Game 26: Yankees vs. Red Sox (Posada Update)

Regular Season Game 26
Yankees vs. Red Sox
New Yankee Stadium - The Bronx, NY
Game Time: 7:05 p.m.
TV/Radio: YES, WCBS 880

Here are the lineups:

YANKEES (13-12)
Derek Jeter SS
Johnny Damon LF
Mark Teixeira 1B
Hideki Matsui DH
Robinson Cano 2B
Nick Swisher RF
Melky Cabrera CF
Ramiro Pena 3B
Jose Molina C

Pitching: Joba Chamberlain RHP (1-0, 3.13 ERA)

RED SOX (16-10)
Jacoby Ellsbury CF
Dustin Pedroia 2B
David Ortiz DH
Jason Bay LF
Mike Lowell 3B
J.D. Drew RF
Jeff Bailey 1B
Jason Varitek C
Nick Green SS

Pitching: Josh Beckett RHP (2-2, 7.22 ERA)

Yanks vs. Beckett

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
D. Jeter	37	12	1	0	1	3	2	3	.324	.359	.432	.791
J. Damon	35	10	5	0	1	6	3	8	.286	.342	.514	.856
A. Rodriguez	34	11	3	0	1	7	5	7	.324	.410	.500	.910
R. Cano	33	12	4	0	2	9	4	3	.364	.432	.667	1.099
M. Cabrera	30	9	1	0	0	4	2	6	.300	.353	.333	.686
J. Posada	26	9	1	0	0	3	2	6	.346	.393	.385	.777
H. Matsui	17	3	0	1	0	0	1	3	.176	.222	.294	.516
N. Swisher	12	5	0	0	1	2	2	3	.417	.500	.667	1.167
J. Molina	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	.100	.100	.100	.200
M. Teixeira	9	1	0	0	0	0	3	3	.111	.333	.111	.444
A. Berroa	8	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	.375	.375	.500	.875
B. Gardner	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000
Totals	259	76	16	1	6	34	24	50	.293	.354	.432	.787

Red Sox vs. Chamberlain

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
J.D. Drew	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.000	.091	.000	.091
M. Lowell	10	4	1	0	1	1	1	1	.400	.455	.800	1.255
D. Ortiz	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	.222	.222	.222	.444
D. Pedroia	9	4	2	0	0	2	2	1	.444	.545	.667	1.212
J. Ellsbury	9	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	.111	.200	.111	.311
K. Youkilis	6	2	0	0	0	0	5	2	.333	.636	.333	.970
J. Bay	5	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	.600	.667	.800	1.467
J. Varitek	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.250	.400	.250	.650
J. Lugo	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000
N. Green	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	.667	.667	.667	1.333
J. Lowrie	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
M. Kotsay	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000	3.000
R. Baldelli	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Totals	72	20	5	0	1	4	11	17	.278	.381	.389	.770

News & Notes

- UPDATE 7:05 p.m.: Here's an update on some minor league transactions from Chad Jennings:

C P.J. Pilittere has been transferred from Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (Triple-A) to Trenton, and RHP Humberto Sanchez has been placed on Trenton's Disabled List retroactive to the date he was re-signed by the Yankees (5/1).

- UPDATE 5:52 p.m.: Another update from Peter Abraham: Posada has a grade 2 strain, and that likely means that a return in 2-3 weeks won't happen. Here's a quote from Jorge:

“It’s disappointing, but I know I can come back,” he said. “But it’s tough on me, it’s tough on me because I worked really hard to come back. I did everything I could with my body to be back. It’s one of those things you can’t control. You try to stay positive but it’s not easy right now.”

As we all know Jorge Posada is headed to the 15-day DL. According to Peter Abraham, the Yankees are saying he will be out for 2-3 weeks, but he also says that "within the clubhouse, the fear is that it could be more like 3-5 weeks."

That really, really sucks.

Francisco Cervelli has been called up to replace him on the roster. He was the only other catcher on the 40-man roster. Cervelli, however, is just hitting .190/.266/.310 with two homers and seven RBI for Double-A Trenton.

If you were wondering, here's a list of free agent catchers that are still on the market from MLB Trade Rumors:

Paul Bako (37)
Gary Bennett (37)
Rob Bowen (28)
Johnny Estrada (33)
Toby Hall (33)
Paul Lo Duca (37) - Type B, not offered arb
Javier Valentin (33)

Not a very impressive list.

- Joba Chamberlain has done well against Boston in his career. Posting a 2-0 record and a 2.78 ERA in seven games (three starts). In one start against the Sox this season Joba pitched 5.1 innings, and allowed two runs (one earned) on nine hits, walked four and struck out two. He got a no decision.

- Josh Beckett has made 13 starts in his career against the Yankees and he's 7-4, with a 5.90 ERA. In six starts at Yankee Stadium he's 4-2, 5.66 ERA. He started one game last weekend at Fenway and took a no decision. In five innings he allowed eight runs on ten hits, walked four and struck out three.

Beckett is having a lot of trouble with men on base so far this year. In 68 plate appearances With the bases empty hitters are batting .254/.309/.333 with a homer a five RBI, he's also walked five and struck out 19. With men on batters are hitting .309/.456/.589 with 2 homers and 11 RBI, and Beckett has walked 11 and struck out 12.

- Melky Cabrera has an eight game hitting streak.

- Alex Rodriguez went 3-for-5 in today's extended spring training game. He homered twice, singled, and made several plays in the field.

- Joe Girardi sounded optimistic today when speaking about Xavier Nady possibly returning earlier than expected, "He feels good, and that's good," Girardi said to Marc Carig of NJ.com. "And he hasn't had any setbacks, he hasn't had any problems with the exercise program that they've given him. It might be something. So it might be something where we see him playing earlier than we thought."

- Brian Bruney, on the other hand, did not sound as optimistic. He still believes he's at least two weeks away from returning. "It's an elbow injury, man," said Bruney. "You've got to be careful with elbows. If you do a little bit too much, and you're ready to do it, you're out for a year-and-a-half. You've got to baby them."

- Kevin Youkilis is out with sore back.

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