Nestor Cortes Jr. , John Means Are Starting For New York, Baltimore Tonight As They Continue Their Series In Baltimore Maryland
Nestor Cortes Jr. , John Means are starting for New York, Baltimore tonight as they continue their series in Baltimore Maryland.
Nestor Cortes Jr. John Means are both left handed pitchers!
Nestor Cortes Jr. comes into the game with a record of 2-2 with an earn run average of 2.70.
John Means comes into the game with a record of 5-7 with an earn run average of 3.42.
“according to espn.com”
In this game New York is going to be looking to win the series while Baltimore is going to be looking to even the series up.
New York who is a member of the American League East comes into the game with a record of 81-64 and is second in the American League East standings and 9.0 games back of Tampa Bay who is leading the division!
Why?
Because they beat Baltimore last night by a score of 7-2 as they began their series that is a three game series!
Where?
Baltimore Maryland!
How?
Gerrit Cole struck out seven , allowed one run, four hits, three walks while pitching five innings.
Aaron Boone who is the manager of New York had this to say about Gerrit Cole’s start!
[The Orioles] worked back into the count, so that drove his pitch count up,” said Boone of Cole’s 108-pitch outing. “So you know, it was work for him on a humid night here through those five innings. But I thought, stuff-wise -- especially fastball-curveball combination -- I thought [they] were really good tonight.”
Gerrit Cole was supported offensively by the long ball in New York’s 7-2 over Baltimore last night.
Where?
Baltimore Maryland!
How?
Court was in session for the inaugural home run!
Why?
Aaron Judge smacked his fourth home run in four games during the first inning, giving Gerrit Cole a comfortable 2-0 lead before even taking the mound.
Giancarlo Stanton and Luke Voit went back-to-back in the third frame, adding three insurance runs for New York. Joey Gallo wanted in on the big fly fun, so he sent a ball sailing 402 feet to right-center field in the eighth. And one more for good measure came from DJ LeMahieu in the ninth.
Baltimore who like New York is a member of the American League East comes into the game with a record of 46-98 and is 43.5 games back of Tampa Bay who is leading the division.
Why?
Because they lost the opening game of the series last night by a score of 7-2 in Baltimore Maryland.
Why?
Alexander Wells who started for Baltimore struggled!
How?
He served up home runs to New York’s offense!
Specifically Aaron Judge, Giancarlo Stanton Luke, Voit, Joey Gallo the rookie with five runs in four innings. They bloated Wells’ ERA to 7.76 across his first eight big league appearances (five starts).
Offensively Baltimore weren’t able to produce much to against Gerrit Cole!
Why?
Because Ryan Mountcastle Kelvin Gutierrez were the only offense as Ryan Mountcastle hit a double in the fifth inning while Kelvin Gutierrez contributed a ninth inning single.
“according to an article by Joe Trezza on mlb.com”
First pitch is set for 7:05pm from Camden Yards!
The game is going to be televised on MASN, Yes!