Orioles at Yankees 7/31/18 - MLB Picks & Predictions

AL East Division rivals will square off on Tuesday night, when the Baltimore Orioles and New York Yankees open up a series from the Bronx. Baltimore has won three straight games and scored 37 runs in the process. On Sunday, the Orioles hit three home runs during an 11-5 home victory against Tampa Bay.

Rookie right-hander Yefry Ramirez (1-3 3.49 ERA) will make his sixth career major league start for the Orioles. Baltimore has won each of Ramirez’s last two starts and he has allowed three runs over his last ten frames. The New York Yankees took three out of four from visiting Kansas City over the weekend and have a huge series with Boston coming up this weekend. On Sunday, newly acquired J.A. Happ allowed just one run over six frames during a 6-3 victory against the Royals. New York is 30 games above .500 overall and trails Boston by 5.5 games for the division lead.

New York skipper Aaron Boone will turn to twenty-nine year old righty Masahiro Tanaka (8-2 4.09 ERA) in the series opener. Last time out, Tanaka went the distance and struck out nine batters during a 4-0 victory at Tampa Bay.