Yankees vs Athletics: Schlittler vs Civale

0:00It's April 7. This is MLB News Today Baseball Coverage, powered by AI. Tonight the New York Yankees hosts the Oakland Athletics in the opener of a three-game series at 7.05 pm. Eastern Daylight Time. The Yankees sit at seven wins and two losses, looking sharp early, while the Athletics are struggling at three and six. On the mound, the Yankees hand the ball to Cam Schlittler, whose two and no with a perfect 0.00ERA and just a 0.26NIFIP, through 15 strikeouts. For Oakland, it's Aaron Seball, 1-0 with a 3.60ERA. Sportsbooks have the Yankees as heavy favorites at minus 211 with the Athletics at plus 174. The over-under sits at eight-and-a-half runs, setting up a low-scoring affair potentially. As season the Yankees finish 94 and 68 overall, dominating at home with a 50 and 31 mark, crushing 1.7, homers per game. The Athletics win 76 and 86, decent on the road at 40 and 41, but they packed 219 homers

1:06total. The Yankees are banged up though, missing Garrett Cole, Carlos Rodón, and Clark Schmidt to Elbow issues on the injured list, plus shortstop Anthony. Volpe with a shoulder problem. Oakland's down Gunner Hogland with a knee injury, but that wraps the key setup for this match-up.