SAN DIEGO vs NY YANKEES
GAME: San Diego Padres (28-26) at New York Yankees (35-18)
DATE/TIME: Tuesday, May 28 – 6:35 PM EST
WHERE: Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York

TV: 6:35 p.m. ET, FS San Diego, YES (New York)
LINE: -165
PREDICTION: Yankees 6, Padres 4

Oddsmakers currently have the NY YANKEES listed as -165 point favorites versus the SAN DIEGO, while the game’s total is sitting at 9.

The New York Yankees have a chance to clinch their eighth straight series win when they continue a three-game set against the visiting San Diego Padres on Tuesday. After a 6-1 road trip, the Yankees opened their seven-game homestand with a 5-2 win over the Padres on Memorial Day.

Clint Frazier, Brett Gardner and Gary Sanchez each homered and six New York pitchers combined on a six-hitter with 11 strikeouts. Masahiro Tanaka has posted four straight quality starts and looks to make it five in a row when he gets the ball for the Yankees on Tuesday. Lefty Eric Lauer goes for San Diego, which has scored a total of three runs in a two-game losing streak on the heels of a 19-4 win at Toronto on Saturday. Shortstop Manny Machado, who met with New York as a free agent over the winter, was booed by the Bronx crowd Monday while going 1-for-4 – the 12th straight game in which he has failed to produce multiple hits.

PITCHING MATCHUP: Padres LH Eric Lauer (3-4, 4.73 ERA) vs. Yankees RH Masahiro Tanaka (3-3, 2.94)

Lauer is coming off his best start of the year, letting up one run across seven innings in a win over Arizona on Wednesday. He has 10 strikeouts with zero walks over his last two outings. The Kent State product has surrendered two earned runs in 11 frames over his two career interleague starts.

Tanaka owns a 1.42 ERA over his last four starts after giving up one run in six innings of a no-decision at Baltimore on Thursday. He has yielded two or fewer runs in five of his six home starts this year, including six scoreless innings against Tampa Bay two turns ago. The 30-year-old Tanaka has never faced the Padres and is 7-7 with a 3.48 ERA in interleague play.

WALK-OFFS

1. Machado had gone 10 straight games without an extra-base hit before his double Monday.

2. Frazier has four home runs and 10 RBIs over his last seven games.

3. Padres OF Hunter Renfroe is 8-for-17 with three home runs, six RBIs and six runs scored during a four-game hitting streak.

PREDICTION: Yankees 6, Padres 4

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SAN DIEGO vs NY YANKEES
GAME: San Diego Padres (28-25) at New York Yankees (34-18)
DATE/TIME: Monday, May 27 – 1:05 PM EST
WHERE: Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York

TV: 1:05 p.m. ET, FS San Diego, YES (New York)
LINE:
PREDICTION: Yankees 5, Padres 4

Oddsmakers currently have the NY YANKEES listed as point favorites versus the SAN DIEGO, while the game’s total is sitting at .

The New York Yankees will try to bounce back from a rare loss when they host the San Diego Padres in a Memorial Day matinee. The Yankees won their first six games of a seven-game road trip before falling 8-7 at Kansas City on Sunday, just their second loss in the last 13 games.

Gleyber Torres stayed hot with his 13th homer – a three-run shot – and New York produced 11 hits in the loss, its eighth in 25 games on the road. The Padres were surging as well before a 10-1 loss at Toronto on Sunday, snapping a five-game winning streak. Shortstop Manny Machado, whose much-publicized free agency saw him flirt with the high-cost Yankees before settling in San Diego, went 1-for-4 in the loss and has gone 11 straight games without recording multiple hits. He and his teammates will take aim at a fill-in starter for the Yankees, while lefty Matt Strahm goes for San Diego.

PITCHING MATCHUP: Padres LH Matt Strahm (2-3, 3.06 ERA) vs. TBD

Strahm has allowed a total of 12 earned runs in 47 1/3 innings over his last eight starts, picking up a win last time out with six strong frames against Arizona. He did not walk a batter in that outing for the fifth time in his last seven starts. The 27-year-old has tossed three scoreless innings of relief in his career against the Yankees.

