James Paxton, Stephen Strasburg Start As New York Faces Washington In The Capital Of The United States
After an off day on Friday the team that wears the pinstripes and defending world series champions will continue their series with game two of their three game series on Saturday night in the Capital Of The United States
New York who is a member of the American League East comes into the game with a record of 1-0 while Washington who is a member of the National League East comes into the game with a record of 0-1.
James Paxton who is a left hander will start for the team that wears pinstripes The pitcher from Ladner BC Canada comes into the game with a record of 0-0. Last season James Paxton set career highs in wins (15) and starts (29) last year, posting a K/9.0 IP ratio of 11.11 that surpassed Luis Severino's 2017 mark of 10.71 for the best in franchise history. The left handed pitcher from Ladner, BC Canada also has recovered from back surgery that he had in February. He will oppose Washington right -hander Stephen Strasburg who like James Paxton comes into the game with a record of 0-0 Strasburg is coming off his historic 5-0 postseason which earned him the 2019 World Series Most Valuable Player Award. This will be his first start against the Yankees in his career.”according to https://www.mlb.com/yankees/roster/probable-pitchers
In this game New York will look to win the series while Washington will look to even up the series.
As for the opening game between New York and Washington,
The first game of the three game series between the team that wears the pinstripes and Washington who is the defending world series champion in this unique sixty game season went to Gerrit Cole who was making his debut and the team that wears the pinstripes on Thursday night.
In his debut for the team that wears the pinstripes, the team he grew rooting for out in Newport Beach California Gerrit Cole who is a right handed pitcher threw seventy five pitches in a 4-1 win in the Capital Of The United States over Washington..
Giancarlo Stanton provided the right-hander with a lead, crushing a two-run homer to left-center field off Nationals ace Max Scherzer in the top of the first inning. Stanton’s blast traveled 459 feet, according to Statcast.”according to an article by Bryan Hoch on mlb.com
But that wasn’t the only offense provided in Gerrit Cole’s debut for the team that wears the pinstripes as Aaron Judge doubled home New York’s third run in the third inning, with Tyler Wade dashing 270 feet to score from first base.according to an article by Bryan Hoch on mlb.com
While the team that wears the pinstripes got their first win of the season to begin the season 1-0 the defending world series champion Washington had a setback to begin their season.
Max Scherzer gave up a home run to New York left fielder Giancarlo Stanton. in the fourth at-bat of the game, Scherzer locked in for 11 strikeouts in 5 1/3 innings. He allowed four runs off six hits before the skies opened up for a delay of one hour and 58 minutes before the game was called.”according to an article by Jessica Camerato on mlb.com
First pitch is set for 7:15pm from Nationals Park. The game will be televised on Fox.