Friday, 18 April 2014

Yanks Target Sixth Direct Succeed In St. Pete


Hiroki Kuroda eyes his third straight win on Friday when the New York Yankees proceed with a four-amusement set with the Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana Field.

In the wake of losing his first begin of the year, Kuroda has skiped once more with sequential winning deliberations and is pitching to a 3.86 ERA on the year. He wasn't especially sharp on Saturday, however got the win over the Boston Red Sox regardless, as he held the champs to four runs and six hits in 6 1/3 innings.

Tampa, then, turns to veteran lefty Erik Bedard, who will take the spot of the harmed Alex Cobb. The 35-year-old Bedard pitched to a 4.59 ERA last season in excess of 32 appearances (26 begins) with the Houston Astros.

The Rays marked him to a small time bargain in February, however discharged him after a terrible indicating in the spring. Nonetheless, they re-marked him at the end of March to pitch at Triple-A Durham. He surrendered one run in four innings and struck out five in his just begin with the Bulls.

New York succeeded the opener of this group on this Thursday, as CC Sabathia turned in seven sharp innings in his best begin of the adolescent season, and accepted a lot of backing from his Yankees buddies in a 10-2 defeat.


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