The Yankees try to hang a loss on the Orioles as CC Sabathia faces Wade Miley. Sabathia pitched five shutout innings in his first game, allowing three hits, but only striking out two. We could be seeing the beginning of Sabathia’s transformation into a Tommy John type pitcher, although with a much faster fastball. In other words, a lefty who allows his defense to help him. Miley posted a 6.17 in eleven starts after the Orioles acquired him in 2016, but posted very good strikeout and walk numbers.
Stephen Strasburg makes his second start of the season, and tries to tame a Phillies offense that scored 17 runs Saturday night. He will face Jeremy Hellickson. Strasburg was throwing hard in game one, but only struck out three batters. We will see today if that was Strasburg’s doing, or the Marlins just trying to attack him early. Hellickson also allowed the Phillies defense to help him in his first start, walking one batter and striking out one in five innings.
Seattle tries to avoid a sweep by the Angels as Hisashi Iwakuma takes on Matt Shoemaker. Iwakuma dominated the Angels during his career, walking just 15 batters in 121 innings. He has run into some trouble in Anaheim, however. Shoemaker keeps his walks in check against Seattle, but they have hit a decent number of home runs against him.
Finally, the Sunday night game features the Marlins and Mets with Edinson Volquez facing Noah Syndergaard. Both made good first starts of the season. Volquez did not allow a run in five innings, walking one and striking out six. Syndergaard pitched six innings with no walks and seven strikeouts.
Enjoy!
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