The nine-game winning streak came to an unceremonious end last night, so you know what that means, right? Time to start a new winning streak tonight. You can’t win ’em all. The key to a successful season is to not let one or two losses spiral into a four or five-game losing streak. Shake off last night’s one-run loss and get after the win tonight.
Jordan Montgomery will be on the mound this evening and the last time out was a grind. The Twins worked him hard for five innings before Gary Sanchez’s walk-off heroics. Montgomery seems to have that quality where even his bad starts are still pretty good. The bullpen is ostensibly rested, so Montgomery doesn’t need to pitch super deep into the game, though it would be appreciated. Here are the starting lineups:
New York Yankees
1. LF Brett Gardner
2. RF Aaron Judge
3. SS Didi Gregorius
4. DH Giancarlo Stanton
5. C Gary Sanchez
6. CF Aaron Hicks
7. 3B Miguel Andujar
8. 1B Tyler Austin
9. 2B Gleyber Torres
LHP Jordan Montgomery
Houston Astros
1. RF George Springer
2. 2B Jose Altuve
3. SS Carlos Correa
4. 1B Yuli Gurriel
5. 3B Alex Bregman
6. LF Marwin Gonzalez
7. DH Evan Gattis
8. C Brian McCann
9. CF Jake Marisnick
RHP Justin Verlander
The Minute Maid Park roof will be closed enough, so I guess it’s either hot or rainy in Houston. Baseball outside is better than baseball inside. Tonight’s game will begin at 8:10pm ET and you can watch on YES locally and MLB Network nationally. Enjoy the game.
Roster Move: Welcome back, David Hale. The Yankees have re-signed him to a minor league contract. He’s going to Triple-A Scranton. Hale was called up last week, threw two scoreless innings in a blowout, got designated for assignment after the game to make room for A.J. Cole, was claimed on waivers by the Twins, threw three innings in a blowout, then was designated for assignment and released after the game. Now he’s back with the Yankees. Been a busy couple days for him.
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