Game 55: Yanks v.s Rays

Regular Season Game 55
New York Yankees v.s Tampa Bay Rays
Game Time: 1:05 p.m. @ New Yankee Stadium - The Bronx, NY
TV | Radio: YES, WCBS 880

STARTING LINEUPS:
YANKEES (32-22)

1. Derek Jeter SS
2. Johnny Damon LF
3. Mark Teixeira 1B
4. Alex Rodriguez 3B
5. Jorge Posada DH
6. Robinson Cano 2B
7. Nick Swisher 1B
8. Melky Cabrera CF
9. Francisco Cervelli C

Pitching For The Yanks: LHP CC Sabathia (5-3, 3.46).

RAYS (28-28)

Lineup TBA

Pitching For The Rays: LHP David Price (1-0, 3.00).

PLAYER STATS

Yanks vs. Price


ABH2B3BHRRBIBBSOBAOBPSLGOPS X. Nady 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 A. Rodriguez 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 1.000 1.500 D. Jeter 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 .500 .500 2.000 2.500 J. Damon 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 C. Ransom 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 B. Gardner 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 R. Cano 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Totals143101101.214.214.500.714
Rays vs. Sabathia


ABH2B3BHRRBIBBSOBAOBPSLGOPS J. Bartlett 29 9 2 0 1 2 1 5 .310 .344 .483 .827 C. Crawford 25 6 2 0 0 1 0 5 .240 .240 .320 .560 C. Pena 21 4 1 0 2 2 3 8 .190 .292 .524 .815 G. Kapler 11 4 0 0 1 1 3 2 .364 .500 .636 1.136 A.Iwamura 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 .100 .100 .100 .200 D. Navarro 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .167 .167 .167 .333 B.J. Upton 6 2 0 0 2 2 0 2 .333 .333 1.333 1.667 P. Burrell 5 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 .200 .333 .400 .733 B. Zobrist 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 .250 .250 .500 .750 Totals1172970610829.248.299.462.761
NEWS AND NOTES
(Hat tip to Pete Abe)

• The Yankees have won three of four, six of eight and 17 of 22. They're a half-game ahead of Boston.
• The Yankees are 16-10 at home, having won 10 of the last 13 games. … The Yankees leads the majors with 19 come-from-behind wins. They are 8-4 in one-run games.
• The Yankees are 2-3 against the Rays this season.
• The Yankees were 71 of 292 (.243) with RISP over their first 33 games. They are 67 of 213 (.315) in the 22 games since.
• CC Sabathia is 4-0, 2.08 in his last five starts. He has allowed only 26 hits in his last 39 innings while striking out 32. He is facing the Rays for the the first time since 2007. He is 7-1, 2.44 against the Rays in 11 career starts. CC will be working on six days of rest.
• Mark Teixeira is 36 of 98 (.367) with 23 runs scored, 21 extra-base hits, 32 RBI and 10 walks in the last 25 games.
• Nick Swisher is 9 of his last 19 with five RBI over six games. He has taken his batting average from .223 to .251.
• Joe Girardi needs a win to have 200 as a manager. He is 199-179 with the Marlins and Yankees.
• Alex Rodriguez has gone 43 at-bats without a home run. He is 8 of 34 (.235) with one extra-base hit in the last nine games.