Kuroda on 4 days rest is an instant fade here as I've been tracking it all season. Kuroda has not been good in the second half unless he's been fully rested and even then he's been a shadow of his dominant self from the first half where he posted a 2.65 ERA. Since the All Star game he has a 3.97 ERA. He has an ERA under 2 at home, but on 4 days rest it's singificantly higher and in 4 career starts vs. the Rays he posts a 7.22 ERA with all 4 being non quality. Kuroda has only had 7 total starts where he's given up 4 or more ER and 5 of those 7 came on 4 days rest. He's had 4 starts all year where he did not pitch 6 full innings and all 4 of those came on 4 days rest. I don't see him going deep into this game and the Yankees bullpen has struggled of late posting a 5.16 ERA. Pretty much everyone has been struggling except Mariano Rivera. I also thinks it helps the Rays that the Yankees just came off an emotional loss on Sunday on Mariano day and they are pretty much out of this race and the Rays would like to officially end it here tonight.
Matt Moore menawhile has not pitched well of late either but he's at least backed by a bullpen getting outs. Moore also has pitched extremely well on the road posting a 2.76 ERA over 14 starts this year. He's held the Yankee hitters in check over 160 AB they have a .250 average and a .689 OPS. The Rays have a .325 average and a 1.002 OPS in 117 AB vs. Kuroda.
