Baltimore Orioles Visit New York Yankees For Final Series Of Regular Season

The Baltimore Orioles are a bad baseball team that would like nothing more than to ruin the Yankees’ playoff aspirations. The Baltimore Orioles have been a disappointment this season, but in this series, they are pitching their best three pitchers.

The Yankees won two of three games in Baltimore last week, and they hope to do the same in this series. To keep pace in the American League Playoff race, they need to win at least two of these games against the Baltimore Orioles. How many games do you think the Yankees will win this series?

Preview Of Pitching In Yankees-Baltimore Orioles Series

The Yankees just swept the Chicago White Sox at home, and now they host another last-place team in the Baltimore Orioles. The Orioles have been a major disappointment this year, but would like nothing more than to force the Yankees into the Wild Card game. The Orioles are starting their best three pitchers in this final series of the regular season. Meanwhile, the starters for the Yankees are auditioning for the third spot in the playoff rotation.

Game 1

In tonight’s game at 7:05, we will see Will Warren start for the Yankees. Warren has had a good rookie season and has been a bulldog for the Yankees. Warren is 8-8 for the Yankees with a 4.35 ERA. He does have 164 strikeouts. He is being opposed, like he was last week, by Trevor Rogers. Rogers has been great for the Baltimore Orioles this season. He has a 1.35 ERA and is 9-2 this season. Rogers allowed just one hit and struck out seven in six innings back on September 19.

Game 2

In the second game of the series on Saturday, the Yankees start young fireballer Cam Schlittler. He was pretty good against the Baltimore Orioles last weekend.  He throws so hard that he might make a good bullpen asset. Schlittler is being opposed by Tomoyuki Sugano, who was bad when they met last weekend. Sugano has a 5.20 ERA since the start of July. Overall, he is 10-9 with a 4.54 ERA.

Game 3

It could be the case, given how tight the American League East race is, that the playoff fate of the Yankees could come down to their Sunday starter, Luis Gil.  Following a poor outing against the Twins back on September 17, Gil bounced back with a good outing this week against the White Sox. As always with Gil, the issue will be whether he can keep the walks in check.

Gil has been effectively wild when good, difficult to hit. He will be opposed by Kyle Bradish, who will go for the O’s, making his sixth start back since returning from Tommy John surgery. He struck out nine Yankees opposite Schlittler last weekend, and his earned run average, in just 28 innings, is 2.25.

Hitting Preview

It will be interesting to see the Yankees’ sluggers bat against the Baltimore Orioles. Aaron Judge will look to burnish his Most Valuable Player résumé. Anthony Volpe is stuck on 19 home runs. If he hits number 20, he would give the Yankees eight players with at least 20 home runs. The Orioles have few interesting hitters, but it is interesting to note that the Orioles activated Catcher Adley Rutschman from the injured list for this series.

Conclusion

The series between the Yankees and the Baltimore Orioles should be interesting. The Yankees’ three starting pitchers, Warren, Schlittler, and Gil, are auditioning for what could be the crucial third spot in the Yankees’ pitching rotation in the playoffs. They are being opposed, like they were in the series between these two teams last weekend, by the Orioles’ three best starting pitchers.