New York Yankees vs. Philadelphia Phillies: Nestor Cortes vs. Taijuan Walker
After winning their series against the Giants, the Yankees will play the Phillies at Yankee Stadium on Monday, April 3. The Yankees are fresh from their big power show that saw them winning 18-7 in three games against San Francisco and seven home runs, including two each by Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton.
The Phillies, on the other hand, are not successful in their first series of the 2023 season. The Rangers beat them badly this past weekend and they are still without a win.
When: Monday, Apr. 3, 2023.
Time: 7:05 p.m. EDT.
Where: Yankee Stadium, New York City, (50,287).
TV: NBC Sports Bay Area, YES Network
Stream: MLB.tv, Direct Tv
Moneyline: Yankees -173, Phillies +149; over/under is 8 runs.
Pitching matchup: Nestor Cortes will start for the Yankees, and Taijuan Walker will start for the Phillies.
The Yankees beat the Giants 5-0 on Thursday, but they lost 7-5 on Sunday. On Sunday, New York won 6-0 after scoring three runs in the third inning. Jhony Brito’s first 5.0 innings were clean, with two hits and one walk.
On the other side, The Rangers beat Philadelphia 11-7 on Thursday, and on Saturday, they beat them 16-3. The Phillies outhit Texas 9-8 on Sunday, but they still lost the game 2-1. In his start, Bailey Falter pitched 5.1 innings and had two earned runs on seven hits.
Yankees Probable Pitcher – Nestor Cortes Jr.
- Last year, Cortes’s team went 17-14-0 against the spread in games he pitched.
- The 28-year-old last pitched against the Houston Astros on Monday, October 24. The left-handed pitcher started that game and went two innings.
- Last season, Cortes’s team won 64.5% of the games he started as the moneyline favorite, going 20-11.
- In games that the 28-year-old pitched, his team won 20 and lost 11.
Yankees Injured List: Lou Trivino, Harrison Bader, Carlos Rodon, Luis Severino, Frankie Montas, Luis Gil, Scott Effross, Ben Rortvedt, Tommy Kahnle.
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