James Paxton Opens The Doubleheader For New York As They Host Baltimore
Instead of one game on Monday New York will play a day night doubleheader against Baltimore in the Bronx who like New York is a member of the American League East.
James Paxton who’s nickname is the Big Maple will open the doubleheader for New York while the starters for the second game have yet to be announced.
New York who is leading the division comes into the opening game of the doubleheader with a record of 77-41 while Baltimore who is last in the division comes into the opening game of the doubleheader with a record of 39-78 . “according to https://www.mlb.com/yankees/standings
As stated above,
James Paxton will open the doubleheader for New York. The left-hander comes into the game with a record of 7-6 with an earn run average of 4.40. Paxton will start the first game of Monday's doubleheader, coming off his second consecutive victory last week at Baltimore. Paxton held the O's to one run and five hits over 6 2/3 innings, his second-longest start of the season. He will oppose Baltimore right -hander Gabriel Ynoa who comes into the opening game of the doubleheader with a record of 1-6 with a 5.57 earn run average. Ynoa gets another spot start for the Orioles as they look to cover four games in three days starting with Monday's doubleheader in New York. Ynoa allowed four runs (three earned) over 4 2/3 innings in a no-decision last time out, also against the Yankees. “according to https://www.mlb.com/yankees/roster/probable-pitchers
As for New York’s previous game,
They earned a split of the four game series on Sunday at Rogers Centre against Toronto who like New York and Baltimore is a member of the American League East.
Tanaka scattered three hits over eight-plus innings before Aroldis Chapman engaged in an epic 13-pitch battle with Vladimir Guerrero Jr., nailing down the save as the Yankees snapped their two-game slide with a 1-0 victory over the Blue Jays on Sunday at Rogers Centre. “according to https://www.mlb.com/yankees/news/masahiro-tanaka-shuts-down-blue-jays
The key was to be consistent," Tanaka said through a translator. "That wasn’t really the case for the previous games. I felt like I was able to be pretty consistent." “according to https://www.mlb.com/yankees/news/masahiro-tanaka-shuts-down-blue-jays
Gio Urshela and Brett Gardner stroked back-to-back doubles off Trent Thornton in the fifth inning to produce the only run of the game, and if not for a questionable decision by the official scorer, Tanaka might have been prompting no-hitter alerts on smartphones across the globe. “according to https://www.mlb.com/yankees/news/masahiro-tanaka-shuts-down-blue-jays
The first batter that Tanaka faced reached base, as Bo Bichette’s chopper was briefly juggled by the third baseman Urshela. Bichette beat Urshela’s throw to first base and was credited with a single. “according to https://www.mlb.com/yankees/news/masahiro-tanaka-shuts-down-blue-jays
That proved notable when Tanaka did not permit another hit through seven innings, working from the stretch only after DJ LeMahieu bobbled a ball that permitted Justin Smoak to reach in the second inning. Otherwise, Tanaka faced one batter over the minimum through eight frames. “according to https://www.mlb.com/yankees/news/masahiro-tanaka-shuts-down-blue-jays
"It was just what the doctor ordered," Yankees manager Aaron Boone said. "Masa came out and was really pitch-efficient, especially in the middle innings. I thought he was really cruising, and we needed it." “according to https://www.mlb.com/yankees/news/masahiro-tanaka-shuts-down-blue-jays
New York was primed to add more support in the sixth, loading the bases with one out, but Thornton induced Urshela to bounce into an inning-ending double play. Tanaka didn't flinch, leaning on his slider heavily. He threw it 36 times, nine of which resulted in outs and eight in swings and misses. “according to https://www.mlb.com/yankees/news/masahiro-tanaka-shuts-down-blue-jays
"I didn’t actually plan on throwing a lot of sliders going into the game," Tanaka said. "It was more of having a good feel of it, and also looking at the hitters and seeing what they are trying to do. It’s a matter of trying to keep them off-balance." “according to https://www.mlb.com/yankees/news/masahiro-tanaka-shuts-down-blue-jays
