Marlins vs Yankees: Paddack's Pitching Pivotal

0:00On April 5th, the Miami Marlins are fighting to dodge a sweep against the scorching New York Yankees who snagged the first two games of this series at Yankee Stadium. Yankees are 7-1 overall, riding a 4-game win streak while the Marlins sit at 5-3 after blowing a 4-0 lead Saturday in a 9-7 loss. Today's rubber match kicks off at 1.35pm Eastern on Marlins.tv and YES Network. Chris Paddock takes the mound for Miami after a rough start against the White Sox, hoping some advice from A-Sandy Alcantara sharpens him up against. Yankee Stadium's short porches, max-free counters for New York, dominating with strikeouts and no runs allowed in his two outings this year. Marlins fans are buzzing about second baseman Xavier Edwards, who's slashing 400-500-633 with a hitting streak alive. And third baseman Javier Sinoja, batting 529 with two hits in two RBI Saturday. Over in the Bronx, Ben Rice and Giancarlo Stanton are the only Yankees over 300, but Cody Bellinger is heating up with three RBI's and a Homer.

1:09Both squads are banged up bad on the pitching front, Yankee's missing Garrett Cole, Carlos Rodan, and others to elbow issues, Marlins with multiple. Obliques strains and elbow woes sideline and key arms. Miami staff handed out 21 walks over the first two games, and they stranded 12 runners Saturday while going just 5-16 with men in scoring position. Marlins need Paddock to limit free passes and cash in, chances against Fry to steal this one, and salvage the series before heading home. This has been MLB News Today, powered by AI. I'm Cory with The Story.