Welcome to July baseball Yankees family and welcome back to Minute Maid Park in Houston where the Houston Astros will play host to the New York Yankees in the second of a three-game weekend set. These may very well be the top two, and most injured, teams in all of the American League which can be fun and at the same time extremely frustrating for the fans. In today’s contest the Yankees will send out Jordan Montgomery to the mound looking to get the Yankees back atop first place in the American League East Division and atop the division to stay while the Astros will counter with Francis Martes.
Montgomery has been great in his last three starts for the
Yankees posting a 2-0 record with a 3.44 ERA. Montgomery has had his highs and
lows this season as should be expected from any rookie pitcher but he has been
consistent more times than not and has given the Yankees valuable innings at
the back end of the starting rotation.
Martes will be making just his fourth start of his MLB
career tonight and his first start against the New York Yankees, no pressure.
In Martes’ last outing he allowed two runs on two hits and four walks only
lasting a total of two innings against the Seattle Mariners. Yeah, more of that
tonight against the Bronx Bombers please.
The game will be played at 7:15 pm ET inside Minute Maid
Park and can be seen on FOX. You can also follow along in your cars and on the
radio for this game and all season long by tuning into WFAN with John Sterling
and Suzyn Waldman. Say what you will about the “Mr. and Ms. Baseball” broadcast
but I’ve always enjoyed hearing Sterling’s commentary, gaffs and home run
calls. Enjoy the game. Go Yankees!!!
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