The New York Yankees (15-11, 4th AL East) play Game 3 of a four-game series in Arlington at Globe Life Park on Saturday against the Texas Rangers (14-11, T-1st AL West). New York defeated Texas in the first game of the series on Thursday 4-2 with DJ LeMahieu and Gleyber Torres hitting back to back home runs for the Yankees. The Yankees have won each of their last two but trail first place Tampa Bay by six games in the American League East. With its loss to New York on Thursday, the Rangers have lost four straight and have fallen into a tie for first with the Houston Astros in the American League West. New York has eight pitchers as well as position players Harrison Bader, Josh Donaldson, Giancarlo Stanton and Ben Rortvedt on the injured list. Texas will p lay without four pitchers as well as position players Mitch Garver and Corey Seager.
The New York Yankees have the third best team ERA in baseball at 3.31 and the 3rd best WHIP at 1.14. New York’s starting rotation has eight Quality Starts which is 15th and the pitching staff is holding opponents to a .214 batting average which is third lowest in baseball. Derek Cole is leading New York in wins with five, strikeouts with 44 and ERA for starters at 1.11. Jhony Brito will get the nod on the mound Saturday for New York. The 25 year old right-hander is 2-2 with an ERA of 6.11 and 12 strikeouts.
At the plate, New York is 22nd in team batting average at .232, 21st in on base percentage with .308 and 17th in slugging percentage at .397. New York has scored 112 runs which is 18th in baseball. Aaron Judge is the team leader in both home runs and RBI with 6 and 14 respectively. Anthony Rizzo is second in ho me runs with five and RBI with 13. Giancarlo Stanton, with four home runs and 11 RBI is out injured. As a team, New York has hit 31 doubles, three triples and 34 home runs.
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