Yankees seek to continue the good moment against Brewers

A new series begins for the New York Yankees, this time it is interleague and it will be against the Milwaukee Brewers.

The Bombers for this first game have Frankie Montás on the mound of sighs, who arrives with an unfavorable balance of 5-12, 3.89 ERA and 140 strikeouts in 141 innings of work. His rival will be Adrian Houser, who has a 6-9 record, a 4.61 ERA and 65 strikeouts in 2022.

Both pitchers have little experience against opposing hitters, being Hunter Renfroe the one who has seen Montás the most times with 6 but only hitting .167 against him and for the Yankees, Donaldson is the one who has faced Houser the most times with 6 plate appearances, in the which has given two singles.

For the second game, Jameson Taillon and Brandon Woodruff will be from the mound of sighs, by far this is the best duel on paper in the entire series. The right-hander for the Yankees with a 13-4 record, 3.94 ERA and a total of 128 strikeouts and for the Brewers, also a right-hander Woodruff has won 10 against 4 failures, an ERA of 3.39 and a total of 152 chocolates.

It is Kolten Wong who has seen Taillon the most but is only hitting .133 in 15 at-bats against him, while Yelich and Renfroe have had better luck with a home run per capita in 15 and 14 at-bats respectively.

For Sunday’s closeout, Gerrit Cole meets Milwaukee rookie Jason Alexander, whom the Yankees have never seen. The veteran has faced Kolten Wong 34 times and the versatile player barely averages .147 against him, while Willy Adames hasn’t had any luck with .190 in 21 at-bats either, Hunter Renfroe hasn’t cracked his pitches either on 20 occasions with . 200 but Christian Yelich in also 20 appearances, has hit three homers and has driven in six teammates.

Other numbers of interest:

Aaron Judge has only faced the Brewers in 11 at-bats and has hit a single home run against them with three hits.

Stanton in 40 games against Milwaukee has given only 8 homers and is hitting an anemic .175.

In short, it is a very important matchup, as both Major League teams are looking to reach the postseason. The difference is that the Yankees have a 6.5 advantage over the second place in their division, but the Brewers urgently need wins because they are a game and a half behind the third and last wild card in the National League, which are the San Padres. Diego.

You already know the advice, get comfortable and enjoy the most beautiful sport in the world and all the drama that it gives us every day.