The New York Yankees and the Houston Astros will finish off their three game set tonight in Houston with yet another great pitching matchup for the fans. Tonight in the finale the Yankees will send their ace Masahiro Tanaka to the mound looking for a series victory while the Astros will counter with Lance McCullers Jr. The Yankees have had a good week after getting the haul that they did Aroldis Chapman and after beating Dallas Keuchel on the same night and they will look to keep the good times rolling tonight inside Minute Maid Park.
Tanaka will be making his first start against these Astros
since Opening Day 2016 where he allowed two runs in a loss for New York. In the
start Tanaka struck out four batters in 5.2 innings and took a no-decision in
the contest.
McCullers heads into this start arguably off the best
performance of his young MLB career. In his last start Friday against the Los
Angeles Angels of Anaheim the Astros righty tossed eight-plus innings while
striking out ten in a 2-1 Houston victory.
The game will be played at 8:10 pm ET inside Minute Maid Park
and can be seen on the YES Network and MLB TV. With an off day looming tomorrow
and one more series with the Tampa Bay Rays before the August 1st
trading deadline you have to wonder if the Yankees will get caught looking
ahead a bit tonight in Houston. This is still a veteran team with their ace and
stopper on the mound though so I’m hoping for the best. Go Yankees!
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Sorry for the Capatcha... Blame the Russians :)