Regular Season Game 160
Yankees @ Rays
Game Time: 7:38 p.m. @ Tropicana Field- Tampa, FL
TV: YES | Radio: WCBS 880
STARTING LINEUPS
YANKEES (102-57)
- Jeter SS
- Hairston LF
- Teixeira 1B
- Rodriguez 3B
- Swisher RF
- Posada C
- Cano 2B
- Cabrera CF
- Molina DH
Pitching For NYY: LHP CC Sabathia (19-7, 3.21)
RAYS (82-77)
Lineup TBA
Pitching For TBR: LHP David Price (9-7, 4.60)
NEWS AND NOTES
From Yankees.lhblogs.com:
STATE OF THE STRIPES: The Yankees are in cruise control mode, with nothing left to play for in terms of team goals: They’ve clinched the division, clinched the best record and are just waiting to see who they play in the first round. The most important thing for them to do this weekend is stay healthy.
THE BIG 2-0: Tonight’s game does have one interesting plot as CC Sabathia tries to become the first pitcher in the majors to reach 20 wins this season (oddly, Adam Wainwright is also going for it tonight with the Cardinals). Sabathia won 19 games in 2007, but never had a shot at 20 that year because his 19th came in the final start. This time, he gets one crack at it, though he hasn’t had great success against the Rays this season: 0-1, 4.35 ERA in three starts this year.
ACE OF CLUB(S): How good has Sabathia been lately? He’s 9-0 with a 2.11 ERA in his last 11 starts. Whatever happens tonight, Joe Girardi has already named Sabathia his Game 1 starter in the playoffs.
CAPTAIN QUICK START: Derek Jeter hit a leadoff home run on Wednesday, and that was the 10th time in his last 16 games that he’s led off the Yankees half of the first inning with a hit. He’s done it a major-league most 52 times in 2009.
RAYS OF LIGHT: It isn’t the World Series run they had a year ago, but the Rays will finish with only the second winning record in franchise history. Considering the injuries they had this season, it’s an impressive feat by manager Joe Maddon. Look for the Rays to be players in the AL East for a while.
WPTY UPDATE: In the Who-Plays-The-Yankees race, Detroit sends Edwin Jackson (13-8, 3.36) against Chicago’s Jake Peavy (8-6, 3.75), while the Twins pitch Jeff Manship (0-1, 5.81) against Kansas City’s Lenny DiNardo (0-2, 7.52).
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