Game 19: Yanks vs. Twins

Spring Training Game 19
Yankees vs. Twins
George M. Steinbrenner Field - Tampa, FL
Game Time: 1:15 p.m.
TV/radio: MLB.tv; WCBS 880

Here are the lineups:

YANKEES
Jorge Posada C
Johnny Damon LF
Mark Teixeira 1B
Hideki Matsui DH
Nick Swisher RF
Melky Cabrera CF
Angel Berroa 3B
Ramiro Pena SS
Doug Bernier 2B

Pitching: Andy Pettitte, Phil Coke, and Jose Veras.

TWINS
Denard Span LF
Luke Hughes 2B
Carlos Gomez CF
Jason Kubel DH
Brendan Harris 3B
Brian Buscher 1B
Mike Redmond C
David Winfree RF
Trevor Plouffe SS

Pitching: Glen Perkins, Nick Blackburn, Rob Delaney, Sean Henn, and Ben Julianel.

News & Notes:

- Robinson Cano and Damaso Marte are having their MRI's today. I'll post an update as soon as I read or hear anything about the results.

***MRI UPDATE*** Marc Carig reports that today's scheduled MRI's Cano and Marte have "been bumped back to Monday when the team will have access to equipment that should provide a more helpful reading, New York Yankees general manger Brian Cashman said."

- Jorge Posada will be behind the plate for the first time this spring today. He'll catch for three innings.

- Alex Rodriguez is off crutches. "He was in a good frame of mind. He asked how I was doing and how the club was doing," Joe Girardi said. "He said, 'Keep going.' The next step is getting into a pool, walking or jogging."

- Cuts: According to Peter Abraham, Jesus Montero, Christian Garcia, Mark Melancon, Kevin Russo, Kyle Anson and Ian Kennedy were all reassigned to minor-league camp. Yesterday the Yankees sent Colin Curtis and Austin Romine to minor-league camp and optioned out Mike Dunn.

- If you don't want to listen to Suzyn Waldman and John Sterling you can always follow the game on MLB.com's live boxscore.

UPDATE 1:47 p.m.: The Yankees took a 1-0 lead on an RBI ground out from Hideki Matsui in the first. They added another run on a RBI single from Ramiro Pena in the second.

Andy Pettitte has allowed two hits in two scoreless innings so far.

UPDATE 1:58 p.m.: Pettitte pitched another scoreless inning. Pettitte is done, 3 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K

The Yankees added a third run in the third. Posada double, Damon moved him over to third, and Teixeira drove him in with a sac-fly. 3-0 Yanks.

UPDATE 2:05 p.m.: Posada is catching his fourth inning, so much for that three inning limit.

UPDATE 2:14 p.m.: Posada is done for day, four innings behind the plate, and at the plate he went 2-for-2 with a double and two runs scored.

UPDATE 3:33 p.m.: After the Twins scored a run off Phil Coke to make it 3-1 the Yankees added two more on a two-run double by Angel Berroa to extend their lead to 5-1.

And that's how the game ended, Yanks win 5-1.

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