2:15 pm
August 7

Yankees @ Cardinals

Who will WIN this matchup?

New York Yankees (70-38)

@ St. Louis Cardinals (59-48)

 

Starting Pitchers:

Montas (NYY): 4-9; 3.18 ERA (w/ Oakland)

Wainwright (STL) 8-8; 3.11 ERA

 

Current odds:

New York Yankees: (-130)

St. Louis Cardinals: (+110)

 

• Right-hander Frankie Montas will make his first start for the New York Yankees on Sunday when they try to avoid a three-game sweep against the host St. Louis Cardinals. The Cardinals posted a 4-3 win in the series opener on Friday and a 1-0 victory the following night. They have won six consecutive games and eight of their last nine to move past the Milwaukee Brewers into first place in the National League Central.

• The Yankees have lost four straight games and five of their last six. They will turn to Montas (4-9, 3.18 ERA), who was acquired on Monday from the Oakland Athletics along with reliever Lou Trivino in a trade for pitchers JP Sears, Ken Waldichuk and Luis Medina plus second baseman Cooper Bowman. Montas will make his first appearance since July 26, when he allowed three runs (two earned) on seven hits in five innings for the A’s in a 5-3 victory over the Houston Astros.

• The Cardinals, another team linked to Montas during trade talks, will start veteran right-hander Adam Wainwright (8-8, 3.11) on Sunday. Wainwright has allowed just one run on 11 hits in 14 innings over his last two starts. He has struck out 12 and hasn’t walked a batter during that stretch. Wainwright is 0-1 with a 7.71 ERA in his lone career appearance against the Yankees.

• New York first baseman Anthony Rizzo is questionable for Sunday’s game after back stiffness knocked him out of the starting lineup on Friday and Saturday. “He’s had back issues throughout his career,” Boone said. “It’s something that he is proactive with his routine and with his warm-ups and things. It’s all part of his process and making sure he does a lot of maintenance work so things don’t pop up that much.”

5/10
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New York Yankees
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