Tonight at 7:05 p.m. ET in Camden Yards, the New York Yankees (61-56) will begin a crucial three-game series with the American League East leading Baltimore Orioles (67-50) that can be live streamed by clicking this link. Yankees fans can find the radio broadcast on 101.9 WFAN FM, while Orioles fans can do the same on 1090 WBAL. The Yankees will have left-hander Chris Capuano (1-2, 3.91 ERA) on the mound against Bud Norris (9-7, 3.68 ERA).
After a hot streak that included taking three out of four games from the Detroit Tigers, who threw three former Cy Young winners at them, the Yankees stumbled in the final two games of their weekend series vs. Cleveland. They scored just one run in the two games, and returned to their light-hitting ways from before the All-Star break.
"Not really sure (what went wrong)," manager Joe Girardi said of the power outage in which the Yankees mustered one run in 18 innings. "You learn it's going to happen and you deal with it."
Knowing the Yankees offensive woes for much of the season, striking first will be imperative for the Orioles.
"It's a lot easier to pitch with a lead, when you've got more of a cushion," Norris said. "When you have a cushion, you can attack the strike zone that much more. It helps the starting pitcher and even the bullpen."
Should the Yankees strike first though, their bullpen is among the best in baseball with Dellin Betances and David Robertson at the back end. The results of this series will factor heavily into the division race for the rest of the season, but Orioles manager Buck Showalter is downplaying the importance.
"We don't really look at it quite the way everybody else does," Showalter said. "It's significant because they're one of the teams we've got to be better than when the smoke clears."
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