Monday would have been CC Sabathia’s slot, but the veteran lefty hit the injured list with a knee injury last week. Right-hander David Hale, who allowed one run in four innings of relief last Tuesday at Baltimore, is a candidate to start the series opener. New York also has not named a starter for Wednesday’s contest but it hopes to get lefty James Paxton (knee) back for that one after he successfully went through a workout Sunday.

WALK-OFFS

1. San Diego last visited the Bronx in 2008 at the old Yankee Stadium.

2. Padres 1B Eric Hosmer is 9-for-19 with two homers and six RBIs during a five-game hitting streak.

3. San Diego rookie RHP Chris Paddack (neck) was scratched from Sunday’s start and is expected to start Wednesday’s series finale.

PREDICTION: Yankees 5, Padres 4

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NY YANKEES vs BALTIMORE
GAME: New York Yankees (30-17) at Baltimore Orioles (15-33)
DATE/TIME: Wednesday, May 22 – 7:05 PM EST
WHERE: Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Baltimore, Maryland

TV: 7:05 p.m. ET, WPIX (New York), MASN (Baltimore)
LINE: 205
PREDICTION: Yankees 8, Orioles 3

Oddsmakers currently have the BALTIMORE listed as 205 point favorites versus the NY YANKEES, while the game’s total is sitting at 10.

The New York Yankees have crafted a well-earned nickname as the Bronx Bombers, but nowhere does that moniker apply more in the current era than at Camden Yards in Baltimore. After pounding the Orioles into submission with three homers in each of the past two nights, the Yankees will look to flex their muscles again when the teams continue their four-game set on Wednesday night.

Catcher Gary Sanchez has made himself right at home at Camden Yards with back-to-back games of one homer and four RBIs to give him six blasts in five games in Baltimore and nine overall versus the Orioles this season. Clint Frazier went deep twice and drove in five runs as New York improved to 12-3 in its last 15 following Tuesday’s 11-4 rout, giving the team at least 10 runs and three homers in three straight games for only the second time in franchise history. Orioles manager Brandon Hyde called the series opener, in which his team blew a pair of big leads, “hard to watch” but Tuesday’s game was equally as painful as the Yankees built a nine-run lead after 4 1/2 innings. Stevie Wilkerson clubbed a three-run shot for Baltimore, which fell to 6-17 at home and had the dubious distinction of becoming the first club to surrender 100 homers this season.

PITCHING MATCHUP: Yankees LH CC Sabathia (2-1, 2.97 ERA) vs. Orioles RH Dan Straily (1-3, 8.51)

Sabathia is coming off his longest outing of the season, pitching six innings and giving up one run and six hits in a no-decision against Tampa Bay on Friday. Although the 39-year-old has permitted more than three runs in only one of his seven starts, he has had issues keeping the ball in the park, surrendering nine home runs in his last five trips to the mound. Sabathia had problems with the long ball against the Orioles in 2018, allowing five in only 21 innings while going 1-1 with a 5.14 ERA in four starts.

Straily could be pitching to keep his spot in the rotation after he was rocked in each of his last three turns, although he escaped with a no-decision despite allowing four runs and six hits over 3 1/3 innings at Cleveland. It marked the fourth consecutive outing in which he failed to pitch beyond 4 1/3 innings and stretched his winless drought to five starts since beating Boston on April 15. Frazier is 2-for-2 with a homer off Straily, who was shelled by the Yankees for five runs in 1 1/3 innings on April 7.

WALK-OFFS

1. The Yankees have homered at least three times in five straight games in Baltimore, matching the longest streak by a team at any park in major league history.

2. Orioles 2B Hanser Alberto is 6-for-8 in the series to extend his hitting streak to four games.

3. Yankees LHP James Paxton threw a bullpen session Tuesday and is expected to pitch a simulated game Friday.

PREDICTION: Yankees 8, Orioles 3

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TAMPA BAY vs NY YANKEES
GAME: Tampa Bay Rays (26-15) at New York Yankees (26-16)
DATE/TIME: Friday, May 17 – 7:05 PM EST
WHERE: Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York

TV: 7:05 p.m. ET, MLB Network; FS Sun (Tampa Bay), WPIX (New York)
LINE:
PREDICTION: Rays 4, Yankees 3

Oddsmakers currently have the NY YANKEES listed as point favorites versus the TAMPA BAY, while the game’s total is sitting at .

