New York Visits Pittsburgh For The First Time In Nine Years As They Take On The Pittsburgh Pirates
The last time New York visited Pittsburgh was nine years ago on July 10th 2008. Today they return to Pittsburgh as they take on the Pittsburgh Pirates.
New York will visit Pittsburgh for a three -game set Friday and there are some differences between then and now. In 2008 The captain Derek Jeter was the shortstop for New York while Alex Rodriguez was the third baseman and let's not forget CC Sabathia who will be the starting pitcher for this game, Nine years ago when they played he wasn't even a member of the New York Yankees. He was a Milwaukee Brewer and Pittsburgh starting pitcher Tyler Glasnow was just fourteen years old. "according to https://www.mlb.com/gameday/yankees-vs-pirates/2017/04/21/490345#game_state=preview,lock_state=preview,game_tab=,game=490345
New York has a record of 10-5 and is coming off a win over the Chicago White Sox where team from the Bronx had no problem Wednesday night getting back in the win column and backing up Masahiro Tanaka's start against Chicago with the long ball as New York blasted Chicago out of Yankee Stadium by a score 9-1 while improving their record to 10-5 while Chicago dropped to 7-7.
Rookie right fielder Aaron Judge along with second baseman Starlin Castro made the difference for New York as they each hit back-to-back home run off rookie starting pitcher Dylan Convoy. "according to http://m.yankees.mlb.com/news/article/225340776/yankees-hit-four-home-runs-rout-white-sox/
Aaron Judge had this to say about their performance last night. "We came here and played in front of our fans," said Judge, whose 448-foot blast was the third-longest at Yankee Stadium in the Statcast™ era. "There was a lot of energy in this stadium the whole homestand. I think we just kind of fed off that, and our pitching staff came out and did what they did. I think collectively as a team, we just did our job." "according to http://m.yankees.mlb.com/news/article/225340776/yankees-hit-four-home-runs-rout-white-sox/
The run support helped Masahiro Tanaka pick up his second win Wednesday although it wasn't his best pitches were absent as the first four innings were a grind for the right-hander, who settled in to hold the White Sox to Jose Abreu's RBI double over seven innings while striking out six. "according to http://m.yankees.mlb.com/news/article/225340776/yankees-hit-four-home-runs-rout-white-sox/
Pittsburgh meanwhile has a record of 6-9 and is coming off a 2-1 loss to Saint Louis Wednesday. Pittsburgh has yet to split a series. Their 2-1 loss to the Cardinals on Wednesday, their third straight by the same score, was the latest in an alternating, sweep-or-be-swept sequence. "according to http://m.pirates.mlb.com/news/article/225296304/pirates-start-2017-sweeping-or-getting-swept/
New York Left -handed pitcher CC Sabathia who has a record of 2-0 with an earn run average of 1.47 to go along with eleven strikeouts will go up against Pittsburgh right -handed pitcher Tyler Glasnow who has a record of 0-1 with a 12.15 earn run average to go along with eight strikeouts. "according to https://www.mlb.com/gameday/yankees-vs-pirates/2017/04/21/490345#game_state=preview,lock_state=preview,game_tab=,game=490345
Will the New York offense be able to backup CC Sabathia who is off to a great start to 2017 with a record of 2-0 to go along with an earn run average of 1.47? Will Pittsburgh find a way to win?
First pitch is set for 7:05 pm. The game will be televised on YES.