Yankees hope bats remain hot against Cardinals

After experiencing a rough time against the Washington Nationals the New York Yankees watched the hitters surrounding Aaron judge come through on Monday against the visiting St Louis Cardinals after productive showings by Juan sto and rookie Austin Wells the Yankees are in position for a series win when they face the Cardinals again on Saturday New York dropped two of three at Washington by going one for 26 with runners in scoring position but opened the three-game series against St Louis with a 6 to3 win on Friday thanks to stto and Wells stto hit a game tying double and had a key assist in right field his Double started a three-run third that featured the first of two two run homers by Wells while stto has reached base in 115 of his 131 games and 30 of his past 47 hits are for extra bases Wells is hitting 346 28 for 81 with five homers and 21 RBIs in 20 games as the starting cleanup hitter Wells also is hitting 327 35 for7 with six homers in his past 30 Games raising his average from 212 to. 256 you go back the catching was ahead of where we expected last year and at the the start of this year kind of waiting on the bat to come and it sure has Yankees manager Aaron Boon said he puts together really good at bats and then he's got that power in there two so this is what we've seen from him for probably more than a couple months now just a real middle of the order presence St Louis fell to 0 to 7 all time in the regular season against the Yankees in New York despite collecting 10 hits on Friday Paul goldshmid had three hits in the series opener and is batting Point 571 12 for 21 in his past six games Nolan arado homered but the Cardinals hit into three double plays and did not draw a walk for the 13th time this season St Louis which has just seven wins its past 18 contests has started reincorporating Jordan Walker into the lineup the 22-year-old outfielder was recalled from triaa Memphis after Tommy fam was designated for assignment on Friday and he will play daily I think Jordan Walker has a chance to be a real gamechanging impact player for a very long time for this organization St Louis manager Oliver marmal said before the former first round pick went one for four with two strikeouts on Friday in order for him to do that he's going to need the at bats but he's also going to need some real adjustments in those at bats to become that player Kyle Gibson 7-6 4.54 era who is 0 to3 with a 5.86 era in his past eight starts is scheduled to start for the Cardinals on Saturday Gibson's last win came on July 7th in Washington he endured his worst outing in the current strength by allowing seven runs on five hits in four and a third innings in a 7 to four loss to the San Diego Padres on Monday Gibson is 2 to7 with a 5.94 era in 12 career starts against the Yankees New York rookie will Warren 0-2 9.68 era will make his fifth career start and is coming off the shortest of those outings after allowing two runs in five innings during a no decision against the Chicago White Socks on August 14 Warren was tagged for six runs five earned on seven hits in three innings in a 9-2 loss to the Colorado Rockies on Saturday he also committed two boxs in that contest Warren has not faced the Cardinals