Saturday, September 10, 2016

Games of the Day

Boston and Toronto play game two of their series that will help decide the AL East Champion. Eduardo Rodriguez faces J.A. Happ. Rodriguez pitched inconsistently well since the All-Star break. In five of his nine starts he allowed one run or less, but he allowed 13 runs in the other four. Overall, he sports a 2.73 ERA in that time. Happ comes into the game 17-4, blowing away his previous single season high in wins, 12 in 2009. He’s 10-2 at home with a 3.05 ERA, holding opponents to a .364 slugging percentage.

The Yankees host the Rays, as New York goes for their seventh win in a row. Chris Archer takes on Masahiro Tanaka. After three consistently good seasons, Archer’s ERA shot up this season by about 3/4 of a run due to an increase in home runs allowed. He seems to be back to normal since the All-Star break, however. Tanaka is 2-0 with a 2.57 ERA against the Rays this season. In three starts totaling 21 innings, he walked one and struck out 19.

Enjoy!



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