Having tinkered with his splitter grip at the suggestion of pitching coach Larry Rothschild, Tanaka used his trademark offering 28 times, producing eight outs. He retired 17 consecutive Jays before Smoak took the official scorer off the hook with a clean single to open the eighth. “according to https://www.mlb.com/yankees/news/masahiro-tanaka-shuts-down-blue-jays
“He was vintage Tanaka today, he was good,” Blue Jays manager Charlie Montoyo said. “We’ve been swinging the bat well. All of his pitches were down in the zone. We were off-balance the whole day." “according to https://www.mlb.com/yankees/news/masahiro-tanaka-shuts-down-blue-jays
Tanaka's effort came at a good time for the Yanks, who have used their bullpen heavily of late and will lean on those arms for a doubleheader on Monday against the Orioles at Yankee Stadium. “according to https://www.mlb.com/yankees/news/masahiro-tanaka-shuts-down-blue-jays
"He just stayed on top of his stuff all day," catcher Austin Romine said. "He executed a good amount of pitches. It was nice to see. It was nice to get some depth from the guy when we definitely needed it.” “according to https://www.mlb.com/yankees/news/masahiro-tanaka-shuts-down-blue-jays
Entrusted to begin the ninth, Tanaka's 94-pitch effort came to an end when Brandon Drury led off with a clean single to left field. That prompted Boone to emerge from the dugout, summoning Chapman to finish off the Yanks' sixth shutout of the season (and first since July 12 vs. Toronto). “according to https://www.mlb.com/yankees/news/masahiro-tanaka-shuts-down-blue-jays
It didn't come easily, as Guerrero fouled off seven of the 13 pitches he saw before hitting into a double play. “according to https://www.mlb.com/yankees/news/masahiro-tanaka-shuts-down-blue-jays
"It was solely my call to send [Tanaka] back out there, mostly because I felt really good about where he was," Boone said. "I thought he was still really sharp, and even when I took him out of the game, the hit to Drury was just a ball that found a hole. It was kind of how he pitched all game, a little bit off the barrel." “according to https://www.mlb.com/yankees/news/masahiro-tanaka-shuts-down-blue-jays
As for Baltimore’s previous game, they topped Houston who is a member of the American League West and like New York has the same record while they’re also leading their division.
Perhaps Brandon Hyde said it best, plopping down for his first happy postgame press conference in seven days, the weight of arguably the most trying week of his first year on the job lifted at least temporarily off his shoulders. Nearly every second of this marathon 10-game homestand had been challenging, the past six-game slog against the Astros and Yankees inordinately so, the last 18 hours in particular. Right up until the time Rio Ruiz sent a ball hurdling toward the warehouse. “according to https://www.mlb.com/orioles/news/orioles-walk-off-vs-astros
“It’s been an eventful week,” Hyde quipped. “according to https://www.mlb.com/orioles/news/orioles-walk-off-vs-astros
When it landed, the recently-promoted third baseman had sent the Orioles to an improbable, emotional, come-from-behind 8-7 victory over the Astros on Sunday, his walk-off two-run ninth-inning homer off Roberto Osuna snapping their five-game losing streak and sending them home victorious a day after they lost by three touchdowns. By sending a 2-2 changeup 417 feet to right, Ruiz capped Baltimore’s three-run rally off Osuna and its first walk-off win of the year on an afternoon it battled Justin Verlander only to blow a one-run lead in the ninth. “according to https://www.mlb.com/orioles/news/orioles-walk-off-vs-astros
Ruiz’s was the second walk-off home run to hit Eutaw Street in Oriole Park’s history, and the first since Luke Scott on July 19, 2008. The Orioles had been 0-68 when trailing after eight innings this season. “according to https://www.mlb.com/orioles/news/orioles-walk-off-vs-astros
