The NY Yankees and Baltimore Orioles are playing live on the MLB schedule in the AL East division on Monday and the game from Oriole Park at Camden Yards starts up past 7:05 pm ET and has Wei-Yin Chen and Michael Pineda facing off on the mound as the pitchers and New York will be looking to continue their strong play after winning against the Red Sox.
The Yankees come in after breakout game against the Red Sox that saw them score a season high 14 runs and now they matchup with the 3-3 Orioles. The team is 2-4 this season and the Yankees will try and get things going against the O's after losing two games against the Red Sox. The Yankees lost one game in 19 innings and another 8-4 and now they have the chance to make it two in a row after winning 14-4 against the Red Sox.
The Yankees have Alex Rodriguez hitting fairly well to start this season and the lineup on Monday has A-Rod at third base. A-Rod has played at DH and first base, but with Chase Headley in NY, he has been pushed, but he is back now. Chris Young also will be in the lineup with John Ryan Murphy, while the top of the lineup has Jacoby Ellsbury and Brett Gardner in the 1-2 spots.
The Orioles come in after losing two of three against the Blue Jays, winning the middle game and before that they won two of three against the Rays. The Orioles gave up three home runs in the loss to the Blue Jays and now they will try and get things going against the Yankees. Last season the Os beat the Yankees in the season series for the first time in years and now Chen comes in and will get the start against the Yanks.
The Yankees nee the rotation to pitch well and Pineda could be the key to everything. Masahiro Tanaka bounced back after his first start and now Pineda comes in after putting up a good spring and he has a good record against the Orioles. Chen comes in with a plus five ERA against the Yankees, while Pineda has a sub 2.00 ERA and he has 25 strikeouts in 25 innings against Baltimore in his career.
Pineda pitched well against the Jays and now he will look at keeping it going after Tanaka had a better game Sunday night. The Yankees need their pitching to stay healthy and they also want the bullpen not to get taxed early, making these starts very important for Joe Girardi.
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