Los Angeles Dodgers vs New York Yankees Prediction & Picks - MLB

Prediction published on 6/8/24, 9:22 AM  by Bill Christy | Modified on 6/8/24 at 9:24 AM in MLB Picks

The Yankees (45-20) just had their 8-game win streak last night in extra innings to these LA Dodgers (40-35). Yoshinobu Yamamoto went 7 shutout innings while striking out 7 and giving up just 2 hits. Poteet of the Yankees pitched a strong game as well, going 4.2 innings of shutout work himself. The teams went scoreless into extras and in the top of the 11th, Teoscar Hernandez launched a 2-run homerun to take a 2-0 lead. In the bottom of the 11th, Aaron Judge singled in Anthony Volpe to cut the lead in half, but after a Stanton strike out and a Rizzo pop out, the game was over. Nestor Cortes (3-4, 3.46) will be tasked with trying to get the Yankees back on track tonight and avoid going down 0-2 in the series. Juan Soto, who was out of the lineup yesterday with a forearm injury, is questionable once again. Gavin Stone (6-2, 2.90) will try to give the Dodgers a sweep opportunity if he can come through and get his 7th win of the season. He has gone 2 straight starts and 12 total innings without allowing a run but will have a much tougher lineup in these Yankees than the Mets and Rockies whom he faced previously.