Yankees @ Cubs: Pineda vs Hendricks (Game 29)
NYY (17-9): RHP Michael Pineda (3-1, 3.15)
CHC (16-12): RHP Kyle Hendricks (2-1, 4.18)
First pitch: 1:20pmCST
Hendricks gave up 2 ER over 6 innings but ended up with a no-decision in Boston on Sunday. He was 2-1 with a 1.89 in three interleague starts last year. Only Holliday (7-15, 3 HR--yikes) and Carter (3-9, HR) have faced him.
Pineda went 5.1 of shutout ball and beat the Orioles on Saturday. He was 0-1 with a 5.00 against the NL last year. Only Zobrist (2-12), Rizzo (1-2), and Heyward (1-3) have faced him.
The Cubs last played the Yankees in 2014 and last hosted them in 2011, when our rotation featured the likes of Doug Davis and Randy Wells. (I think I just threw up in my mouth a little bit.) The Yanks were no match for Davis but won 2 of 3.
Aroldis Chapman and (remember?) Adam Warren will get their World Series rings today, and Starlin Castro will be honored for being traded.
Castro, by the way, is having a nice start to his season: .362/.402/.543. You know he wants to do some damage this weekend. He might even run out a grounder.
Two lefties, Jordan Montgomery and Brett Anderson, square off tomorrow at 6:15pmCST--thanks, Fox.
Go Cubs!
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