Give Jordan Montgomery credit: He settled down, pitched into the seventh inning and allowed the Yankees to hit their way out of a hole in Monday’s 9-5 victory over the hapless Athletics.
But what is good enough to win a game in late June typically won’t cut it in late October. Montgomery’s rough third inning — Oakland touched him up for five runs in the frame — continued a troubling trend. While the Yankees have kept winning at a torrid pace, their starting pitching has been lackluster for some time now.
The rotation’s ERA over the last 20 games is 4.