Jordan Montgomery headlined a very strong pitching performance on Sunday afternoon in Tampa, with six pitchers combining to allow just nine baserunners against nine strikeouts in a 4-0 win over the Phillies. Apparently, the Yankees have adopted a Sunday Stripes motif for this spring, wearing their traditional home pinstripes for Sunday home games in lieu of their usual spring blues.
Monty worked three innings — 42 pitches — and touched 94 with his fastball. Critically for his approach, he engineered as many batted balls below 80 mph off the bat as he did balls above 95 mph, a good sign for his continued soft-contact skills.