The New York Yankees took two of three at the Tampa Bay Rays last weekend to put some pressure on the American League East leaders and then spent the week sitting out the rain before sweeping a doubleheader from the Baltimore Orioles on Wednesday. The Yankees will try to move into the top spot in the East when they host the Rays in the opener of a three-game series Friday.

New York was rained out Monday and Tuesday but got a total of three home runs in Wednesday’s straight doubleheader from Gleyber Torres to go into the weekend with some momentum. “It’s really good,” Torres, who went 3-for-7 with a double and an RBI in two games against Tampa Bay last weekend, told reporters. “In a doubleheader, we felt really tired in the second game for sure, but you just focus and do the job to help the team. I think there’s no better feeling than when you do the job and you help your team.” The Rays are carrying their own momentum after posting a pair of shutout wins over the Miami Marlins on Tuesday and Wednesday to kick off the five-game road trip. Tampa Bay will try to keep the shutout streak alive with an opener starting in front of Yonny Chirinos on Friday while the Yankees counter with veteran left-hander CC Sabathia.

PITCHING MATCHUP: Rays RH Yonny Chirinos (5-1, 3.61 ERA) vs. Yankees LH CC Sabathia (2-1, 3.26)

Chirinos could get the start or take on the bulk of the innings after Tampa Bay utilizes an opener. Chirinos made the start in four of his eight appearances and went at least five innings in six out those outings. The 25-year-old came out of the bullpen at home against New York on Saturday and surrendered two runs on four hits – one homer – while striking out a pair and earning the win.

Sabathia served up solo homers to Avisail Garcia and Yandy Diaz at Tampa Bay on Saturday but limited the damage to those two runs on three hits and four walks in five innings without factoring in the decision in a game the Yankees went onto lose 7-2. The veteran has yet to complete six innings in a start this season and was lifted after 76 pitches on Saturday. Sabathia is 2-0 with a 1.80 ERA in three starts at home, striking out 13 in 15 total innings.

WALK-OFFS

1. Rays 3B Yandy Diaz (ankle) left Wednesday’s game but told reporters that he would play Friday.

2. New York 3B Miguel Andujar (shoulder) is scheduled for season-ending surgery to repair a labrum tear.

3. Tampa Bay C Anthony Bemboom (knee) left Wednesday’s game and is heading to the injured list.

PREDICTION: Rays 4, Yankees 3

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BALTIMORE vs NY YANKEES
GAME: Baltimore Orioles (14-26) at New York Yankees (24-16)
DATE/TIME: Tuesday, May 14 – 6:35 PM EST
WHERE: Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York

TV: 6:35 p.m. ET, MASN (Baltimore), YES (New York)
LINE: -250
PREDICTION: Yankees 5, Orioles 4

Oddsmakers currently have the NY YANKEES listed as -250 point favorites versus the BALTIMORE, while the game’s total is sitting at 9.

The New York Yankees went to Tampa Bay over the weekend and took a series from the American League East-leading Rays, pushing themselves to the brink of first place despite a roster still lacking many of its key pieces due to injury. After Mother Nature intervened in the opener of their three-game set, the Yankees will try to keep up the intensity when they host the last-place Baltimore Orioles on Tuesday.

New York, which hosts Tampa Bay next weekend, took two of three at Tropicana Field, including a 7-1 triumph on Sunday that featured a home run by shortstop Thairo Estrada, two RBIs from third baseman Gio Urshela and two runs scored by outfielder Mike Tauchman – three players who weren’t in the team’s plans on Opening Day. “More guys just continue to step up,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone told reporters. “I’m really proud of that effort. We have to grind and scratch for everything.” The Orioles avoided a three-game sweep and snapped a four-game slide with a 5-1 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Sunday in which they belted four home runs. Baltimore and New York were unable to take the field on Monday, as rain and wet field conditions forced the game to be postponed and set up a single-admission doubleheader for Wednesday.

