The New York Yankees (60-57, 5th AL East) play game one of a three-game interleague series at Truist Field on Monday when facing the Atlanta Braves (74-41, 1st NL East). New York was defeated by the Miami Marlins 3-1 on Saturday and the Yankees have lost four of the last six. Atlanta defeated the New York Mets 6-0 behind seven shutout innings from Spencer Strider, for their third straight win and fifth in the last six. New York will play without nine pitchers as well as position players Josh Donaldson, Anthony Rizzo and Jose Trevino. Atlanta will play without eight pitchers as well as position players Ehire Adrianza and Sam Hilliard.
The New York Yankees are next to last in team batting average at .232, while improving to 17th in slugging percentage at .404 but dropping to 26th in on base percentage with .307. New York has scored 504 runs which is 21st in baseball. Aaron Judge is leading New York in home runs with 22, while Gleyber Torres and Giancarlo Stanton each have hit 18. Torres is the leader in RBI with 49, while Judge is second with 45. New York continues to play without first baseman Anthony Rizzo who has 14 doubles, 12 home runs and 41 RBI.
The New York Yankees have the 10th-best team ERA at 3.97 and the sixth-best WHIP at 1.23. The starting rotation has only 32 Quality Starts which is 26 but the pitching staff is holding opposing hitters to an average of just .231 which is first in baseball. Gerrit Cole is leading in New York in victories with 10 and in strikeouts with 160. New York will hand the ball to Clarke Schmidt on Monday. This season the right-hander is 8-6 with an ERA of 4.23 and 110 strikeouts.