New York And Philadelphia Are Going To Be Playing A Doubleheader In Pennsylvania Today

On Tuesday New York was supposed to host Philadelphia for the second game of their four game series before New York headed to Philadelphia for games three and four.

However,

Mother nature had other plans and postponed Tuesday night’s game in Bronx to Wednesday in Philadelphia Pennsylvania.

What does that mean?

It means that New York and Philadelphia will play a doubleheader where New York will be the home team for the first game while Philadelphia will be the home team for the second game and both games will be seven innings instead of nine. “according to an article by Bryan Hoch on mlb.com

New York who is a member of the American League East comes into the game with a record of 8-1 while Philadelphia who is a member of the National League East comes into the game with a record of 1-3. “according to https://www.mlb.com/yankees/standings

New York has yet to announce their starting pitchers for the doubleheader but what I do know is that Philadelphia has announced who they’re going to start in the doubleheader. Zach Wheeler who is a right handed pitcher for Philadelphia will start game one of the doubleheader while Aaron Nola who also is a right handed pitcher will start game two. Zach Wheeler comes into the opening game of the doubleheader with a record of 1-0 with an earn run average of 1.29. Wheeler’s Phillies debut was a success on July 25 against the Marlins. He allowed one run in seven innings in a win over Miami. He hasn’t pitched since because of eight postponements. While Aaron Nola comes into the game with a record of 0-1 with an earn run average of 6.75. Nola pitched well through five innings on Opening Day on July 24, but ran into trouble late in a loss to Miami. He has not pitched since then because of COVID-19 and weather-related postponements. “according to https://www.mlb.com/yankees/roster/probable-pitchers

As for the opening game of the four game series on Monday, New York topped Philadelphia in the Bronx.

In that game Gerrit Cole picked up his third straight win for the team that wears the pinstripes as he made his debut at Yankee Stadium on Monday night.

This time wearing the pinstripes.

In his Yankee Stadium debut on Monday the right handed pitcher from Newport Beach California pitched six strong innings as New York topped Philadelphia in the opener of the four game series. “according to an article by Bryan Hoch

While Brett Gardner, DJ Lemahieu and Gio Urshela contributed to the offense for the team that wears the pinstripes.

How?

DJ Leamahieu led off with a home run in the first inning. But that wasn’t the contributions New York received on offense as both Brett Gardner and Gio Urshela also went yard.Brett Gardner answered Bruce’s homer with an opposite-field blast in the bottom of the third, marking the first time in Gardner’s career that he has homered over the left-field wall at Yankee Stadium. While Gio Urshela hit the team wears third home run of the night. the evening off Deolis Guerra in the sixth.  But wasn’t all the third baseman did as Gio Urshela also cotributed defensively. according to an article by Bryan Hoch

While New York won the opening game of the four game series Philadelphia meanwhile had a setback in Didi Gregorius and Joe Girardi’s return to Yankee Stadium where Jake Arrieta made his season debut for Philadelphia where he allowed seven hits, three runs and two home runs in five innings. He struck out four consecutive batters, including the side in the fourth, appearing to get better as the game continued. according to an article by Por Todd Zolecki on mlb.com

First pitch for game one of the doubleheader will start at 4:05pm while the second game will start about thirty five minutes after the conclusion of the first game at Citizens Bank Park. Game one will be televised on FS1 and Yes while game two of the doubleheader will be televised on NBCSP and Yes.