This is the beginning of a 3 game set between these AL East Rivals. The New York Yanks have struggled out the gate as they are just 2-4 so far, but their bats did finally awaken last night in their big 14-4 win over the Red Sox. The Orioles started the year with 2 wins in a row over Tampa Bay, but have since dropped 3 of their last 4 games to fall to 3-3 on the year.
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The Yankees come in 8th in scoring (5.17 rpg), 17th in hitting (.233) and 5 in homers (9). On the pitching front they are 11th in ERA (3.38) and 16th in WHIP (1.27). The Yankees have gone 14-32 in their last 46 games as an underdog of +110 to +150 and 3-7 in their last 10 during game 1 of a series, but 4-1 in Pineda's last 5 starts.
The Orioles come in 7th in scoring (5.17 rpg), 10th in hitting (.241) and 1st in homers (11). On the pitching front they are 27th in ERA (4.75) and 23rd in WHIP (1.34). Baltimore has gone 36-15 in their last 51 home games vs. a right-handed starter and 23-4 in Chen's last 27 home starts with the total set at 7.0-8.5, but just 1-6 their last 7 meetings in Baltimore.
Getting the ball tonight for the Yankees will be Michael Pineda. Michael had an injury filled 2014 season and made just 13 starts for the Yanks, and he went just 5-5 in those starts, but with a very good 1.89 ERA and an 0.83 WHIP. This year he has 1 start and allowed 6 hits and 2 ERs in 6 innings of work of a 4-3 Yanks win over Toronto. He had a no-decision in the game. Pineda is 1-0 with a 1.78 ERA in 4 career starts vs the Orioles.
Getting the ball for the Orioles will be lefty Wei-Yin Chen, who didn't have a good outing in his first start of the year as he lasted just 4.1 inning, giving up 3 ERs on 4 hits and 2 walks to Tampa Bay. The Orioles did win the game 6-5 though. Chen went 16-6 with a 3.54 ERA for the orioles last year, but was 1-1 with a 4.91 ERA in 2 starts vs the Yanks. In his career he is 2-4 with a 5.44 ERA in 9 career starts vs New York.
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Things to know about this game
• The O's, who started the year with 13 pitchers, could finally get back down to 12. David Lough played a rehab game Sunday, and the outfielder could be activated in place of knuckleballer Eddie Gamboa.
• Yankees manager Joe Girardi will want to keep Jacoby Ellsbury and Brett Gardner at the top of the lineup. Both speedsters have had success against Chen: Ellsbury is 6-for-13 (.462) with a double, and Gardner is 5-for-14 (.357) with two doubles, a homer and five RBIs when facing the southpaw.
• The Yankees are working on cleaning up their defense, having committed a Major League-leading eight errors through the first five games of the season. Their offense started the year cold as well; New York led in just one of the first 55 innings they played this season.
New York +103
Baltimore -113
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