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As New York, Baltimore Who Are First, Second In American League East Standings Are Starting Four Game Series Tonight In Baltimore Maryland Clarke Schmidt, Grayson Rodriguez Are Starting

As New York the team that wears the pinstripes , Baltimore who are first, second in American League East standings are starting four game series tonight in Baltimore Maryland Clarke Schmidt, Grayson Rodriguez are starting.

Where?

On the mound!

Clarke Schmidt, Grayson Rodriguez are alike because they’re both right handed starting pitchers!

Clarke Schmidt comes into the game with record of 2-0 with an earn run average of 3.55 because on Wednesday April 24, 2024 Clarke Schmidt pitched 5.1 innings surrendering 4 hits, 3 earned runs , 2 walks while striking out 6 Oakland batters.

Grayson Rodriguez comes into the game with record of 3-1 with an earn run average of 4.45 because on Tuesday April 23, 2024 at Los Angeles Angels Grayson Rodriguez pitched 4.1 innings surrendering 11 hits, 7 earned runs, 1 walk while striking out 7 Los Angeles (Angels) batters.

According to https://www.mlb.com/player/clarke-schmidt-657376

https://www.mlb.com/player/grayson-rodriguez-680570

Though,

Could mother nature prevent Clarke Schmidt, Grayson Rodriguez from making their starts as scheduled? There is a very small chance of that happening because at first pitch its mostly sunny with 0% chance of rain before it continues to be mostly sunny with 1% chance of rain 30 minutes following first pitch being thrown before intermittent clouds arrive with rain chances increasing to 5 % at 8:00pm, 9:00pm 9:35pm when the game is likely over.

New York the team that wears the pinstripes comes into the first game of the four game series with record of 19-10 is in first place in the American League East because in back to back games when opposing Milwaukee Saturday, Sunday in Milwaukee Wisconsin on the diamond they scored 15 runs including in 15-5 finale As New York the team that wears the pinstripes scored 15 runs again New York the team that wears the pinstripes hit three home runs as Aaron Judge who is captain of New York the team that wears the pinstripes hit his home run to left center 441 feet giving New York the team that wears the pinstripes a 1-0 lead. In the top of 5th inning Anthony Volpe who was celebrating his birthday Sunday hit his home run right center 400 feet scoring Gleyber Torres, Oswaldo Cabrera extending New York the team that wears the pinstripes lead 4-0. In the top of 8th inning Anthony Rizzo hit home run to center 391 feet.

According to espn app

Offensively Aaron Judge, Anthony Rizzo, Anthony Volpe’s home runs supported Marcus Stroman who started who pitched 4.0 innings surrendering 6 hits , 4 earned runs , 5 walks while striking out 4 New York the team that wears the pinstripes batters . Ron Marinaccio who relieved Marcus Stroman who surrendered 1 hit , 1 earned run , 1 walk while striking out 1 Milwaukee batter. Ian Hamilton who relieved Ron Marinaccio who pitched 0.2 innings surrendering 1 hit, 1 earned run, 1 walk . Caleb Ferguson who pitched 0.2 innings surrendering 0 hits, 0 earned runs, 0 walks while striking out 2 Milwaukee batters. Victor Gonzalez who relieved Caleb Ferguson who pitched 1.0 innings surrendering 1 hit, 0 runs, 0 earned runs, 1 walk while striking out 1 Milwaukee batter.

According to espn app

Following New York the team that wears the pinstripes scoring 15 run again Sunday manager Aaron Boone had this to say about Aaron Judge who is captain of the team that wears the pinstripes home run. He’s getting some more good swings off,”

Though, manager Aaron Boone wasn’t the only one to say something about Aaron Judge as Milwaukee shortstop Willy Adames had this to say about New York the team that wears the captain Aaron Judge!

He’s like seven feet tall. He’s huge. I feel like with his hands up, he's taller than me -- even when he's sliding to second base. So it's a tough space for me to throw the ball.”

According to Bryan Hoch mlb article https://www.mlb.com/yankees/news/aaron-judge-homers-yankees-win-over-brewers

Baltimore comes into the first game of four game series with record of 17-10 is second in the American League East 1.0 games behind New York the team that wears the pinstripes because unlike New York the team that wears the pinstripes Baltimore lost the finale of their three game series to Oakland Sunday 7-6 though Ryan Mountcaste hit home run to center 424 feet scoring Ryan O’Hearn giving Baltimore a 5-4 lead over Oakland in bottom of 3rd inning. Though, Baltimore’s lead was brief as Oakland scored the final two runs of the game as Tyler Nevin hit home run to left center 407 feet trimming Baltimore’s lead to 6-5 before Oakland took the lead for good at 7-6 in top of 9th inning as Kyle McCann hit home run to right center 388 feet scoring Darell Hernaiz.

In 7-6 loss to Oakland Baltimore offensively supported Albert Suarez who started pitched 4.0 innings surrendering 7 hits, 4 earned runs , 1 walk while striking out 6 Oakland batters. Keegan Akin who relieved Albert Suarez who pitched 2.0 innings surrendering 0 hits, 0 earned runs , 0 walks while striking out 2 Oakland batters. Danny Coulombe who relieved Keegan Akin who pitched 0.2 innings surrendering 1 hit, 1 earned run while striking out 1 Oakland batter. Jacob Webb who relieved Danny Coulombe who pitched 0.1 innings surrendering 0 hits, 0 earned runs , 0 walks while striking out 0 Oakland batters. Yennier Cano who relieved Jacob Webb who pitched 0.1 innings surrendering 1 hit, 0 earned runs , 0 walks while striking out 1 Oakland batter. Craig Kimbrel who relieved Yennier Cano who pitched 0.0 innings surrendering 1 hit, 2 earned runs , 1 walk while striking out 0 Oakland batters. Dillon Tate who relieved Craig Kimbrel who pitched 1.0 innings surrendering 0 hits, 0 earned runs , 0 walks while striking out 1 Oakland batter before blowing safe exiting mound with tight back.

According to espn app

Following Baltimore’s 7-6 loss to Oakland Sunday in Baltimore Maryland where Craig Kimbrel exited mound with tight back following blowing save Baltimore manager Brandon Hyde had this to say about Craig Kimbrel

The way he was walking around just didn’t look right,”

He threw a pitch and it looked good and it felt right, so kind of just trust the player at that point when he says he’s good to go,”

Following Baltimore’s 7-6 loss to Oakland Sunday in Baltimore Maryland where Craig Kimbrel exited mound with tight back following blowing save Adley Rutschman who caught Craig Kimbrel before he exited the mound had this to say!

“Craig’s a phenomenal pitcher, obviously, and he’s going to bounce back,”We’ve got no worries.”

According to Jake Rill MLB article https://www.mlb.com/orioles/news/craig-kimbrel-exits-with-injury-after-blown-save

First pitch is set for 6:35pm Eastern Standard Time from Oriole Park at Camden Yards!

The game is going to be televised on Yes, MASN!