Happy Tanaka Day ladies and gentleman! The New York Yankees
and the Baltimore Orioles continue their three-game weekend set this weekend at
Oriole Park and Camden Yards with the second game of the series this afternoon
in Baltimore. As I alluded to earlier the New York Yankees will send their ace
Masahiro Tanaka to the mound looking to bounce back from a bad start in Tampa
in the season opener while the Baltimore Orioles will counter with a perennial
thorn in the Yankees side in Kevin Gausman. This should be another fun one so
let’s look at the pitching matchups.
Tanaka made his first start of the season Opening Day
against the Tampa Bay Rays and the start did not exactly go as planned for the
righty. Tanaka gave up seven earned runs in the loss which is a career high for
the Yankees ace in a 7-3 loss to Tampa. Tanaka has made five career starts
against the Orioles posting a 1-1 record with a 2.39 ERA.
Gausman is slowly and quietly becoming a Yankee-killer for
Buck Showalter and the Orioles as he has given the Yankees offense absolute
fits over the past couple of seasons. Gausman last started on Opening Day
against the Toronto Blue Jays where he held their offense to two runs on five
hits with four walks in a no decision.
The game will be played at 4:05 pm ET inside Oriole Park and
Camden Yards and can be seen on the YES Network, Fox Sports One and MLB TV. The
game can also be heard on your radio with John Sterling and Suzyn Waldman on
WFAN. Enjoy the game and Go Yankees!! Beat those birds.
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Sorry for the Capatcha... Blame the Russians :)