It’s tough to pick out a great pitching match-up today. The Yankees visit Boston for the first time this season, the Red Sox sweeping the Yankees earlier this month in The Bronx. Domingo German takes on Martin Perez. German’s ERA is a run lower on the road compared to home, due to his ability to keep the ball in the park away from Yankee Stadium. He allowed 12 home runs in New York in 34 2/3 innings, two on the road in 34 1/3 innings. Perez has a similar attribute, with six of his eight home runs coming at Fenway Park, so being on the road for this game may not help German.

The Mariners send Yusei Kikuchi against the White Sox and Carlos Rodon. Kikuchi allowed 13 home runs in 80 2/3 innings, but not much else. Opponents own a .198/.266/.355 slash line against him, so the extra-base hits don’t do much damage. Rodon is now the leader in average outs before allowing a hit this season, 7.75. You can see his extremely low batting averages allowed by inning here.

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