PITCHING MATCHUP: Orioles RH Andrew Cashner (4-1, 4.25 ERA) vs. Yankees LH J.A. Happ (2-3, 4.36)

Cashner settled for his second straight no-decision on Wednesday after allowing one run and four hits in six innings versus Boston. The 32-year-old put forth his worst performance of the season at Yankee Stadium on March 28, when he permitted six runs on as many hits with four walks in four frames of a 7-2 setback. Luke Voit set the tone by belting a three-run homer in the first inning off Cashner, who sports a 2-4 record and 4.01 ERA in eight career encounters with New York.

Happ hopes to ride the momentum of a strong start on Thursday, as he allowed just one hit and struck out a season-high seven batters over five scoreless innings in a 3-1 win versus Seattle. The 36-year-old obviously kept the ball in the park in that contest, but he surrendered three homers in a pair of meetings with Baltimore earlier this year. Happ permitted four runs and five hits – including two homers – in four innings of a 7-5 setback on March 31 before coming away with a no-decision the following week after working 4 1/3 frames.

WALK-OFFS

1. The Yankees activated CF Aaron Hicks (back) from the injured list on Monday but placed 3B Miguel Andujar (labrum), who has gone 1-for-27 over his last seven games, and RHP Jonathan Loaisiga (shoulder) on the 10-day IL.

2. Orioles OF Dwight Smith Jr. and 1B Chris Davis each homered twice over the weekend.

3. New York optioned Tauchman to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on Monday while recalling RHP Chance Adams and LHP Nestor Cortes Jr. from the RailRiders.

PREDICTION: Yankees 5, Orioles 4

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BALTIMORE vs NY YANKEES
GAME: Baltimore Orioles (14-26) at New York Yankees (24-16)
DATE/TIME: Monday, May 13 – 6:35 PM EST
WHERE: Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York

TV: 6:35 p.m. ET, MASN (Baltimore), YES (New York)
LINE: -190
PREDICTION: Yankees 5, Orioles 4

Oddsmakers currently have the NY YANKEES listed as -190 point favorites versus the BALTIMORE, while the game’s total is sitting at 9.

The New York Yankees went into Tampa Bay over the weekend and took a series off the American League East-leading Rays, pushing themselves to the brink of first place despite a roster still lacking many of its key pieces due to injury. The Yankees will try to keep the intensity up when they return home to host the last-place Baltimore Orioles on Monday in the opener of a three-game series.

New York, which hosts Tampa Bay next weekend, took two out of three at Tropicana Field, capped by a 7-1 triumph on Sunday that featured a home run from shortstop Thairo Estrada, two RBIs from third baseman Gio Urshela and two runs scored from Mike Tauchman – three players who weren’t in the team’s plans on Opening Day. “More guys just continue to step up,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone told reporters. “I’m really proud of that effort. We have to grind and scratch for everything.” The Orioles avoided a three-game sweep and snapped a four-game slide with a 5-1 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Sunday while belting four home runs. New York right-hander Jonathan Loaisiga will try to keep Baltimore’s offense in the park on Monday while right-hander David Hess takes the mound for the Orioles.

PITCHING MATCHUP: Orioles RH David Hess (1-4, 5.50 ERA) vs. Yankees RH Jonathan Loaisiga (1-1, 4.50)

Hess took a no-hitter into the seventh inning on April 1 but failed to complete six innings in any of his next six outings. The 25-year-old was reached for three runs on three hits – two homers – in four innings against Boston on Tuesday and surrendered 10 home runs in his last 26 frames. Hess worked two scoreless innings out of the bullpen against New York on Opening Day but was knocked around for four runs on five hits – three homers – at home against the Yankees in a five-inning start on April 7.

Loaisiga returned to the majors on Wednesday and got the start against Seattle but suffered the loss while surrendering four runs on six hits and a pair of walks in four innings. The Nicaragua native made three appearances – two starts – in the majors last month and yielded a total of three runs in 10 frames. Loaisiga made one relief appearance against Baltimore last season and was charged with two runs on as many hits in one-third of an inning.

