#927 ASA TOP PLAY ON 10* NY Yankees -123 over St Louis Cardinals, Sunday at 2:15 PM ET - The Yankees are trying to prevent a 3 game sweep and we like them to get the win today. The Cards have won each of the first 2 games by just 1 run and NY has had more hits over the first 2 games despite their 2 tight losses. The Yanks have left 30 runners on base over the 2 losses. Frankie Montas takes the mound for NY after coming over from Oakland earlier this week. Montas was a bright spot for the down trodden A’s with an ERA of 3.18 and a batting average allowed of .231 on the season. He has not allowed more than 2 ER’s in a game since mid June. Despite pitching very well this season, Montas has a deceiving losing record due to Oakland’s inept offense. They averaged just 2.5 RPG in his 19 starts and the A’s were held to 1 run or less in over HALF of his starts this season (10). He has not faced a single player on the St Louis roster that has more than 8 career at bats vs him. He hasn’t faced the Cards this season and we like Montas to perform very well today. He’s backed up by the 2nd best bullpen in MLB in terms of ERA. Wainwright goes for St Louis today. He’s had a solid season but he’s not pitching as well as his ERA might indicate. His ERA is 3.11 yet his xERA is much higher at 4.40. He’s been a bit luck as well with a LOB% of over 80% on the season. The Cards have moved into 1st place in the NL Central but against teams that are over .500, their record is just 21-27. The Yankees, on the other hand, are 40-28 this season vs teams that have winning records. NY ranks 2nd in MLB averaging 5.3 RPG yet they’ve only scored 3 runs combined in the first 2 games of this series leaving lots of men on base as we discussed. We like them to break out offensively this afternoon. New York has not been swept in a 3 game series this season and we don’t expect it to happen today.