Overview
- The Yankees beat the St. Louis Cardinals 2-0 at Yankee Stadium on Tuesday night, turning a slim lead into a win.
- Ryan Weathers delivered six scoreless innings, allowing four hits and one walk while striking out six and extending a personal scoreless streak to 18 innings.
- Top prospect George Lombard Jr. homered for his first major-league hit in his MLB debut and made multiple standout defensive plays around the infield.
- New York used Fernando Cruz and Brent Headrick to bridge to David Bednar, who worked a four-out stint that included an intentional walk of Alec Burleson and a 1-2-3 ninth for his 25th save.
- St. Louis outhit New York but left multiple runners stranded, Hunter Dobbins lasted into the seventh, and the teams will close the series Wednesday with Will Warren facing Andre Pallante.