When it landed, the recently-promoted third baseman had sent the Orioles to an improbable, emotional, come-from-behind 8-7 victory over the Astros on Sunday, his walk-off two-run ninth-inning homer off Roberto Osuna snapping their five-game losing streak and sending them home victorious a day after they lost by three touchdowns. By sending a 2-2 changeup 417 feet to right, Ruiz capped Baltimore’s three-run rally off Osuna and its first walk-off win of the year on an afternoon it battled Justin Verlander only to blow a one-run lead in the ninth. “according to https://www.mlb.com/orioles/news/orioles-walk-off-vs-astros
Ruiz’s was the second walk-off home run to hit Eutaw Street in Oriole Park’s history, and the first since Luke Scott on July 19, 2008. The Orioles had been 0-68 when trailing after eight innings this season. “according to https://www.mlb.com/orioles/news/orioles-walk-off-vs-astros
“It just goes to show, we’re not going to give up,” Ruiz said. “according to https://www.mlb.com/orioles/news/orioles-walk-off-vs-astros
For Ruiz, it was his first career walk-off hit of any kind, and his second homer in as many days back in the big leagues, and second with his newborn son, Luca James, in attendance. “according to https://www.mlb.com/orioles/news/orioles-walk-off-vs-astros
“He gets all the credit,” Ruiz said. “according to https://www.mlb.com/orioles/news/orioles-walk-off-vs-astros
And it almost didn’t happen. “according to https://www.mlb.com/orioles/news/orioles-walk-off-vs-astros
The Orioles parlayed six strong innings from Asher Wojciechowski and three-hit games from Trey Mancini, Jonathan Villar and Jace Peterson into a 5-4 lead going into the ninth. It was nearly more, as Pedro Severino missed a grand slam by a few inches foul before stranding the bases loaded in the eighth. But a half-inning later, the first two batters singled off Mychal Givens before Michael Brantley pulled a relatively soft go-ahead two-run triple into the right-field corner. Brantley came around to score when right fielder Anthony Santander’s attempted relay throw slipped out of his hand, turning Baltimore’s one-run lead into a two-run hole. “according to https://www.mlb.com/orioles/news/orioles-walk-off-vs-astros
“Tough pill to swallow there,” Hyde said. “But then Rio picked us up.” “according to https://www.mlb.com/orioles/news/orioles-walk-off-vs-astros
In a vacuum, it was one mid-August victory in a season never meant to be about wins and losses. Given the circumstances, the Orioles view it as more: An emotional rebound from one of their more embarrassing defeats in recent memory, to salvage the final game of a homestand over which they broke home run records almost nightly and scrambled to move past a dugout altercation between their manager and highest-paid player. “according to https://www.mlb.com/orioles/news/orioles-walk-off-vs-astros
Other stretches had hurt more in the standings -- their 10-game June losing streak out west, for example -- but none took the nature of the past five games against the Astros and Yankees, over which the talent gap was often plain to see. Even for an organization realistic about the infancy stage its rebuild is in, their minus-42 run differential this week entering Sunday was startling. Thrown up against the backdrop of Wednesday’s dugout altercation between Hyde and Chris Davis, the 23-2 defeat they were handed Saturday was jarring. “according to https://www.mlb.com/orioles/news/orioles-walk-off-vs-astros
One win won’t solve any of that, and Hyde was sure to note more challenges await even in the immediate short term. Ruiz earned an honorary beer shower for his heroics, but the celebration was short. Four more games against the Yankees await over the next three days. “according to https://www.mlb.com/orioles/news/orioles-walk-off-vs-astros
“I think it’s been a tough week,” Hyde said. “This feels really good after a really tough week. Now we go on the road and have another tough week. But it’s a lot better than losing.” “according to https://www.mlb.com/orioles/news/orioles-walk-off-vs-astros
First pitch for the opening game of the doubleheader begins at 1:05 pm with the second game of the doubleheader to follow at 7:05pm at Yankee Stadium.
The first game will be televised on Yes, MASN and Major League Baseball Network while the second game will be televised on Yes and MASN.