WALK-OFFS

1. The Yankees are expected to activate CF Aaron Hicks (back) from the IL on Monday.

2. Orioles OF Dwight Smith Jr. and 1B Chris Davis each homered twice over the weekend.

3. New York 3B Miguel Andujar is 1-for-27 over his last seven games.

PREDICTION: Yankees 5, Orioles 4

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NY YANKEES vs TAMPA BAY
GAME: New York Yankees (23-16) at Tampa Bay Rays (24-14)
DATE/TIME: Sunday, May 12 – 1:10 PM EST
WHERE: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida

TV: 1:10 p.m. ET, MLB Network, YES (New York), FS Sun (Tampa Bay)
LINE: -145
PREDICTION: Rays 3, Yankees 2

Oddsmakers currently have the TAMPA BAY listed as -145 point favorites versus the NY YANKEES, while the game’s total is sitting at 7.

The Tampa Bay Rays and visiting New York Yankees will send their aces to the mound Sunday afternoon for the rubber match of a three-game series between the top two teams in the American League East. Reigning AL Cy Young winner Blake Snell starts the finale for the Rays while New York’s veteran right-hander Masahiro Tanaka will try to cool off Yandy Diaz, who homered twice and drove in four runs for a 7-2 victory Saturday.

Snell is coming off one of his best starts of the season and Tanaka will try to recapture the form that led to a three-hitter with nine strikeouts at Tampa Bay last July – his lone shutout of 2018 and third of his career. The Rays recovered from the news earlier Saturday that right-hander Tyler Glasnow would be lost for 4-to-6 weeks with a right forearm strain by recording 10 hits and three homers, including a three-run blast in the eighth inning from Diaz (7-for-22, last five games). The Yankees won the series opener 4-3 on Friday to pull within one-half game of the first-place Rays, but managed just five hits in Saturday’s setback and went down 1-2-3 in each of the last three innings. New York’s Gleyber Torres had a pair of hits in the loss and is 22-for-63 in his past 16 games while teammate DJ LeMahieu homered and is batting .420 with 10 RBIs over his last 13 contests.

PITCHING MATCHUP: Yankees RH Masahiro Tanaka (2-3, 3.77 ERA) vs. Rays LH Blake Snell (3-3, 3.62)

Tanaka is winless in his last three outings despite posting a quality start on Tuesday when he limited Seattle to two runs over 6 1/3 innings. The 30-year-old native of Japan has struggled on the road this year, going 0-2 with a 5.17 ERA in three starts. Tommy Pham is 3-for-5 with a double and a homer versus Tanaka, who is 8-4 with a 3.72 ERA in 14 career starts against Tampa Bay.

Snell rebounded from two straight rough outings by holding Arizona to one hit over six scoreless innings with nine strikeouts in a 12-1 victory Monday. The 26-year-old Washington native has limited opponents to a .205 batting average and boasts 50 strikeouts across 37 1/3 innings overall. Gary Sanchez is 4-for-11 with three homers against Snell, who was 1-2 with a 6.08 ERA versus the Yankees last season.

WALK-OFFS

1. Tampa Bay optioned Nick Ciuffo to Triple-A Durham and fellow C Travis d’Arnaud was 0-for-3 with a walk in his debut with the club Saturday.

2. New York CF Brett Gardner is just 5-for-44 over his last 13 games to see his batting average dip to .199.

3. Rays OF-DH Avisail Garcia has hit safely in nine of his last 10 games, going 14-for-39 during that stretch after homering Saturday.

PREDICTION: Rays 3, Yankees 2

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GAME: New York Yankees (101-62) at Boston Red Sox (108-54)
DATE/TIME: Friday, October 05 – 7:32 PM EST
WHERE: Fenway Park, Boston, Massachusetts

TV: 7:35 PM
LINE:
PREDICTION: BOSTON , NY YANKEES

Oddsmakers currently have the BOSTON listed as point favorites versus the NY YANKEES, while the game’s total is sitting at 7.5.

The Boston Red Sox set a franchise record for wins during the regular season and ran away with the American League East, but the New York Yankees will not be intimidated. The bitter rivals will meet in the postseason for the first time since 2004 when the Yankees visit the Red Sox for Game 1 of the American League Division Series on Friday.

