Yankees - Mets@ Yankee Stadium
(3 games)
Both teams are stumbling into this series. The Yanks are in last place in the AL East, and sit 4.5 games behind the Tampa Bay Rays who just took three out of four from the Yanks in Tampa. The Yankees have scored just six runs in the last 42 innings.
The Mets are also struggling. They just dropped three out of four to the last place Nationals and have lost four of six overall. Yesterday's 1-0 loss to Washington was capped on by several terrible base running blunders, include Carlos Beltran getting doubled up off third to end the game. At 20-19 they're in 3rd place in the NL East and 2.5 games behind first place Florida.
Last season the teams split the season series with three wins each. In fact, they've split the season series in each of the past three seasons.
The weather for the weekend doesn't look too promising with rain expected all day and night on Friday, and late in the day on Saturday.
MATCHUPS
Game 1 - Tonight @ 7:05 p.m.
TV: MY9, SNY, Radio: WCBS 880, WFAN
Darrell Rasner RHP (2-0, 3.00) vs. Johan Santana LHP (4-2, 3.10)
Game 2 - Tomorrow @ 1:05 p.m.
TV: YES, SNY, Radio: WCBS 880, WFAN 660
Andy Pettitte LHP (3-4, 4.40) vs. Oliver Perez LHP (3-3, 4.61)
Game 3 - Sunday @ 8:05 p.m.
TV: ESPN, Radio: WCBS 880, WFAN 660
Chien-Ming Wang RHP (6-1, 2.90) vs. John Maine RHP (5-2, 2.81)
PLAYERS TO WATCH
Yankees - Derek Jeter: Whether it's the regular season or the postseason Derek Jeter kills the Mets. In 60 regular season games against the crosstown rivals he's hitting .381 with 11 HR, 31 RBI and an OPS of 1.015. And in the last 12 games again them he's hitting over .440.
Jeter vs. Perez: .333 (4-for-12), .929 OPS
Jeter vs. Maine: .600 (3-for-5) HR, 2 RBI, 2.000 OPS
Mets - David Wright: In his young career Wright has done very well against the Yankees, in 18 games he's hitting .323 with 5 HR, 15 RBI and an OPS of 1.044. He has struggled a bit this year hitting just .268, but his power numbers are still there with 7 HR and 32 RBI.
Wright vs. Rasner: NR
Wright vs. Pettitte: .385 (5-for-13) HR, 2 RBI, 1.121 OPS
Wright vs. Wang: 0-for-4
INJURY REPORT
- Alex Rodriguez is on the 15-day DL with a strained quad.
- Jorge Posada is on the DL with a shoulder injury.
- Phil Hughes is out until at least July with a stress fracture of the rib.
- Brian Bruney might miss the rest of the season with an injured foot.
- Wilson Betemit is on the 15-day DL with a strained right hamstring
- Jonathan Albaladejo is on the 15-day DL with a sprained ulnar collateral ligament and a strained posterior capsule in his elbow.
Mets:
- Scott Schoeneweis spent much of Wednesday morning in the hospital with severe abdomial pain. He's listed as day-to-day.
- Angel Pagan is on the 15-day DL with a bruised labrum in left shoulder.
- Pedro Martinez is on the DL with a hamstring injury
- Orlando Hernandez is on the 15-day DL with a strained tendon in his right foot.
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