't had many starts this year and has already had a few bad games, I think he is going to fold here against the best offense in baseball. I expect the Yankees to put up runs here and blow the Reds out of the water. I like the Yankees runline here.

T.M. Prediction: 6-1 Yankees.