Game 79: Yankees vs. Blue Jays

Regular Season Game 79

Yankees vs. Blue Jays
New Yankee Stadium - Bronx, NY
Game Time: 1:05 p.m.
TV: YES | Radio: WCBS 880

Here are the lineups:

YANKEES (45-33)
Derek Jeter SS
Johnny Damon LF
Mark Teixeira 1B
Alex Rodriguez 3B
Robinson Cano 2B
Nick Swisher RF
Hideki Matsui DH
Francisco Cervelli C
Brett Gardner CF

Pitching: RHP A.J. Burnett (6-4, 3.93 ERA)

BLUE JAYS (42-38)
Marco Scutaro SS
Aaron Hill 2B
Adam Lind DH
Scott Rolen 3B
Lyle Overbay 1B
Vernon Wells CF
Alex Rios RF
David Dellucci LF
Raul Chavez C

Pitching: LHP Brian Tallet (5-5, 4.47 ERA)

Yanks vs. Tallet

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
J. Damon	16	5	2	0	0	0	2	3	.313	.421	.438	.859
R. Cano	15	4	2	0	0	1	0	4	.267	.313	.400	.713
A. Rodriguez	12	1	0	0	1	1	1	3	.083	.154	.333	.487
D. Jeter	11	3	0	0	0	2	1	3	.273	.333	.273	.606
H. Matsui	11	6	2	1	1	4	1	0	.545	.583	1.182	1.765
M. Cabrera	11	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	.091	.231	.091	.322
J. Posada	8	1	1	0	0	0	2	2	.125	.300	.250	.550
M. Teixeira	5	3	0	0	1	2	3	0	.600	.750	1.200	1.950
N. Swisher	5	2	1	0	0	1	2	1	.400	.571	.600	1.171
X. Nady	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500
E. Hinske	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000
J. Molina	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667
B. Gardner	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.333	.500	.333	.833
F. Cervelli	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667
K. Cash	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Totals	112	30	8	1	3	13	15	22	.268	.364	.438	.802

Jays vs. Burnett

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
M. Barrett	25	7	4	0	1	6	2	4	.280	.333	.560	.893
S. Rolen	22	3	1	0	0	3	2	4	.136	.208	.182	.390
K. Millar	21	4	0	0	1	2	3	5	.190	.292	.333	.625
L. Overbay	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000
M. Scutaro	12	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.250	.308	.250	.558
R. Barajas	7	2	1	0	1	3	1	1	.286	.333	.857	1.190
A. Hill	4	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	.500	.500	1.250	1.750
V. Wells	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.250	.000	.250
A. Rios	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	.333	.500	.667	1.167
T. Snider	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.333	.667
J. McDonald	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000
J. Inglett	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.500	.667	.500	1.167
A. Lind	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.000	.500	.000	.500
Totals	118	24	7	0	4	15	14	22	.203	.286	.364	.650

News & Notes

- The Yanks head into play today three games behind Boston in the division and two games ahead of Tampa in the Wild Card race.

- A.J. Burnett has faced the Blue Jays twice in his career, once in 2001, and then again this season. He's 1-1, with a 3.24 ERA. He pitched a complete game to beat them as a Marlin back in '01, but lost in his only start against them this year, allowing five runs on seven hits and four walks in 7.2 innings pitched.

- Brian Tallet has made 21 appearances against the Yanks in his career, but just one start. The start came on May 14th of this season and he went 6 innings, allowing two runs on four hits, walked five and struck out two on his was to a no decision. Overall against the Yanks he's 1-0 with a 2.88 ERA. In the Bronx he has an ERA of 3.38 in 11 relief appearances.

- Jorge Posada is still nursing a swollen left thumb. He's listed as day-to-day.

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