New York won 100 games during the regular season but still needed to survive the one-game wild card playoff on Wednesday, beating the Oakland Athletics 7-2 to earn a trip to Fenway Park. “I think they can’t wait,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone told reporters of his players. “I think they’re ready and relish the opportunity to go up against the game’s best this year. And obviously we’re very familiar with them. We know how good they are. I mean, we know we have to play our best if we’re going to have a chance to beat them.” Boston (108-54), which will start ace Chris Sale opposite New York lefty J.A. Happ in Game 1, led the majors in runs scored (876) and batting average (.268) behind MVP candidates Mookie Betts and J.D. Martinez but is most concerned with keeping the opposing offense off the scoreboard. “We have to keep them in the ballpark,” Red Sox manager Alex Cora told reporters. “That’s the most important thing. I think from top to bottom they can hit the ball out of the ballpark. It’s a tough lineup. Like I’ve been saying, there’s heat maps. There’s red and there’s blue. We have to pitch to blue. If we do that, we’re going to be in good shape.”

TV: 7:32 p.m. ET, TBS

PITCHING MATCHUP: Yankees LH J.A. Happ (17-6, 3.65 ERA) vs. Red Sox LH Chris Sale (12-4, 2.11)

Happ went 7-0 with a 2.69 ERA in 11 starts after being acquired from the Toronto Blue Jays and closed strong with a 1.86 ERA in five September outings. The Northwestern product went 1-1 with a 1.99 ERA in four starts against Boston this season but was not as effective at Fenway Park, where he surrendered nine runs – four earned – and nine hits over 9 2/3 total innings. Happ last pitched in the postseason with the Blue Jays in 2016 and is 1-1 with a 3.72 ERA in 10 career playoff games – three starts.

Sale spent September trying to build up his pitch count and strengthen his shoulder after two trips to the disabled list and struggled in his last two outings, allowing a total of five runs and nine hits across eight innings. The Florida native made his postseason debut in 2017 and struggled in two appearances – one start – against Houston in the ALDS, going 0-2 while surrendering nine runs and 13 hits – four homers – over 9 2/3 total innings. Sale had little trouble against the Yankees in 2018 and struck out 19 while yielding one run in 13 innings over two starts.

WALK-OFFS

1. New York set a major league record for home runs during the regular season (267) and added two more in Wednesday’s wild card win.

2. The Red Sox will start LHP David Price in Game 2 and RHP Rick Porcello in Game 3 while the Yankees counter with RHP Masahiro Tanaka in Game 2 and have yet to announce a Game 3 starter.

3. Boston lost in the Division Series in each of its last two trips to the postseason and is 1-6 in seven playoff games since winning the 2013 World Series.

PREDICTION: Red Sox 4, Yankees 2

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GAME: Baltimore Orioles (44-109) at New York Yankees (94-59)
DATE/TIME: Saturday, September 22 – 4:05 PM EST
WHERE: Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York

TV: 4:05 PM
LINE: -305
PREDICTION: NY YANKEES , BALTIMORE

Oddsmakers currently have the NY YANKEES listed as -305 point favorites versus the BALTIMORE, while the game’s total is sitting at 9.5.

The New York Yankees struggled against the last-place Baltimore Orioles for much of the season, but they have exerted their dominance in the series over the past two-plus months. New York looks to make it six consecutive wins over the major league-worst Orioles when the teams resume their three-game series Saturday afternoon at Yankee Stadium.

Didi Gregorius and Aaron Hicks each swatted two-run homers in Friday’s 10-8 win for the Yankees, who maintain a 1 1/2 game lead over Oakland for the first wild-card. Hicks became the fifth New York player to reach 25 home runs this season, matching the franchise record set by the 2009 World Series-winning squad. “That’s a good nice round number to get to,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone told reporters after the game. “Obviously, a group of guys that can hurt you with the long ball.” Renato Nunez and DJ Stewart each belted two-run homers in a belated comeback attempt by Baltimore, which tumbled to its 109th defeat – second only to the franchise-record 111 set by the St. Louis Browns in 1939.

