Kevin Gausman (6-10, 3.73 ERA) and CC Sabathia (8-11, 4.31 ERA) take the hill in the second of a three-game series between the Baltimore Orioles (73-61) and the New York Yankees (69-64) at Camden Yards. The Orioles won the last game 8-0, and Baltimore leads the series 1-0. Action begins at 7:05 p.m. ET on Saturday, Sep. 3 and can be seen on MASN and YES.
Gausman pitched 7.0 innings in his last outing, surrendering zero runs and striking out nine in a 5-0 win over the Yankees. Mark Trumbo (.255, 78 Rs, 41 HRs, 97 RBIs, 2 SBs) had another good game yesterday, going 2 for 4 with one run, one home run, and one RBI. Sabathia went 6.2 innings, surrendering three runs, striking out eight and walking two in a 5-0 defeat to the Orioles in his most recent start. Carlos Beltran (.292, 63 Rs, 26 HRs, 78 RBIs) went 1 for 4 yesterday with one run, one home run, and three RBIs.
Notes
Baltimore won its last game in a shutout, its sixth of the season. New York has been shut out eight times this season.
The Orioles managed to give up four walks in their last game. They’ll have to pick it up against the Yankees who are coming in with a 33-14 record against opponents who give up that many walks or more.
When they are outhit, the Yankees are 12-53. The Orioles have an 18-48 record when opponents outhit them.
Baltimore ranks at the top of the league when it comes to home runs this season with 213. New York ranks in the bottom half at 20th with 148.
Baltimore and New York both rank near the bottom of the league in walks. Baltimore sits at 25th with 379 this season and New York ranks 23rd with 380.
The Orioles are 61-40 when they hit at least one home run. The Yankees perform similarly when they hit one or more homers with a 52-33 record.