Regular Season Game 52

Yankees vs. Orioles
Yankee Stadium: Bronx, NY
Game Time: 7:05 p.m.
TV: YES | Radio: WCBS | XM: 176

Lineups:

YANKEES (31-20)

Derek Jeter SS
Nick Swisher RF
Mark Teixeira 1B
Alex Rodriguez 3B
Robinson Cano 2B
Marcus Thames DH
Francisco Cervelli C
Curtis Granderson CF
Kevin Russo LF

Pitching: RHP Javier Vazquez (3-5, 6.86 ERA)

 

ORIOLES (15-36)

Corey Patterson LF
Miguel Tejada 3B
Nick Markakis RF
Ty Wigginton 1B
Luke Scott DH
Matt Wieters C
Adam Jones CF
Julio Lugo 2B
Cesar Izturis SS

Pitching: LHP Brian Matusz ( 2-5, 5.76 ERA)

 

Yankees vs. Matusz

AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
D. Jeter 11 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 .364 .364 .455 .818
M. Thames 9 5 2 0 0 1 0 1 .556 .556 .778 1.333
N. Swisher 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
R. Cano 9 3 1 0 1 1 0 1 .333 .333 .778 1.111
A. Rodriguez 7 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 .143 .222 .286 .508
M. Teixeira 7 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 .286 .333 .429 .762
F. Cervelli 6 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 1.000 1.667
B. Gardner 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .167 .000 .167
C. Granderson 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
R. Pena 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Totals 68 19 6 1 1 6 3 6 .279 .301 .441 .743

 

Orioles vs. Vazquez

AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
T. Wigginton 31 11 2 0 3 8 2 8 .355 .394 .710 1.104
J. Lugo 30 8 1 0 1 5 2 8 .267 .313 .400 .713
M. Tejada 23 8 3 0 1 7 2 0 .348 .407 .609 1.016
C. Izturis 18 7 3 0 0 2 1 2 .389 .400 .556 .956
C. Patterson 15 5 0 0 0 2 0 7 .333 .375 .333 .708
N. Markakis 12 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 .250 .250 .333 .583
M. Aubrey 6 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 .167 .167 .667 .833
G. Atkins 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400
L. Scott 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667
A. Jones 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 1.000 1.333
Totals 146 46 10 1 6 26 7 30 .315 .350 .521 .871

Data provided by Elias Sports Bureau via ESPN

News and Notes:

According to Brian Heyman, Jorge Posada says he’s ready and expects to be activated and return to the lineup tomorrow. Heyman also said that Posada will start out as the DH once he returns.

Javier Vazquez has made 12 career starts against the Orioles and is 6-2, with a 4.80 ERA. This will be his first start against them since the 2008 season.

Here are some of Javy’s 2010 stats: FIP: 5.83, xFIP: 5.00, BABIP: .310, K/9: 7.71, BB/9: 4.71, HR/9: 1.93, GB rate: 33.1%.

In three career starts against the Yankees, Brian Matusz is 1-2, with a 2.37 ERA. In two starts this year he’s 0-2, but has posted a respectable 3.00 ERA.

In 12 innings pitched against the Yanks this year, he’s allowed six runs (four earned) on 15 hits, three walks, and four strikeouts.

Robinson Cano has an 14-game hitting streak. Over the course of the streak, he’s hitting .450/.452/.683 with 2 HR, 17 RBI, 8 doubles, and he’s walked just one time.

Derek Jeter comes into tonight with an eight-game hitting streak. He’s also hit safely in 17 of his last 18, and in those 18 games has hit .358/.409/.457 with a homer, nine RBI, and five doubles.

Nick Swisher has a six-game hitting streak, and is hitting .444/.483/.815 with two HR, four RBI, and four doubles.

Alex Rodriguez is hitting .341/.412/.580 with five HR, six doubles, and 24 RBI since May 7th.

The Yankees are 5-1 against the Orioles this season.

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