Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Yanks at Phillies Game Thread

Spring Training Game 26
Yankees at Phillies
Bright House Field - Clearwater, FL
Game Time: 1:05 p.m.
TV/radio: none

Here are the lineups:

YANKEES
Gardner CF
Cano 2B
Abreu RF
Rodriguez 3B
Giambi 1B
Posada C
Betemit SS
Lane LF
Wang RHP

Pitching: Wang (75 pitches)

PHILLIES
Rollins SS
Dobbs 3B
Utley 2B
Howard 1B
Burrell LF
Jenkins RF
Werth CF
Coste C
Myers P

Pitching: Myers

NOTES:

- Pettitte threw a 36-pitch bullpen session today and felt fine. "I got through it, and I felt good doing it," he said.

- Wang has to bat, but has according to Peter Abraham, has been instructed not to swing.

- Damon, who is still battling the flu, will not play today.

- Mariano Rivera, Kyle Farnsworth and Sean Henn will pitch in a minor-leagie game today (hat tip to Ed Price).

4 Comments:

Anonymous said...

I really wish we would get to see Ensberg get a few more starts at first..I don't mind the pinch hits but to be an everyday starter he needs more experience at first.

Greg Cohen said...

I agree that if he's going to play everyday, he needs to start. But I don't think that's Girardi's plan. I think he wants Giambi as the everyday first baseman, and he's going to have Ensberg and Duncan fight for time vs. lefties.

Anonymous said...

Well it is a proven fact that Giambi's offensive numbers are drastically higher when he starts at first.

Greg Cohen said...

Exactly, which is another reason I think Girardi is set on playing him as often as possible.