Even though it kinda sorta feels like the Yankees are barely staying afloat this season, they go into this afternoon’s series finale against the Orioles with a chance to win their third straight game and sweep the series. Considering all the injuries and sloppy play, I’ll take it.
“We gave away too many outs tonight, defensively and on the bases,” Aaron Boone said to George King following last night’s win. “One thing our guys do well is compete, and we did that really well … Lot of good things, but definitely little small things, especially when it is a little hard right now, you have to be on top of.”
The bullpen is a bit taxed today (here’s our Bullpen Workload page) so it sure would be nice to see Domingo German pitch deep into the game. Will it happen? Probably not given German’s track record. I reckon Luis Cessa will get a few innings worth of action this afternoon. Here are today’s lineups:
New York Yankees
1. CF Brett Gardner
2. RF Aaron Judge
3. 1B Luke Voit
4. DH Gary Sanchez
5. SS Gleyber Torres
6. 2B DJ LeMahieu
7. LF Clint Frazier
8. 3B Gio Urshela
9. C Austin Romine
RHP Domingo German
Baltimore Orioles
1. CF Cedric Mullins
2. LF Dwight Smith Jr.
3. SS Jonathan Villar
4. RF Trey Mancini
5. 3B Rio Ruiz
6. DH Renato Nunez
7. 1B Chris Davis
8. C Jesus Sucre
9. 2B Hanser Alberto
RHP David Hess
It is a spectacular day in New York and an overcast day in Baltimore. There’s no rain in the forecast though and that’s all I care about. Today’s series finale will begin at 1:05pm ET and the YES Network will have the broadcast. Enjoy the game.
Injury Updates: Giancarlo Stanton (biceps) is seven days into his ten-day shutdown period. He’ll be reevaluated following the Astros series and could start swinging at bat when the Yankees return to New York at the end of the week … Miguel Andujar (shoulder) is doing strengthening exercises and the next step for him is throwing. Given the nature of his injury, throwing will be the biggest test, not swinging a bat … CC Sabathia (knee, heart) is making a minor league rehab start with High-A Tampa this afternoon. If all goes well, he’s expected to join the Yankees next weekend.