The New York Yankees and the Oakland Athletics will meet for the second game of a four-game set, with the Yankees taking game one. The Yankees blew a 6-2 lead but escaped with a 7-6 win. Tonight the Yankees will send Gerrit Cole to the mound. He has posted a 2.92 ERA this season in 142.0 innings with 191 strikeouts and just 30 walks. The A's are in desperate need of a win having lost five in a row and have Seattle breathing down their neck in the AL West. The A's will go with Sean Manaea against the Yankees. So far this season, he has posted a 3.77 ERA in 138.1 innings with 151 strikeouts and 36 walks.

In his last two starts, Cole has allowed just one earned and seven hits in 11.2 innings. In Manaea's last four starts, he has given up 17 earned runs on 24 hits in 15.2 innings. These teams have been heading in opposite directions. The Yankees have been red-hot while the A's have lost five in a row. Cole has been the more dominant pitcher as of late and the Yankees keep swinging hot bats.

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