Playoff contenders Cleveland and Baltimore meet with Trevor Bauer facing Dylan Bundy. Bauer greatly reduced his home runs allowed this season by inducing more ground balls. He’s throwing more two-seam fastballs, which makes sense. Bundy proved easy to hit this season, with a .307 BA allowed as he makes just the second start of his career after 24 relief appearances.
The Giants continue their swing through the AL East, stopping in the Bronx as Madison Bumgarner takes on Masahiro Tanaka. Bumgarner makes his fourth start of the season against an AL team. The junior circuit makes more contact against Bumgarner than NL teams, with just 14 K in 19 innings. Tanaka and Yankee Stadium don’t mix well, as 10 of his 11 home runs allowed came in New York.
The Mets and Marlins battle for the second wild card slot as Logan Verrett battles Adam Conley. Verrett’s success as a reliever has not carried over to his time as a starter. He walked eight batters in 25 2/3 innings as a reliever this season, and 20 batters in 36 1/3 inning as a starter. Conley is off to a good start in July, 2-0 with a 2.12 ERA in three starts. He struck out 18 and walked five in his last 17 innings.
Finally, Yu Darvish faces Danny Duffy as the Rangers play the Royals. Despite his injuries, Darvish struck out 28 batters in his 20 innings of work this season. Duffy struck out 80 batters in 70 innings as a starter, 21 in 18 innings as a reliever, so it doesn’t matter what role he plays.
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