The New York Yankees will play the Tampa Bay Rays in Game 2 of their series at Tropicana Field on Saturday night.
The New York Yankees are 79-53 this season and have lost five of their last six games. New York lost Game 1 of this series by a score of 9-0 on Friday night. The New York pitching staff has a 3.35 ERA, a 1.11 WHIP, and a .219 opponent batting average this season. The Yankees offense has scored 652 runs with a .239 batting average and a .323 on base percentage. Aaron Judge is batting .294 with 51 home runs and 113 RBI’s for the Yankees this season. The projected starter for New York is Clarke Schmidt, who is 5-3 with a 2.89 ERA and a 1.34 WHIP over 37.1 innings pitched this season.
The Tampa Bay Rays are 73-57 this season and have won four games in a row. Prior to winning Game 1 of this series, Tampa Bay won both games in their series against the Marlins. The Tampa Bay pitching staff has a 3.30 ERA, a 1.14 WHIP, and a .232 opponent batting average. The Rays offense has scored 559 runs with a .242 batting average and a .311 on base percentage this year. Randy Arozarena is batting .268 with 18 home runs and 70 RBI’s for the Rays this season. The projected starter for Tampa Bay is Corey Kluber, who is 9-7 with a 4.21 ERA and a 1.17 WHIP over 134.2 innings pitched this season.
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