The New York Yankees and the New York Mets will continue
their annual Subway Series tonight with the finale game in Queens before
shifting to the Bronx for the next two contests. Last night we watched as each
team sent their fifth starters to the mound for the contest but today we get
the treat of watching two aces go at it head-to-head as the New York Yankees
send Masahiro Tanaka to the mount to face off against, and hit against
unfortunately, Jacob DeGrom for the Mets. Make no mistake about it DeGrom can
hit almost as well as he can pitch so there isn’t exactly eight batters and an
easy out tonight for Tanaka by any means.
Tanaka was disappointing in his last start against the
Houston Astros after giving up four runs in just five innings of work. Tanaka
hasn’t been great against Houston this season in two starts but he has been
much better in his two career starts against the Mets posting a 1-1 record with
a 1.20 ERA. I’d take that ERA any day of the week and twice on Tuesday (since
you know, today is Tuesday and all).
DeGrom has also faced the Yankees twice before in his
career, the first time coming against Chase Whitley in a matchup of two young
arms making their Major League debuts, and the last time coming April and these
two starts couldn’t have been more different. In the first start DeGrom allowed
just one run in seven innings of work while the second one resulted in just
five innings and six runs allowed.
The game will be played at 7:10 pm ET inside Citi Field and
can be seen locally for Yankees fans on the YES Network, locally on WPIX
Channel 11 for Mets fans, and MLB TV no matter what your affiliation is. The
Yankees may be in sell mode and fresh off selling many of their top players at
the August 1st trading deadline but that doesn’t mean they still
can’t beat up on the Mets for fun, right? Go Yankees!
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Sorry for the Capatcha... Blame the Russians :)