It’s not often the Yankees visit St. Louis, but the timing worked out rather well for David Phelps, tonight’s starter. He was born and raised in the St. Louis suburbs — “I was a die-hard Cardinal fan growing up. One of the best memories is, I was listening in 2005 when Pujols hit that homerun off Lidge. I was listening in the car,” he told George King — and I’m sure he’ll have a ton of family and friends in the stands. He’s probably pretty excited to be pitching at home. It’s neat.
Anyway, the Yankees have won three games in a row, something they’ve only done three other times this season. It’s hard to get on an extended winning streak in general, but that is especially true when it seems like a starter or two is going fewer than five innings each turn through the rotation. Phelps was very good in a tough luck loss against Chris Sale last week, and he’ll have to be good again tonight because the bullpen is worn out following yet another extra innings game yesterday. He might be out there for 100+ pitches whether he likes it or not. Here is the Cardinals lineup and here is the Yankees lineup:
- LF Brett Gardner
- SS Derek Jeter
- CF Jacoby Ellsbury
- C Brian McCann
- 3B Yangervis Solarte
- RF Alfonso Soriano
- 2B Brian Roberts
- 1B Kelly Johnson
- RF David Phelps
It is cloudy, hot, and humid in St. Louis, plus there are scattered thunderstorms in the forecast. So basically the same weather as yesterday. The rain is not expected to be anything prolonged, but I guess there might be a delay at some point. First pitch is scheduled for a little after 8pm ET and you can watch on My9. Enjoy.
Mark Teixeira Update: Teixeira (wrist) feels better but is not 100% just yet. He said he wants to play tomorrow, but with the off-day coming up on Thursday, I’d bet a lot of money on Joe Girardi holding Teixeira out of the lineup so he gets four straight days off. He will visit the doctor later this week just to make sure everything’s fine.
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