Bronx Showdown: Which Pitcher Will Dominate the Strikeout Battle Tonight?
The Yankees have slipped a bit from their hot start, kind of going the opposite direction of what we are seeing from the Mariners. The Yankees were dealt a blow before the season began without Gerrit Cole for the year, and multiple injuries to today’s starter Marcus Stroman, threw their rotation off. However, the bats were so hot early in the season, it really didn’t matter. At that point in the year, Aaron Judge was hitting .400 and mashing the ball everywhere. The loss of Juan Soto was quickly forgotten. Lately, things haven’t been as rosy for the boys in pinstripes. The team has dropped to second in the division, and is still being chased by Tampa and Boston. Speaking of Stroman, he is looking to make his second start of the month, which is just the second time this season that he will have made two starts in a month. He has five under his belt already, and he has looked good in the past two going five innings and allowing three or fewer earned runs in both. I’m not sure if he will be on a pitch count in this one, but I’d imagine it will be around 90 pitches if he is. Mariners hitters haven’t done very well against him, hitting .204 in 54 at-bats. Cal Raleigh, for example, has struck out four times and gone 0-for-7 against him.
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