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Lefty Jordan Montgomery will try to extend the scoreless stretch with the St. Louis Cardinals, who once again host the Colorado Rockies on Wednesday night.
The Cardinals won the opener of a three-game series on Tuesday, earning his 11th victory in his last 12 home games.
Montgomery (5-3, 3.37 ERA) earned his first two-game starter for the Cardinals after arriving in New York this month in his Yankees trade. He pitched his 11 scoreless innings in these wins, allowing nine strikeouts, three walks and only his six hits.
"If he's in the Yankees rotation, he's probably pretty good," said Cardinals third baseman Nolan Arenado. It was a lot of fun playing defense behind him.”
In his most recent start, Montgomery kept the Milwaukee Brewers scoreless for six innings, allowing eight strikeouts and four hits on Friday. I was. He ran five jams with two strikeouts and grounded two runners. “He’s a guy who’s been on the big stage before and we knew he was coming. , and he did just that." At the suggestion of catcher Yadier Molina, Montgomery began throwing the fastball more aggressively.
"The 'heater' on the glove side has not been used in his entire career," Montgomery said. "It gave me some confidence that he called it and that I used it often." It will be the first appearance of his career.
Ramett had pitched five scoreless innings in his first three games after the Rockies received waivers from the Milwaukee Brewers. On Wednesday, Rockies right-hander German Marquez (6-9, 5.08 ERA) will try to replicate his success last week against the Cardinals. He held to two runs and he walked over six innings in a game the Rockies won 8–6. Marquez had his eight hits.
He went 2-1 with a 2.59 ERA, and in his seven matches against the Cardinals, he struck out 44 in 41 2/3 innings. Recorded. Marquez has struggled with Paul Goldschmidt (15-of-37, 4 homers, 8 RBI) and Yadier Molina (4-10, 2 doubles, RBI).
Meanwhile, Marquez has had successes against O'Neal (0-6), Arenado (1-9) and Paul DeJon (2-12).
Marquez has performed well and is aiming to draw an invitation to play for the Venezuela national team in his Baseball Classic next March at the Worlds.
"Ever since he was a kid, he wanted to have the word 'Venezuela' on his chest," Marquez told MLB.com. "It's going to be a dream and I have to be ready. I'm in spring training, so I think I'll play Winterball."
– Field Level Media
