Phillies at Yankees 8/3/20 - MLB Picks & Predictions

The Philadelphia Phillies will return to action on Monday night, when they invade the Bronx to face the New York Yankees. The Phillies (2-1) have not played since an 11-6 home loss versus Miami on July 26th. On that afternoon, five Philadelphia pitchers were tagged for 12 hits and four home runs. Bryce Harper connected on his first round-tripper and drove in three runs.

Thirty-four year old righty Jake Arrieta (8-8 4.64 ERA) will make his first start of the season for the Phillies. Last year, Arrieta surrendered 21 home runs and posted a subpar 1.47 WHIP across 135 plus frames.

The New York Yankees have won seven of their first eight games and own the best overall record in the majors. On Sunday night, OF Aaron Judge homered twice and drove in five runs to power New York to a 9-7 home victory versus Boston. DJ LeMahieu singled to tie the game in the eighth inning and scored two runs for the Yankees.

New York manager Aaron Boone will turn to twenty-nine year old righty Gerrit Cole (2-0 3.09 ERA) on Monday. Through 11 plus innings of work, Cole has struck out 12 batters and allowed just five hits.