Montgomery earns Yanks' 5th starter job, to debut Wednesday

The Yankees are on a three-game winning streak after opening the season with four losses in five games. At the time, NY was trailing 2-0. NY wound up winning the game 8-3 but Montgomery was left with a no-decision. They're also 5-2 in their last seven home games dating back to last season, while the Rays are just 1-5 in Snell's last six road starts. Chase Headley scored on the play. "Obviously he's just a massive human being (6 feet 7, 282 pounds), but he's got that kind of power and he's figuring out how to use it. It's fun. It's exciting to see come a guy come into his own and start to figure out things in the major leagues".

Kelly had a very productive college career for the Rebels, but it remains to be seen whether any National Football League teams will want to spend a draft pick on a quarterback who has had multiple injuries and a checkered off-the-field past.

This will be Bird's first contest since April 7 due to a sore right ankle and flu-like symptoms.

His first really hard out came when Kevin Kiermaier flied out to left field for the second out of the center, when Yankees left fielder Brett Gardner sprinted toward the line to grab the ball. Weeks stayed in the baseline as Gardner got to the base. Chris Carter greeted Austin Pruitt with an RBI triple, and Castro followed with a two-run homer.

Montgomery, who beat out several pitchers to be the Yankees No. 5 starter, opened the first inning with strikeouts of Steven Souza Jr. and Kevin Kiermaier.

"It's satisfying because he did pitch well", Girardi said.

This time, the Tampa Bay Rays ran into the good Michael Pineda. Paxton (1-0) was a big reason why, keeping Houston's offense silent long enough for Seattle's bats to wake up and finally convert with runners in scoring position. "I didn't think he had great command of his fastball today, but I thought he did a really good job of pitching out of some jams".

"We put ourselves in a bad situation there", third baseman Evan Longoria said. "We have to figure out a way to not let that be what defines us over the course of the year".

"I'm looking forward to get back to NY - get home, get settled", Judge said.

Weeks had a bone bruise by the shoulder joint and neck soreness. Just download the FOX Sports Go App and you won't miss one pitch of the action! In 13 career starts against New York, Cobb is 6-3 with a 2.82 ERA. It might not have been love at first sight exactly, but the word Girardi used after seeing Montgomery presence on the mound after a couple of innings was "curious".

His performance, backed by three Yankees home runs, was more than enough.

San Francisco's starting pitcher Matt Moore drove in three runs on a ball he hit only 25 feet in front of home plate. Andriese matched his shortest start by going four innings for the third time since the start of last season. And that he was, attacking and continuing to throw strikes in becoming the first Yankees pitcher to be flawless through at least 6.2 innings since Andy Pettitte in August of 2009. Montgomery was successful in the postseason for the Gamecocks.