Friday, July 10, 2015

Game Preview: New York Yankees @ Boston Red Sox 7/10


Rivalry renewed. The New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox will face off head-to-head tonight in the first of a three game weekend series inside Boston’s Fenway Park. The Yankees will send Michael Pineda to the mound so be grateful that the game is not on ESPN, I’m not sure I could handle three more hours of “Pine Gate” discussion by John Kruk and Curt Schilling. The Red Sox will counter Pineda with starter Clay Buchholz. The game will be played at 7:15 pm ET and can be seen on the WPIX Channel 11 and MLB TV.

  • Pineda will be making his 17th start of the season tonight inside Fenway Park and his fifth against the Boston Red Sox in his career. Pineda has a 2-2 record against Boston with a no-decision in the pine tar game I’m sure we’ll hear all about if we listen to ESPN, MLB Network or the NESN broadcast. Pineda looks to improve on his 8-5 record and 3.79 ERA with a bounce back start tonight in Fenway.


  • Buchholz has been the team’s best starter this season, which is not saying much, and has been much better of late, which should worry the Yankees. In his last 10 starts Buchholz has posted a 5-2 record with a 1.99 ERA as Boston continues to try and climb back into the AL East discussion. Buchholz was pitching the last time the Yankees came to Fenway Park and swept the Red Sox and gave up nine earned runs in just 3.1 IP on that Sunday night ESPN broadcast.


The fiercest and most hated rivalry in all of sports has been watered down a bit in recent years with down years for both teams but the rivalry is the rivalry and it is still Yankees vs. Red Sox. The Yankees are in first place in a well-contested American League East while the Boston Red Sox are in last place in the division with only a handful of games separating the two. This is a big series for both teams as a sweep for the Red Sox gets them right back in the thick of things while a Yankees sweep may be the final nail in the coffin in Boston’s season. I may be greedy but I’m not ridiculous, I’ll take a series victory and that series victory begins tonight. Go Yankees!


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