TV: 4:05 p.m. ET, MLB Network, MASN (Baltimore), YES (New York)

PITCHING MATCHUP: Orioles RH David Hess (3-10, 5.22 ERA) vs. Yankees RH Lance Lynn (9-10, 4.90)

After ending a 10-start winless drought by beating Toronto with six scoreless innings of four-hit ball on Aug. 27, Hess has turned in three straight shaky outings. He allowed four runs (three earned) over 4 1/3 innings in a no-decision against the Chicago White Sox on Sunday and has yielded 15 runs (nine earned) and 22 hits over 13 1/3 innings in his last three turns. Right-handed batters are hitting .287 against Hess.

Lynn made his New York debut in a relief appearance against the Orioles on Aug. 1, striking out five and blanking Baltimore on five hits over 4 1/3 innings. He is still seeking his first win at Yankee Stadium this year, posting an 0-2 mark and 6.32 ERA in seven appearances (six starts). Trey Mancini is 3-for-7 with a homer off Lynn, who is 2-1 with a 4.37 ERA in five outings (three starts) against the Orioles.

WALK-OFFS

1. Orioles 1B Chris Davis is 1-for-32 with 17 strikeouts in his last nine games after fanning four times Friday.

2. Yankees RH Dellin Betances has notched a strikeout in 43 consecutive relief appearances.

3. Baltimore RH Alex Cobb will get the start in the series finale.

PREDICTION: Yankees 8, Orioles 3

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GAME: Baltimore Orioles (44-108) at New York Yankees (93-59)
DATE/TIME: Friday, September 21 – 7:05 PM EST
WHERE: Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York

TV: 7:05 PM
LINE: -270
PREDICTION: NY YANKEES , BALTIMORE

Oddsmakers currently have the NY YANKEES listed as -270 point favorites versus the BALTIMORE, while the game’s total is sitting at 9.

The New York Yankees were eliminated from the American League East race by the first-place Boston Red Sox and now turn their focus toward landing a wild-card berth. The Yankees hold the top spot and are eight games clear of the Tampa Bay Rays entering the opener of a three-game series against the visiting Baltimore Orioles on Friday.

New York suffered an 11-6 loss to Boston on Thursday to see the division race conclude and is just 4-6 over its last 10 games. But the Yankees still have a chance at securing a 100-win campaign for the first time since 2009 as they need to go 7-3 down the stretch to reach the milestone. Baltimore has set the franchise mark for most losses (108) during the club’s Baltimore era that began in 1954 and stand just three setbacks shy of matching the overall mark of 111 by the St. Louis Browns in 1939. The Orioles edged the Toronto Blue Jays 2-1 on Wednesday for only their fourth victory in the past 18 games.

TV: 7:05 p.m. ET, MASN (Baltimore), YES (New York)

PITCHING MATCHUP: Orioles RH Yefry Ramirez (1-6, 5.50 ERA) vs. Yankees LH CC Sabathia (7-7, 3.80)

Ramirez lost to the Chicago White Sox in his last turn when he gave up one run and four hits over 5 2/3 innings. The 24-year-old rookie matched his season best of seven strikeouts against Chicago and has fanned 55 in 55 2/3 innings. Ramirez is 0-2 with a 7.50 ERA in three appearances (two starts) against the Yankees.

Sabathia is 0-3 with a 6.35 ERA while struggling over his last five starts. The 38-year-old served up three homers in 2 1/3 innings in his last turn as he gave up five runs and seven hits while losing to the Blue Jays. Sabathia is 0-1 with a 6.00 ERA in three starts against Baltimore this season and 19-11 with a 3.69 ERA in 44 career turns.

WALK-OFFS

1. Yankees LF Giancarlo Stanton hit a grand slam on Thursday and is batting just .143 with two homers in 63 at-bats in September.

2. Baltimore C Chance Sisco (concussion) didn’t make the trip to New York and is hopeful of returning to action early next week.

3. New York LHP Aroldis Chapman (knee) made his first appearance since Aug. 21 on Thursday and served up a three-run homer to Boston’s Mookie Betts while retiring two batters.

PREDICTION: Yankees 13, Orioles 6

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