As the Cleveland Baseball Club looks for to avoid the sweep, they will turn to their young pitcher as they take on the New York Yankees Sunday.
After their third straight loss to the New York Yankees, The Cleveland Baseball Club is on the edge of being swept in a four-game series. In need of a shutdown performance, they will hand the ball to Triston McKenzie while searching for an elusive win at home.
It will be the third start and fourth appearance overall for Triston McKenzie this season. In his two starts McKenzie has allowed 4 runs on 7 hits in 9 innings while striking out 13 batters. The issue for McKenzie has been walks as he has 10 walks in 12.2 innings on the year. Triston McKenzie will have to limit the free passes when facing a Yankees lineup that frequently makes pitchers pay for issuing walks.
Jameson Taillon will be the Yankees starter as he makes his fourth start of the year. It’s been mixed results for the 29-year old during his first season in pinstripes. Taillon was able to shut down a potent Braves lineup in his last start as he only allowed 1 run in 5 innings while striking out 5. Prior to that it was 7 earned runs on 11 hits including 3 home runs against the Orioles and Blue Jays in just 8.1 innings. While he is trending upward from that start on April 13th in Tampa (Toronto), he is still inconsistent and Cleveland has to hope that it will be that version of Taillon who made the trip to Progressive Field.
