Preview Of Titanic 4-Game Series As New York Yankees Host Boston Red Sox

A preview of the pitching matchups for the massive four-game series starting tonight as the Yankees host the Boston Red Sox. In terms of a preview, one thing to know is that the Yankees are hot and the rival Red Sox are not. The Yankees have a slight pitching advantage in this series. However, if they hit 28 home runs in the four games at home against the Red Sox, they hit 14 in two games against the Tampa Bay Rays, it may not matter. The Yankees will need to win three games in this four-game series. How many do you think they will win?

Preview Of Pitching Matchups As Yanks Host Red Sox

In this first game, Luis Gil will make his third start of the season after pitching much better in his second start in St. Louis. Gil did benefit from four double plays to get around some early traffic. He completed five scoreless innings before running into some problems in the sixth. The start was good enough, though, for Gil’s first win of the season. The Yankees need a healthy Gil in their starting rotation.

He will be opposed by Lucas Giolito, who made his return from Tommy John surgery at the end of April and has been a steady presence in the rotation for the Red Sox.  The 31-year-old has a 3.63 earned run average despite posting the lowest strikeout rate of his career since 2018. Giolito is 8-2 this season. He does not have many strikeouts this season, so in terms of a preview, the Yankees could do well against him.

The Yankees have Max Fried going for them in the Friday game. That used to be an advantage. He has an earned run average over 6.00 since July 1. He does have a 13-5 record this season, but with his recent troubles have ballooned his earned run average has ballooned to 3.26. Fried is coming off an awful start. He allowed a season-high seven runs on eight hits. If he pitches like he has recently, he will be bad in this start as well.

If you remember, Fried and the Boston pitcher, Brayan Bello, matched up in the June series finale. Maybe this game will look like the last one. In that case, readers may not need a preview. Like Fried, Bello is at his best when he is keeping opposing hitters on the ground. He does not typically punch out many batters, but the eight strikeouts he racked up against the Yankees in June were the second-most in a start this season behind his complete game victory over Colorado, in which he struck out 10. Overall, he is 9-6 with a 3.26 earned run average.

Pitching Matchups Preview On Saturday and Sunday

Saturday will be a very difficult game for the Yankees to win. Young Will Warren has pitched well for the Yankees, but he is likely going to be outclassed in this game. Warren struggled with his command on the road again last time out, but the Yankees picked him up in St. Louis. Now the rookie returns to Yankee Stadium, where he’s posted a 2.86 earned run average in 13 starts, and he has 81 strikeouts in 72.1 innings. Overall, he his 7-5 with a 4.26 earned run average.

Warren is being opposed by Garrett Crochet. We know that Crochet is in the top echelon of major league starting pitchers. Last time against the Yankees, he flirted with a complete game shutout before Aaron Judge’s ninth-inning homer. He’s second in the league in strikeouts with 196 and tied for the American League lead in innings pitched with 159.1. As a preview, he is likely to get 200 strikeouts against the Yankees. He has a 2.43 earned run average, which is close to Tarik Skubal’s 2.32 earned run average.

Carlos Rodon goes for the Yankees on Sunday night. He has been good for the Yankees this season. He is coming off two quality starts and has recently benefited from great run support. Past is prelude, and as a preview, he does not need to walk batters, and he needs to keep the ball in the yard. Hitters are only hitting .186 against him, the top mark in Major League Baseball. The Yankees may need to win this game to win the series, so they will need a good start from Rodon. Overall, he is 13-7 with a 3.24 earned run average.

Rodon is being opposed by trade deadline acquisition Dustin May, and he has been fairly good with his new team. He has made quality starts in his last two turns, though he was outdone by Trevor Rogers in a tough-luck loss earlier this week. Like Crochet, May is fast approaching the most innings he has ever pitched in the major leagues. Overall, the 6-foot-6 right-hander with the flowing red hair is 7-9 with a 4.59 earned run average.

Hitting Preview As Yanks Host Red Sox

Both of these teams can hit. For the Yankees, Giancarlo Stanton is white hot. It will be interesting to see how many games in this four-game series he plays in right field. It is also good for the Yankees that the bats of Austin Wells and Anthony Volpe are heating up. Trent Grisham has been hot all season, and Aaron Judge’s resurgence continues to be a story. In the last 15 days, Alex Bregman has batted .324 with 2 home runs. Roman Anthony is batting .310. Wilyer Abreu also has two home runs in his last 10 games.

Conclusion

As this preview showed, this is a massive series between the Yankees and Red Sox at Yankee Stadium. The Yankees need to win three of the four games in this series to continue to gain ground in the American League playoff race. The games are at 7:05 pm Thursday, 7:05 pm Friday, 1:05 pm on Saturday, and 7:10 pm on Sunday (the ESPN Game). All times are Eastern.