Game 9: Yanks @ Rays

Regular Season Game 9
Yankees @ Rays
Tropicana Field - St. Petersburg, FL
Game Time: 4:08 p.m.
TV/Radio: YES, WCBS 880

Here are the lineups:

YANKEES (4-4)
Derek Jeter SS
Johnny Damon LF
Mark Teixeira 1B
Nick Swisher RF
Jorge Posada DH
Robinson Cano 2B
Brett Gardner CF
Ramiro Pena 3B
Jose Molina C

Pitching: Andy Pettitte LHP (1-0, 1.29 ERA)

RAYS (4-4)
B.J. Upton CF
Carl Crawford LF
Pat Burrell DH
Carlos Pena 1B
Willy Aybar 3B
Jason Bartlett SS
Gabe Kapler RF
Michael Hernandez C
Akinori Iwamura 2B

Pitching: Andy Sonnanstine RHP (0-1, 9.64 ERA)

News & Notes

***NADY UPDATES***

- As you probably know by now it's very likely that Xavier Nady will need surgery and miss the remainder of the season. If there are any more updates I will post them here.

- The guys over at RAB are reporting that Austin Jackson and Kevin Russo have been lifted from today's SWB Yanks game.

Not sure if this means anything, but based on today's news on Nady it's pretty interesting.

... Now on to the game notes:

- Andy Pettitte is 15-4 with a 3.63 ERA in 24 career starts against the Rays. He is 8-2, with a 3.27 ERA in 12 starts at Tropicana Field. And last year he was 2-2 with a 4.12 ERA in four starts.

- In his career Andy Sonnanstine is 2-1, with a 6.08 ERA in four starts against the Yanks. Last year he was 1-0 with a 10.61 ERA in two starts.

- The Yanks did something very odd with Chien-Ming Wang today. They had him pitch batting practice this afternoon at Tropicana Field. Apparently they wanted him to throw on a major league mound with hitters in the batter box. Hope it works. Here's what David Cone said about Wang's BP session via Pete Abe:

David Cone was standing behind the cage. “He looked good to me because everything was down, even when he missed,” Cone said. “That’s what you want to see from a sinkerball pitcher.”

- Evan Longoria will miss today's game to attend to a family issue in California.

- Today is Jackie Robinson Day throughout the majors and every single person in uniform will be wearing #42 in honor of the man who broke baseball's color barrier.

- About a year ago a caller called in to the Michael Kay show to complain about how many times he says no-hitter, or this pitcher is pitching a no-hitter, etc. Well, like he does when you suggest he's a Yankees fans, he goes crazy. I figured since Burnett had the near no-no yesterday, and, like always, Kay wouldn't shut up about it, today was a good day to post this.

Yanks vs. Sonnanstine

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
D. Jeter	13	6	1	1	0	3	0	2	.462	.462	.692	1.154
J. Damon	12	3	1	0	1	3	1	3	.250	.308	.583	.891
N. Swisher	12	2	0	0	0	0	1	3	.167	.231	.167	.397
A. Rodriguez	11	4	0	0	1	2	0	0	.364	.364	.636	1.000
H. Matsui	10	3	1	0	2	2	0	2	.300	.300	1.000	1.300
R. Cano	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
J. Posada	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.125	.125	.125	.250
M. Cabrera	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400
X. Nady	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667
J. Molina	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500
M. Teixeira	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.667	.000	.667
Totals	86	22	4	1	4	10	3	13	.256	.289	.465	.754

Rays vs. Pettitte

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
C. Pena	27	9	0	2	2	5	4	6	.333	.455	.704	1.158
C. Crawford	27	7	0	0	0	1	2	4	.259	.310	.259	.570
A. Iwamura	21	3	0	0	0	1	2	7	.143	.217	.143	.360
B.J. Upton	18	5	1	0	0	2	2	3	.278	.333	.333	.667
G. Kapler	14	4	0	0	0	1	1	2	.286	.333	.286	.619
P. Burrell	12	3	0	1	0	1	1	4	.250	.308	.417	.724
D. Navarro	12	4	0	0	1	2	1	2	.333	.385	.583	.968
J. Bartlett	11	4	1	1	0	3	0	0	.364	.364	.636	1.000
W. Aybar	8	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.125	.222	.125	.347
E. Longoria	8	1	1	0	0	0	1	5	.125	.222	.250	.472
B. Zobrist	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333
E. Johnson	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.400	.400	.400	.800
S. Riggans	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667
J. Ruggiano	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	.500	.667	.500	1.167
Totals	174	46	3	4	3	16	16	36	.264	.332	.379	.711

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