7:05 pm
May 15

Yankees @ Orioles

Who will WIN this matchup?

New York Yankees (21-17)

@ Baltimore Orioles (16-22)

 

Starting Pitchers:

German (NYY): 2-2; 4.02 ERA

Lopez (BAL) 1-3; 5.63 ERA

 

Current odds:

New York Yankees: (-155)

Baltimore Orioles: (+130)

 

• New York Yankees (21-17, third in the AL East) vs. Baltimore Orioles (16-22, fifth in the AL East)

• PITCHING PROBABLES: Yankees: Domingo German (2-2, 4.02 ERA, 1.18 WHIP, 31 strikeouts)

Germán fired seven scoreless innings against the Orioles on April 28 in New York, picking up his second win of the season. He is coming off 6 1/3 innings of two-run ball against the Nationals on May 9, a no-decision.

Orioles: Jorge Lopez (1-3, 5.63 ERA, 1.25 WHIP, 30 strikeouts)

Lopez put together his finest start of the season last time out, twirling 5 2/3 innings of one-run ball against the Red Sox. The righty pitched into the sixth inning for the first time in 2021, and didn’t issue a walk in a start for the first time since late 2019.

• BOTTOM LINE: Baltimore enters the matchup as losers of their last three games.

The Orioles are 7-11 against AL East opponents. Baltimore has a collective batting average of .229 this season, led by Cedric Mullins with an average of .313.

The Yankees are 10-13 against teams from the AL East. New York has a team on-base percentage of .313, good for fourth in the American League. Aaron Judge leads the lineup with a mark of .375.

The Yankees won the last meeting 5-4. Corey Kluber earned his third victory and Judge went 2-for-3 with two home runs and two RBI for New York. Travis Lakins Sr. took his fourth loss for Baltimore.

• TOP PERFORMERS: Mullins leads the Orioles with 18 extra base hits and is slugging .520.

Judge leads the Yankees with 10 home runs and has 21 RBI.

• LAST 10 GAMES: Orioles: 3-7, .233 batting average, 4.23 ERA, outscored by 10 runs

Yankees: 7-3, .214 batting average, 3.86 ERA, outscored by five runs

• INJURIES: Orioles: Dillon Tate: (left hamstring), Mac Sceroler: (shoulder), Hunter Harvey: (oblique), Anthony Santander: (ankle), Chris Davis: (back).

Yankees: Luis Severino: (elbow), Clarke Schmidt: (right elbow), Darren O’Day: (right rotator cuff), Zack Britton: (elbow), Gleyber Torres: (covid-19), Rougned Odor: (knee), Giancarlo Stanton: (quad).

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New York Yankees
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