The New York Yankees and New York Mets wrap up their brief subway series on Wednesday night in Queens. The Yankees have stumbled a bit recently, 5-5 heading into this series, and are now battling the LA Dodgers for the best overall record in baseball. The New York Mets are in their own battle, for the NL East Division title, as they battle the Braves for supremacy. The pitching matchup for Wednesday's series finale will be Domingo German (0-1, 15.00) of the Yankees taking on Max Scherzer (6-2, 2.28) of the Mets. First pitch is scheduled for 7pm EST.
The first-place New York Yankees roll into Queens looking to continue their series lead on the road against the Mets. The Bombers are 4-6 in their last ten games in Queens but are 12-8 in their last 20 and 37-30 all-time on the road against the Mets. This series marks the first matchup of the crosstown rivals this season, a season in which both teams have held the lead in their respective divisions for nearly the entire season. The Yankees come into this game struggling a bit with just a 5-5 record heading into Tuesday night's matchup. On Tuesday night, the Yankees jumped out to a quick 2-0 lead but watched the Mets pound their way back into the game and fell 6-3 in game one of series. Aaron Judge blasted his Major League-leading 38th home run in the loss.
Jordan Montgomery vs. Taijuan Walker and Domingo German vs. Max Scherzer are the pitching matchups for the upcoming Yankees-Mets Subway Series pic.twitter.com/Dh5u3ScrUx
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The Yankees have avoided the injury bug, particularly to their starting staff, for much of their dominant season. In the past few weeks, however, the Yankees have found themselves frequenting the IL. The Yankees are curently without starting pitcher Luis Severino along with relievers Michael King and Miguel Castro. On Tuesday afternoon, the Yankees placed all-star OF Giancarlo Stanton on the IL with Achilles tendinitis while fellow outfielder Aaron Hicks is day-to-day with hamstring tightness. On the mound on Wednesday night, in Severino's spot in the rotation, will be right-hander Domingo German. German just came off the IL to make his first start of the season against the Astros last week in the second half opening doubleheader. German was touched for six hits and five run including two home runs in just three innings of work vs. the Astros.