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Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Game 8: Yankees at Rays

New York Yankees (3-4) Tampa Bay Rays (4-3)
Brett Gardner CF B.J. Upton CF
Derek Jeter SS Carl Crawford LF
Mark Teixeira 1B Evan Longoria 3B
Nick Swisher LF Carlos Pena 1B
Jorge Posada DH Pat Burrell DH
Robinson Cano 2B Dioner Navarro C
Xavier Nady RF Ben Zobrist RF
Ramiro Pena 3B Akinori Iwamura 2B
Jose Molina C Jason Bartlett SS


A.J. Burnett RHP (1-0, 3.38 ERA) vs. Matt Garza RHP (1-0, 1.29 ERA)

Time: 7:08 p.m.
TV: MY9 
Radio: WCBS-AM 880, XM 176

Yankees vs. Garza

  • Gardner: 0-2, RBI
  • Jeter: 4-11, RBI
  • Teixeira: 0-3, RBI
  • Swisher: 0-1
  • Posada: 2-3, RBI
  • Cano: 5-11, 2B, 2 RBI
  • Nady: 1-5, HR, 2 RBI
  • Molina: 0-3

Rays vs. Burnett

  • Upton: 4-15, RBI
  • Crawford: 13-36, 2 2B, HR, 3 RBI
  • Longoria: 1-10
  • Pena: 2-19, HR, 2 RBI
  • Burrell: 9-36, 2 2B, 2 HR, 8 RBI
  • Navarro: 4-20, 2B, HR, 2 RBI
  • Zobrist: 1-5, HR, 2 RBI
  • Iwamura: 5-18, 2B, 2 RBI
  • Bartlett: 5-14, 2B, HR, 2 RBI

Notes: Burnett is 2-2 with a 2.30 ERA in seven career starts at Tropicana Field. … Garza is 1-2 with a 4.56 ERA in 23 2/3 career innings against the Yankees. … This is Teixeira’s first start since April 10 in Kansas City.

3 comments:

EddieBaseball said...

Should Damon be sitting against a righty? It seems Girardi could've fit in Swisher in RF in lieu of Nady, although I don't know Nady's numbers against Garza. Strange.

Andrew Fletcher said...

Damon is only 1-for-10 against Garza.

Andrew Fletcher said...

Damon has the flu, according to Peter Abraham.

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