New York Yankees (86-72) at Baltimore Orioles (77-81)
MLB Baseball: Friday, October 2, 2015 at 7:05 pm (Camden Yards)
Luis Severino (5-3) (2.77) vs. W Chen (10-8) (3.35)
The Line: Baltimore Orioles / New York Yankees
The Yankees have no starter listed for any day this weekend in Baltimore as they finish the regular season against the Orioles in three games starting Friday. New York clinched its first playoff berth since 2012 Thursday night with a 4-1 win over the Boston Red Sox.
The New York Yankees are trying to find some momentum to take with them into the playoffs, but Mother Nature might not cooperate. The Yankees will try to get in as much of a three-game series as they can when they visit the Baltimore Orioles on Friday for the opener of their final regular-season set.
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The New York Yankees fell short of the American League East title and will have to go through the Wild Card. The Yankees had dropped three in a row before getting back in the win column with a 4-1 victory against the visiting White Sox on Thursday. Veteran CC Sabathia came up big with the lone run plated on six hits and a trio of bases on balls over five frames to improve to 6-10. The Bronx Bombers rode the long ball with Robert Refsnyder, Carlos Beltran and Gregory Byrd clubbing homers. The Yankees are slated to start Adam Warren Friday for his third meeting with the Orioles. Warren is coming off of a 2-1 win versus the White Sox with a run allowed in six frames.Pay per Head Network is the best Pay per Head Poker online. Start your free 2 week trial.
The Baltimore Orioles are playing for pride with just three games remaining in the season. The Orioles have won back to back contests after downing the Blue Jays 6-4 on Thursday afternoon. Due to poor weather the Orioles used seven pitcher with Brad Brach giving up three runs in 2/3 of an inning. The Birds logged eight hits and walked eight times with Manny Machado leading the way with pair of homers and three RBI’s and three runs while Nolan Reimold singled in a run. Left hander Wei-Yin Chen opens the series on the mound against the rival Yankees on Friday. Chen was an 8-0 loser at Boston last time out with a pair of runs scored on five hits in 5.2 innings.
PITCHING MATCHUP:
Yankees RH Luis Severino (5-3, 2.77 ERA) vs. Orioles LH Wei-Yin Chen (10-8, 3.35)Severino figures to be on a short leash as the team keeps him fresh for what it hopes will be an extended run through the postseason. The 21-year-old is 2-0 in his last three starts and spun six scoreless frames in a win over the Chicago White Sox on Sunday. Severino is making his first start against Baltimore and is 2-1 with a 2.43 ERA on the road.Chen is finishing up a solid campaign and needs five strikeouts on Friday to set a career high, surpassing the 154 he managed as a rookie in 2012. The Taiwan native punched out seven in each of his last two turns and has allowed two or fewer runs in three straight. Chen's last poor outing came at New York on Sept. 7, when he was reached for five runs - four earned - and nine hits in five innings without factoring in the decision.
WALK-OFFS
- Yankees CF Jacoby Ellsbury and 3B Chase Headley both sat out on Thursday due to back pain.
- Baltimore 3B Manny Machado is 4-for-8 with three home runs, four RBIs and four runs scored in the last two games.
- Thursday's triumph marked the 10,000th regular-season win in franchise history for New York.
The under is 6-2 in the Yankees last 8 overall and is 8-3 in their last 11 on grass while New York are 13-6 in their last 19 games. The over is 10-2 in Baltimore’s last 12 games and the under is 8-2 in Chen’s last 10 Friday starts and is 17-7-2 in Chen’s last 26 starts versus New York.
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