Yanks go for 5 in a row

Yanks go for 5 in a row The New York Yankees will take on the Baltimore Orioles tonight from the stadium. Sergio Mitre will be on the mound making his Yankees debut. He hasn't pitched in the majors since Sept 2007, he missed all of last year with Tommy John surgery and then was suspended 50 games to start this year for PEDS, he claimed it was a mistake, something he took at GNC but anyway here he is. He is 10-23 in his career with a 5.36 era. Here are the pregame notes and lineup from Peter Abraham.

The Yankees are 30-16 at home this year, 24-9 in their last 33 games at home.

The Yankees are 42-22 since A-rod came back which is the best record in the major leagues over that stretch.

The Yankees team era is 1.50 since the all star break.

The Yankees have only scored 11 runs since the all star break.

Melky Cabrera is only batting 230 since June 1st and is 2 of 13 since the break.

Mo and Phil Hughes didn't pitch last night so they will be ready to go for tonight.

The Orioles are 1-13 in divisional road games this year and 15-30 overall away from Camden Yards.

Brett Tomko was DFA'D to make room on the roster for Sergio Mitre. He is in the rotation for good for now but I bet the Yankees make a trade for a Washburn or Cliff Lee or someone like that in the next 9 days.

Yankees Lineup:
Jeter(SS)
Damon(LF)
Tex(1B)
A-rod(DH)
Posada(C)
Swisher(RF)
Cano(2B)
Cabrera(CF)
Ransom(3B) Posted by Gary W. Marchese Jr. at 5:49 PM 0 comments Labels: A-rod, all star break, baseball, Derek Jeter, lineup, New York Yankees, notes, PEDS, Peter Abraham, trades