Jordan Montgomery To Start The Finale As New York Takes On Baltimore

Jordan Montgomery who is in his second season in the majors with New York will make the start in the finale against Baltimore at Yankee Stadium Sunday afternoon. 

Left-hander Jordan Montgomery comes into the finale against Baltimore with a record of 0-0 with a 1.80 earn run average. Montgomery took a no -decision in his season debut against the Rays and has lost just one of his past ten starts since August 5, 2017 posting a 2-1 record with a 3.11 Earn Run Average in 16 starts at Yankee Stadium."according to https://www.mlb.com/gameday/orioles-vs-yankees/2018/04/08/529534#game_state=preview,game_tab=,game=529534

He will oppose Baltimore right -hander Mike Wright Jr. Wright held his own against Houston, hanging tough with Justin Verlander and going five innings and allowing three runs. He'll get another chance to show he belongs in the rotation Sunday against the Yankees. "according tohttps://www.mlb.com/gameday/orioles-vs-yankees/2018/04/08/529534#game_state=preview,game_tab=,game=529534

New York comes into the finale against Baltimore with a record of 5-4 while Baltimore comes in to this game with a record of 3-6. "according to  http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/standings/

As for New York and Baltimore's last game New York got back in the win column Saturday afternoon after losing two straight in the series with Sonny Gray getting his first win of the 2018 season.

Brett Gardner's big afternoon in the leadoff spot helped spark the Yankees, who shrugged off the previous evening's injury-marred affair and struck back at the Orioles, celebrating an 8-3 victory on Saturday afternoon at Yankee Stadium. "according to https://www.mlb.com/yankees/news/brett-gardner-leads-yankees-win-over-orioles/c-271192936

Gardner reached base in all five of his plate appearances, collecting two hits, two RBIs and a run scored in support of a solid outing by starter Sonny Gray, who limited Baltimore to three runs and four hits over six innings. "according to https://www.mlb.com/yankees/news/brett-gardner-leads

We have a lot of guys who are kind of fighting the little injury bug right now and some things aren't going our way, but the guys that we put out there today, you can tell that they battled and put together a pretty solid game," Gray said."according to https://www.mlb.com/yankees/news/brett-gardner-leads-yankees-win-over-orioles/c-271192936

Aaron Judge drove in a pair of runs for New York, marking his fifth straight contest with an RBI. He knocked home the Yanks' third run with a fifth-inning groundout and chased Gardner home from first base with a do Miguel Andujar lifted a sixth-inning sacrifice fly before Austin Romine blooped a single to shallow right field that tipped first baseman Chris Davis ' glove, giving the Yankees a two-run cushion against starter Chris Tillman , who allowed five runs and eight hits in 5 1/3 frames.uble in the seventh."according to https://www.mlb.com/yankees/news/brett-gardner-leads-yankees-win-over-orioles/c-271192936

Playing in front of a crowd of 34,388, Aaron Judge drove in a pair of runs for New York, knocking home their third run with a fifth-inning groundout and chasing Gardner home from first base with a double in the seventh. "according to https://www.mlb.com/yankees/news/brett-gardner-leads-yankees-win-over-orioles/c-271192936

Miguel Andujar lifted a sixth-inning sacrifice fly before Austin Romine blooped a single to shallow right field that tipped first baseman Chris Davis' glove, giving the Yankees a two-run cushion against starter Chris Tillman, who alloManny Machado continued to swing a hot bat for the Birds, knocking a two-run double, while Pedro Alvarez drilled an RBI double. Tyler Austin knocked a two-run single in the seventh to open up New York's https://www.mlb.com/yankees/news/brett-gardner-leads-yankees-win-over-orioles/c-271192936advantage.wed five runs and eight hits in 5 1/3 frames. "according to https://www.mlb.com/yankees/news/brett-gardner-leads-yankees-win-over-orioles/c-271192936

"It was a good day for us," Gardner said. "The first two weeks of the season maybe haven't gone how we would have drawn them up, with a couple of guys having gone down and gotten hurt, but that's the nature of the game. Our depth has been tested a little bit, but we do have good depth. We'll be all right." "according to https://www.mlb.com/yankees/news/brett-gardner-leads-yankees-win-over-orioles/c-271192936

Manny Machado continued to swing a hot bat for the Birds, knocking a two-run double as he improved to 5-for-9 in his past two games, while Pedro Alvarez drilled an RBI double. Tyler Austin knocked a two-run single in the seventh to open up the lead for New York, which has won nine of 13 home games against the Orioles since the beginning of last season. "according to https://www.mlb.com/yankees/news/brett-gardner-leads-yankees-win-over-orioles/c-271192936

 MOMENTS THAT MATTERED

Jace in the place: Summoned from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre after Saturday's 14-inning loss to Baltimore, Jace Peterson looked comfortable in his Yankees debut, contributing a sixth-inning running catch that saved two runs. Peterson had a good read on Alvarez's two-out liner toward the left-field corner, snaring it to freeze Gray's line and preserve the tied scorHoudini lives: Yankees manager Aaron Boone went to the bullpen after Gray's 86-pitch effort, and the skipper was back on the mound three batters later, as Chance Sisco stroked a one-out single and Trey Mancini doubled off Adam Warren. In came David Robertson, who has made a living out of wriggling free of those types of spots. Robertson froze Machado looking at a 93.3-mph cutter, then struck out Jonathan Schoop on an 85.5-mph curve.e at the time. "according to https://www.mlb.com/yankees/news/brett-gardner-leads-yankees-win-over-orioles/c-271192936

With the win New York improves to 5-4 on the regular season and is in third place behind Toronto in the American League East while Baltimore meanwhile  falls to 3-6 on the season and is in fourth place in the American League East. 

First pitch is set for 1:05pm. The game will be televised on MASN, Major League Baseball Network and Yes. "according to https://www.mlb.com/gameday/orioles-vs-yankees/2018/04/08/529534#game_state=preview,game_tab=,game=529534