Regular Season Game 17: Yankees @ Angels

Regular Season Game 17

Yankees @ Angels

Angel Stadium - Anaheim, CA
Game Time: 4:10 p.m.
TV: FOX | Radio: WCBS | XM: 176

Here are the lineups:

YANKEES (11-5)
Derek Jeter SS
Brett Gardner LF
Mark Teixeira 1B
Alex Rodriguez DH
Robinson Cano 2B
Nick Swisher RF
Curtis Granderson CF
Ramiro Pena 3B
Francisco Cervelli C

Pitching: LHP Andy Pettitte (2-0, 1.35 ERA)

ANGELS (9-9)
Erick Aybar SS
Bobby Abreu RF
Torii Hunter CF
Hideki Matsui DH
Kendry Morales 1B
Juan Rivera LF
Howie Kendrick 2B
Mike Napoli C
Brandon Wood 3B

Pitching: RHP Joel Pineiro (2-1, 1.77 ERA)

Yankees vs. Pineiro

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
M. Teixeira	34	8	4	0	2	10	5	8	.235	.333	.529	.863
A. Rodriguez	30	4	1	0	0	1	1	10	.133	.188	.167	.354
D. Jeter	30	7	0	0	2	2	2	2	.233	.324	.433	.757
J. Posada	23	5	2	0	1	4	2	7	.217	.259	.435	.694
N. Swisher	23	7	1	1	0	3	3	5	.304	.393	.435	.828
R. Winn	18	6	0	0	0	2	1	1	.333	.400	.333	.733
N. Johnson	18	4	0	0	0	2	2	4	.222	.286	.222	.508
C. Granderson	12	1	0	0	0	1	1	2	.083	.143	.083	.226
R. Cano	10	5	3	0	0	1	0	1	.500	.500	.800	1.300
M. Thames	7	1	1	0	0	1	1	2	.143	.250	.286	.536
B. Gardner	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Totals	207	48	12	1	5	27	18	42	.232	.302	.372	.674

Angels vs. Pettitte

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
T. Hunter	35	8	2	0	1	10	3	12	.229	.275	.371	.646
B. Abreu	24	6	0	0	0	3	3	8	.250	.333	.250	.583
E. Aybar	19	8	1	0	0	2	1	2	.421	.450	.474	.924
R. Quinlan	18	6	1	0	0	2	1	1	.333	.368	.389	.757
H. Kendrick	18	4	0	0	0	0	1	2	.222	.263	.222	.485
J. Rivera	14	3	0	0	1	4	0	1	.214	.214	.429	.643
M. Napoli	9	5	1	0	0	0	2	2	.556	.636	.667	1.303
K. Morales	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500
R. Willits	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000
M. Izturis	4	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	.500	.600	.500	1.100
B. Wood	4	2	0	0	1	2	2	0	.500	.667	1.250	1.917
H. Matsui	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000
Totals	162	46	5	0	3	23	14	37	.284	.337	.370	.707

Data provided by Elias Sports Bureau via ESPN

News & Notes

- Nick Johnson is out with a stiff back. Between the lack of hitting and how fragile he is, I'm really starting to wish they had resigned Hideki Matsui.

- Andy Pettitte has made 29 career starts against the Angels and is 13-10 with a 4.55 ERA. He pitched six shutout on his way to a win against the Angels back on Opening Day. He's 6-7 with a 4.19 ERA in 16 career starts in Anaheim.

- Joel Pineiro has faced the Yankees 17 times, nine as a starter, and is 3-3, with a 3.22 ERA. He beat the Yankees in the Bronx earlier this month, allowing just one run on five hits in 7 innings pitched.

- In his last 12 games, Alex Rodriguez is hitting .400/.558/.675 with 2 HR, 3 doubles, and 9 RBI.

- With Marcus Thames hitting .500 against Pineiro in his career, maybe today wouldn't have been a bad game to start him. I thought Joe lived by these splits.

Here's Torii Hunter on Mark Teixeira running over catcher Bobby Wilson yesterday:

“He gave him the plate. You can either slide there or take him out,” Hunter said. “I thought it was a little too early in the game to take him out. If he slides, he’s safe regardless. I guess he was on a mission.”

I'm not agreeing that it's ever too early to do that, but I do actually think he was on a mission too. Tex was pissed; he's not hitting and he just got plunked.

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