New York Yankees at Miami Marlins 7/31/21 - MLB Picks & Predictions

By: Mike |

Last Updated: 07/30/2021 at 8:15 PM ET

The New York Yankees play the second game of a three-game interleague series on the road Saturday against the Miami Marlins. New York dropped to 53-48 following a 14-0 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays on Thursday. Yankees ace Gerrit Cole suffered the loss and is 10-6 after allowing eight runs on six hits and the right-hander's ERA jumped to 3.11 from 2.74.

Aaron Judge is batting .283 to lead New York and the right fielder as team highs in home runs with 21, RBIs with 48 and on-base percentage at .377. Second baseman DJ LeMahieu is the leader in hits with 102. on Saturday, New York will send Domingo German to the. The right-hander is 4-5 with an ERA of 4.46, 90 Ks and 23 BBs.

The Miami Marlins dropped to 44-58 following an 8-7 loss on Wednesday to the Baltimore Orioles. Miami was off on Thursday before hosting the Yankees in the first game of their series on Friday. The Marlins are last in the National League East 10 ½ games behind the first-place New York Mets. Miami had a three-game winning streak snapped after losing to Baltimore on Wednesday.

Jesus Aguilar is batting .268 to lead Miami and the first baseman has team highs in RBIs with 75, hits with 92 and on-base percentage at .332. Left fielder Adam Duvall is leading Miami in home runs with 22. The Miami Marlins have not yet released the name of their starting pitcher for Saturday's second game of a three-game series at home against the New York Yankees.

The Yankees have not played that well of late and were embarrassed by the Tampa Bay Rays on Thursday 14-0, but the Yankees continue to have one of baseball's 10 best ERAs at 3.84. New York also added first baseman Anthony Rizzo and the slugger will be available on Saturday. New York has won seven of its last 10 overall, while Miami has lost 20 of the last 28 interleague games played at home. Final Score Prediction, New York Yankees win 8-4

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