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00:00First pitch scheduled for just a few minutes after 4 p.m. Eastern time.
00:07Luis, don't call him Lucas Heal, on the bump today against the Baltimore Orioles.
00:12Minus 152, the line working in favor of the Yanks.
00:16The over-under 8.5.
00:18This also the marquee matchup, Donny, between the two top teams in the American League.
00:22Only 1.5 games separates the Yanks in front of the O's.
00:28This is the rubber match of this three-game midweek set.
00:31Huge game, man. You want that momentum here.
00:33You want to take that wind down if you're the Baltimore Orioles.
00:35Or you want to separate yourself a little bit better for the New York Yankees.
00:37But let's take a look at weather conditions in the afternoon.
00:39We talk about this, and by the way, this coming weekend in the Northeast,
00:43temperatures approaching 100 degrees.
00:45So we're right in the middle of one of those heat waves, which usually helps hitters here.
00:4891 degrees at first pitch today at 4 o'clock in the Bronx with a 10-mile-an-hour wind
00:53blowing out to left field.
00:54That should help.
00:55But having said that, if we're taking a look at some metrics,
00:57let's go back to the last 60 days here in Major League Baseball
01:00and take a look at these pitchers.
01:01Cole Irvin here. How about this?
01:03A 2.01 ERA and a 3.93 X-fifth number over the past 60 days.
01:08That's tremendous.
01:09And we're only talking about the second-best pitcher in this game.
01:12The best pitcher in this game is Leece Heal.
01:14If we take a look at his numbers through 66 innings over the past 60 days,
01:171.64 ERA, 3.55 X-fifth number.
01:21So right there you're saying to yourself, well, if we're going to get runs,
01:24hopefully that weather is a big indicator.
01:26But to be honest, these pitchers should have a good day.
01:28But if we are taking a look at the New York Yankees
01:30and what they've dealt with against left-handed pitching over the past 30 days,
01:33they've been stellar here.
01:35And also, it looks like Judge anticipated to be back in the lineup today.
01:39We'll see if the Yankees are extra cautious.
01:41But the fact that they lost yesterday, you want to bring them back,
01:43and he's been smashing left-handed pitching.
01:46That lineup sets up really good.
01:47If we flip it over to Baltimore against Leece Heal,
01:50there are good batters in that lineup.
01:51But Heal's been so good that I don't know where those advantages are.
01:54So for me, it's probably a Yankees victory.
01:56But boy, oh boy, do I wish we had worse pitchers on the mound today
02:00because I think you could get a lot of runs.
02:02These two pitchers should keep both of these teams in the ballpark.
02:05I'd hate to see it.