The New York Yankees find themselves down 1-0 to the Tampa Bay Rays in the ALDS after Saturday’s 1-0 loss at the Trop. Tonight in Game 2 in St. Pete, the Yankees will try to even the score and they have the right guy on the mound to accomplish that with Cam Schlittler getting the start. Schlittler was lethal in the regular season and that has traversed into the postseason. In Game 1 of the AL Wild Card against the Boston Red Sox the right-hander was in the zone once again allowing only 2 hits, 0 runs, with 10 punch outs over 6-1/3 innings of work and the Yankees went on to an 9-0 shellacking. The Rays are expected to send Freddy Peralta to the hill and even the Yankees’ lethargic bats who mustered just 1 hit in Saturday’s loss should be able to get to him. Peralta was 10-11 in the regular season with an elevated 4.42 ERA and a 1.33 WHIP. The Yankees might be on the road, but when they play at the Trop it isn’t really. There will be more New York fans in attendance than Tampa Bay fans, I guarantee you that. The Bombers even the score.
TONIGHT’S PICK: NEW YORK YANKEES