Ready for Round 2? The A’s and Yankees are set to go at it again tonight in New York. The Green & Gold dropped the first game yesterday evening in heartbreaking fashion with another late-game meltdown so the club will try to run through the finish line in their second try against the team with the best record in the sport.
On the bump tonight for the good guys will be Luis Severino. The right-hander will be going up against the team he began his big league career and spent the first decade-plus with.
The Athletics’ Opening Day starter was good in his first game of the year but struggled in his most recent outing, not even able to give four full innings in a loss to the Braves. In two career starts against his former team (both coming last year), Sevy has gotten rocked for 15 runs in just 7 2/3 innings so he’ll be looking to conquer his old team.
The starting nine tonight looks like this:
Mostly the same regular lineup, save for one change from yesterday’s order. Center field will be manning by Lawrence Butler this evening, spelling Denzel Clarke up the middle. That means we’ll see backup outfielder Carlos Cortes draw another start tonight.
The Yankees meanwhile will have right-handed Will Warren on the mound for tonight’s game. He’s off to a quick start this year allowing just three runs in his first two starts. The A’s will hope to give Warren his first bump in his season. They’ve had some poor performances against his in the past though as he’s only allowed one run against the A’s in two starts.
The Yankee lineup tonight:
The A’s did well holding down this potent offense for most of the game last night. Will they be able to do it again? Tall task for the boys tonight but we got this. Let’s go A’s!
