The Yankees won a nailbiter to open their lengthy road trip on Friday, narrowly holding onto the 1-0 lead that Paul Goldschmidt got them with a solo blast in the fourth inning thanks to an ace performance from Cam Schlittler. Schlittler tossed 7.1 innings and struck out a dozen batters, allowing just three hits without any walks against his record to further his Cy Young case, and the bullpen stepped into his shoes and kept the line moving. Brent Headrick entered and allowed a single that loaded
the bases in the eighth but averted a crisis by getting two-straight outs, and David Bednar worked a 1-2-3 ninth.
Now they’ll look to take the series outright and perhaps start a little run, though we don’t know who they’ll be facing on the mound tonight. Before that game gets going though, there’s a few things we’ve got going on over here. Josh starts us off with a look at one of the top lefties on the market in Reid Detmers and whether he could be a fit for the Yankees, and then Peter covers the Rivalry Roundup with the AL East matching the Yankees’ pace. Kevin dives into a Yankee that the team surely wished they’d kept around longer in Doug Drabek on his birthday, Andrés considers Tyler Stephenson’s potential if the Yankees added him to platoon at catcher, and Matt goes back in time to examine the biggest black hole in the lineup that the Yankees have ever carried on a championship team.
Today’s Matchup:
New York Yankees at Philadelphia Phillies
Time: 6:05 p.m. EST
TV: YES Network, NBCSP
Venue: Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia, PA
Questions/Prompts:
1. Was last night the best performance Cam Schlittler’s delivered this year? And be honest, did you think they were going to blow it when the offense could only manage one run?
2. Over in the NBA, were you shocked by the news that LeBron James is going to be a 76er?
