Game 36 Preview: Indians at Yankees

Cleveland Indians (16-17)	New York Yankees (17-18)
Grady Sizemore CF	Johnny Damon LF
Jamey Carroll 3B	Derek Jeter SS
David Dellucci DH	Bobby Abreu RF
Jhonny Peralta SS	Hideki Matsui DH
Ben Francisco LF	Jason Giambi 1B
Franklin Gutierrez RF	Melky Cabrera CF
Ryan Garko 1B	Robinson Cano 2B
Casey Blake 3B	Wilson Betemit 3B
Kelly Shoppach C	Jose Molina C

Paul Byrd (1-2, 3.74 ERA) vs. Mike Mussina (4-3, 4.23 ERA)

Time: 1:05 p.m.
TV: YES, MLB.TV
Radio: WCBS-AM 880, XM Radio Channel 176

Indians vs. Mussina

• Sizemore: 2-15, 1 RBI
  
• Carroll: 0-3
  
• Dellucci: 2-8
  
• Peralta: 7-20, 1 2B, 1 HR, 4 RBI
  
• Francisco: No experience
  
• Gutierrez: 2-5
  
• Garko: 1-5
  
• Blake: 7-17, 2 2B, 1 RBI
  
• Shoppach: 0-5

Yankees vs. Byrd

• Damon: 4-22, 2 2B, 2 RBI
  
• Jeter: 11-30, 3 2B, 1 3B, 3 RBI
  
• Abreu: 3-8, 2 RBI
  
• Matsui: 2-8, 1 HR, 1 RBI
  
• Giambi: 5-16, 3 HR, 4 RBI
  
• Cabrera: 3-7, 1 HR, 6 RBI
  
• Cano: 2-10, 1 2B, 1 HR, 1 RBI
  
• Betemit: 1-4, 1 2B
  
• Molina: 1-3

Pregame concerns: Byrd won his April 25 start against the Yankees. He pitched 5 2-3 innings, allowing four earned runs and six hits. Giambi hit two home runs and Matsui added a solo home run as well. ... Mussina won his April 28 start against Cleveland. He gave up two earned runs and four hits in seven innings.