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New York Yankees Series Preview: Yanks Begin 10-Game Road Trip In Tampa

Pitching Matchups:

Masahiro Tanaka (2-0, 3.24 ERA) vs Chris Archer (3-5, 5.16 ERA)

Tanaka is coming off an outing in which he managed seven innings of one-run ball while striking out four as he picked up his second win of the 2016 season.

He’ll be pitching on an extra day’s rest thanks to the off-day this past Monday which will be beneficial to the 27-year old. With extra rest this season, he owns a 1.57 ERA while maintaining a WHIP of .872.

In his lone start in St. Pete, Tanaka tossed seven shutout innings while striking out eight in a two-hit effort.

Archer managed only three innings of work and allowed six runs on Sunday against the Detroit Tigers as he watched his ERA climb to 5.16. In his career against New York, the former All-Star owns a 5-2 record while maintaining a 2.25 ERA.

Michael Pineda (2-5, 6.34 ERA) vs Matt Moore (1-3, 5.47)

Even with a quality start his last time out, Pineda owns a 6.34 ERA in his first nine starts of 2016 including a whopping 64 hits in 49.2 innings of work. Want to scratch your head? His K/9 ratio is 10.1 which ranks twelve in all of Major League Baseball.

He did, however, turn in a quality start last time out against Oakland to help lower his May ERA from 7.02 to 6.34.

Moore is in a similar boat in terms of struggles as the lefty has given up nine home runs already this season despite only working 51 innings on the hill.

Against the Miami Marlins on Monday, he gave up five runs on ten hit in five innings of work.

Nathan Eovaldi (5-2, 3.95 ERA) vs Jake Odorizzi (2-2, 3.46 ERA)

Eovaldi has found the recipe for nastiness as an impeccable mix of a fastball and splitter featuring a change in speed from 97 mph on the fastball to 89 with the split.

Attacking hitters have been the blueprint for success and it has been the cause of his 2.16 ERA in his last four starts including only allowing three hits in his last two starts.

Odorizzi pitched five innings shutout innings against the Marlins on 107 pitches to earn his first scoreless since April 15. In nine games against the Yankees, he owns a 3-4 record with a 5.06 ERA in 48 innings and has surrendered ten home runs.