ST. LOUIS — The infield at Busch Stadium was covered early Saturday afternoon due to a scheduled rain shower (that indeed started up around 2:30 Central Time with some thunder. According to weather.com, the rain should be gone long before the 6:15 p.m., CT (7:15 p.m. ET) scheduled start of Saturday night’s Yankees -Cardinals’ game.

Its Friday, August 15 and the Yankees (64-57) are in St. Louis to begin a series against the Cardinals (61-61). Luis Gil is slated to take the mound for New York against Andre Pallante for St. Louis.

Right-hander Andre Pallante’s goal in his bullpen session between starts this past week was to take his knuckle curveball, the one that unlocks so many other areas of the strike

This article was originally published on www.si.com/mlb/cardinals as Cardinals Writer Praises Oli Marmol Despite Trying Season.

Amid the Yankees' 4-3 win over the Cardinals on Friday, Aaron Judge brought out the swag with some dope cleats.

As the New York Yankees try to persist in the crowded American League wild-card race, they would love to see pitcher Max Fried regain his form from earlier in the season.

The Yankees open a five-game, two-city road trip Friday night in St. Louis against the Cardinals. Here is the lineup.