For the fifth straight series, the Yankees have split the first two games. They’re sending Big Mike Pineda to the mound tonight as they try to win the rubber game for only the second time in those five series.
Pineda has emerged as the staff ace at this point but the Yankees just don’t score any runs for him. Among the 191 starters who have thrown at least 40 innings this season, Pineda ranks 191st in run support. Dead last. The Yankees average 2.22 runs when he’s in the game. I guess that’s why they’re 3-6 in his nine starts even though he has a 1.80 ERA. Here is the Rays lineup and here is the Yankees lineup:
- CF Jacoby Ellsbury
- SS Derek Jeter
- C Brian McCann
- 1B Mark Teixeira
- DH Chase Headley
- RF Ichiro Suzuki
- 2B Stephen Drew
- LF Chris Young
- 3B Brendan Ryan
RHP Michael Pineda
It’s cloudy, warm, and humid in New York right now, but there is no rain in the forecast. Tonight’s game will start just after 7pm ET and you can watch on YES locally and MLB Network nationally. Enjoy the game.
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