Regular Season Game 38
Yankees @ Red Sox
Yankee Stadium – Bronx, NY
Game Time: 7:05 p.m.
TV: YES | Radio: WCBS | XM: 176


Here are the lineups:

YANKEES (24-13)
Derek Jeter SS
Brett Gardner CF
Mark Teixeira 1B
Alex Rodriguez DH
Robinson Cano 2B
Francisco Cervelli C
Marcus Thames RF
Randy Winn LF
Ramiro Pena 3B

Pitching: RHP Phil Hughes (5-0, 1.38 ERA)

RED SOX (19-19)
Marco Scutaro SS
Dustin Pedroia 2B
J.D. Drew RF
Kevin Youkilis 1B
Victor Martinez C
David Ortiz DH
Adrian Beltre 3B
Jeremy Hermida LF
Darnell McDonald CF

Pitching: RHP Daisuke Matsuzaka (2-1, 6.35 ERA)

Yankees vs. Matsuzaka

AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
R. Cano 19 4 1 0 1 1 1 7 .211 .250 .421 .671
A. Rodriguez 16 1 0 0 0 0 3 6 .063 .318 .063 .381
D. Jeter 14 6 0 0 2 3 2 1 .429 .556 .857 1.413
J. Posada 12 6 3 0 0 2 0 1 .500 .500 .750 1.250
N. Swisher 10 3 1 0 0 1 2 3 .300 .417 .400 .817
M. Teixeira 5 2 0 1 0 0 2 1 .400 .571 .800 1.371
M. Thames 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 .333 .333 1.333 1.667
R. Winn 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .333 .000 .333
B. Gardner 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Totals 83 23 5 1 4 8 11 20 .277 .394 .506 .900

Red Sox vs. Hughes

AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
M. Scutaro 12 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .250 .308 .250 .558
D. Pedroia 11 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .083 .000 .083
K. Youkilis 10 3 0 0 1 4 0 2 .300 .273 .600 .873
A. Beltre 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000
J.D. Drew 6 4 1 1 0 0 4 0 .667 .800 1.167 1.967
M. Lowell 5 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 .400 .400 1.000 1.400
V. Martinez 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 .600 .600 .800 1.400
D. Ortiz 4 3 2 0 0 3 2 1 .750 .714 1.250 1.964
J. Varitek 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .200 .000 .200
D. McDonald 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667
J. Hermida 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
B. Hall 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Totals 71 19 4 1 2 9 9 16 .268 .341 .437 .778
Data provided by Elias Sports Bureau via ESPN

News & Notes

 

– Phil Hughes has faced the Red Sox nine times (three as a starter) in his career. He’s gone 1-2 against the AL East rivals, with a 5.85 ERA. In his only start against Boston this year, Hughes went 7 innings, allowed 2 runs on 7 hits, walked 1 and struck out 7 in a win at Fenway. Here are some more of Hughes’ stats: K/9: 9.00, BB/9: 3.23, HR/9: 0.23, GB rate: 37.2%, FIP: 2.50, xFIP: 3.61, BABIP: .228.

– In seven career starts against the Yankees, Daisuke Matsuzaka is 3-3, with a 5.49 ERA. Three of those starts came in the Bronx, where he’s 1-2 with a 4.66 ERA. Matsuzaka took the loss in his one start against New York last year, despite allowing just one run on six hits in seven innings.

– Chan Ho Park was activated from the DL today. To make room on the roster, Ivan Nova has been optioned to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.

– According to Chad Jennings , Nick Swisher said his sore biceps felt a lot better today. Swish plans to take left-handed BP tomorrow afternoon. He could be back in the lineup tomorrow night.

– The Yankees have won four of the six meetings between these two rivals this year.

– Click on the team name for the Yankees or Red Sox 2010 batting stats.

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