For the final time this week, and hopefully for a while, the
New York Yankees and the Tampa Bay Rays face off head to head inside Tropicana
Field. The Yankees have pitched well this series and have hit the ball well for
the most part and will look for yet another victory tonight before continuing
their road trip in Kansas City tomorrow night. The team does have a getaway
game tonight of sorts though that will showcase Chase Whitley on the mound for
the Yankees and Erasmo Ramirez for the Rays. The game will be played at 7:10 pm
ET and can be seen on MLB Network, WPIX Channel 11 and of course MLB TV.
- Whitley is facing the Rays for the second time already this season after making his season debut against them on April 28 in the Bronx. Whitley went five innings allowing just one run and six hits in that game picking up his first victory of the season, something that hopefully repeats itself tonight inside Tropicana Field.
- Ramirez is stepping out of the Rays bullpen and into the Rays rotation once again with the injury to Drew Smyly and will once again face off with the New York Yankees. In relief Ramirez allowed just two runs in his last five appearances, a two-run home run by Mark Teixeira on Monday, and has allowed 10 runs, nine earned, in 7.1 IP as a starter this season.
I’m not sure I am a fan of seeing your division rivals so
many times during the first month or two of the regular season. I want these
games in September so you can have exciting pennant chases and less scoreboard
watching. I hate watching two or three games at one time you know what I mean?
Anyway it’s not a big deal I guess as long as the Yankees keep winning the
games the end result ends up being the same. Go Yankees!
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