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As New York, Arizona Are Starting Three Game Series Tonight In Phoenix Arizona Luis Gil, Ryne Nelson Are Starting

As New York, Arizona are starting three game series tonight in Phoenix Arizona Luis Gil, Ryne Nelson are starting!

Where?

On the mound!

Luis Gil, Ryne Nelson are alike because they’re both right handed pitchers have records of 0-0 no earn run averages because they’re both making their first starts of the season!

Where?

On the mound!

Though,

Could mother nature prevent Luis Gil, Ryne Nelson from making their inaugural starts of 2024 season as scheduled?

That is a possibility of that happening as there intermittent clouds with 20 % chance of rain from pitch to when the game is over.

New York the team that wears the pinstripes is a member of the American League East comes to the first game of three game series with Arizona with a record of 4-0 because they swept Houston in there first series of the season including winning the finale Sunday 4-3 As Juan Soto singled scoring Gleyber Torres in 9th inning Sunday New York the team that wears the pinstripes topped Houston 4-3.

Though,

Before Juan Soto singled scoring Gleyber Torres Jose Trevino reached on infield single scoring Giancarlo Stanton in top of 2nd inning. In the top of 4th inning Jon Berti singled to right scoring Anthony Rizzo giving New York the team that wears the pinstripes a 2-1 lead over Houston before Aaron Judge who is captain of New York the team that wears the pinstripes hit sacrifice fly to center scoring Gleyber Torres extending New York the team that wears the pinstripes lead 3-1 before Houston trimmed that lead to 3-2 in bottom of 6th inning as Kyle Tucker doubled to right scoring Jose Altuve before tying the game up 3-3 in same inning as Yandy Diaz singled to center scoring Kyle Tucker.

Offensively Juan Soto supported Clarke Schmidt who started, pitched 5.1 innings surrendering 7 hits 3 earned runs while striking out 5 Houston batters . Jonathan Loaisiga who relieved Clarke Schmidt who pitched 1.0 innings surrendering 3 hits , 0 earned runs , 1 walk while striking out 1 Houston batter. Caleb Ferguson who relieved Jonathan Loaisiga who pitched 1.0 innings surrendering 0 hits, 0 earned runs , 1 walk while striking out 1 Houston batter. Nick Burdi who relieved Caleb Ferguson who pitched 0.2 innings surrendering 0 hits, 0 earned runs, 0 walks while striking out 1 Houston batter. Clay Holmes who relieved Nick Burdi who pitched 1.0 innings surrendering 2 hits, 0 earned runs , 0 walks while striking out 0. Clay Holmes who closed the game who pitched 1.0 innings surrendering 2 hits , 0 earned runs , 0 walks while striking out 0 Houston batters.

According to espn app

Following Juan Soto singling scoring Gleyber Torres in top of 9th inning Sunday New York the team that wears the pinstripes topping Houston 4-3 in Houston Texas Aaron Boone who is manager of New York the team that wears the pinstripes had this to say about Juan Soto!

I think it just put a bow on the series, of what we saw in his at-bats,”Now you’re up against one of the game’s great closers. Just a great piece of hitting; a killer at-bat to finish off the series.

Following Juan Soto singling scoring Gleyber Torres in top of 9th inning Sunday New York the team that wears the pinstripes topping Houston 4-3 in Houston Texas Clarke Schmidt who pitched 5.1 innings surrendering 7 hits, 3 earned runs while striking out 5 Houston batters had this to say!

We just felt like we weren’t going to lose at the end of games. We were always going to come back, always in it.

“… You don’t really play playoff games in March, but this was a big-time series and a big-time sweep.”

Following Juan Soto singling scoring Gleyber Torres in top of 9th inning Sunday New York the team that wears the pinstripes topping Houston 4-3 in Houston Texas Juan Soto had this to say!

That’s the kind of start I wanted,”“I grinded really hard this offseason and in Spring Training, too, to be successful at the beginning of the season. Thank God it’s happening my way.”

That’s what we play for,”We all know there’s going to be times when you fail, and sometimes we have success, but I always want to be up there. I don’t mind to be up there and get all the boos or all the claps. I’m always ready for it.”

According to Bryan Hoch MLB article https://www.mlb.com/yankees/news/yankees-complete-opening-series-sweep-of-astros

Arizona is a member of the National League West comes into the first game of the three game series with New York the team that wears the pinstripes with record of 3-1 because like New York the team that wears the pinstripes Arizona won there previous game on Sunday as they beat Colorado 5-1. As Arizona beat Colorado Lourdes Gurriel Jr. singled to center scoring Corbin Carroll in bottom 1st inning. Christian Walker homered to center 409 feet scoring Loudes Gurriel Jr giving Arizona 1-0 3-0 leads before Colorado trimmed the lead to 3-1 in top of 5th of inning . In the bottom of 5th inning Arizona scored twice as Ketel Marte was safe on fielding error by Nolan Jones while Tucker Barnhart scored on error while Ketel Marte advanced to second base on error. Lourdes Gurriel Jr. doubled to left scoring Ketel Marte.

Offensively Arizona supported Brandon Pfaadt who started who pitched 5.0 innings surrendering 5 hits , 1 earned run while striking out 6 Colorado batters. Scott McGough who relieved Brandon Pfaat pitched 2.0 innings surrendering 1 hit, 0 earned runs , 0 walks while striking out 0 Colorado batters . Ryan Thompson who relieved Scott McGough who pitched 1.0 innings surrendering 1 hit , 0 earned runs , 0 walks while striking out 0 Colorado batters. Kevin Ginkel who relieved Ryan Thompson who pitched 1.0 innings surrendering 1 hit while striking out 3 Colorado batters

Following Arizona beating Colorado 5-1 Sunday Brandon Pfaadt who started who pitched 5.0 innings surrendering 5 hits , 1 earned run while striking out 6 Colorado batters had this to say!

Obviously, it helps when the offense comes out early and scores some runs for you,""It kind of just releases pressure for the whole pitching staff."

Following Arizona beating Colorado 5-1 Sunday Christian Walker who hit home run to left center scoring Lourdes Gurriel Jr. had this to say!

It's a funny thing in baseball where you expect a guy to pick up for right where they left off and you forget there was maybe three or four months off,""But coming into spring, you see everybody's effort and intention and you know, it's not just an accident."

According to Steve Gilbert article https://www.mlb.com/dbacks/news/christian-walker-and-lourdes-gurriel-jr-lead-a-hot-diamondbacks-team

First pitch is set for 9:40pm Eastern Time 6:40pm Mountain Time!

The game is going to be televised on Yes, Arizona Diamondbacks!