ALCS Game 5: Yankees @ Angels -- Live Chat @ 7:45 PM

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ALCS Game 5
Yankees @ Angels
Angel Stadium - Anaheim, CA
Game Time: 7:57 p.m.
TV: FOX | Radio: WCBS 880

Here are the lineups:

YANKEES (3-1)

Derek Jeter SS

Johnny Damon LF
Mark Teixeira 1B
Alex Rodriguez 3B
Hideki Matsui DH
Robinson Cano 2B
Nick Swisher RF
Melky Cabrera CF
Jose Molina C

Pitching: RHP A.J. Burnett (0-0, 2.19 ERA)

ANGELS (1-3)

Chone Figgins 3B

Bobby Abreu RF
Torii Hunter CF
Vladimir Guerrero DH
Kendry Morales 1B
Maicer Izturis 2B
Juan Rivera LF
Jeff Mathis C
Erick Aybar SS

Pitching: RHP John Lackey (1-1, 1.38 ERA)

Yankees vs. Lackey

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
Alex Rodriguez	51	9	1	1	4	6	9	23	.176	.295	.471	.766
Mark Teixeira	49	19	2	0	2	11	6	5	.388	.464	.551	1.015
Johnny Damon	48	16	2	0	0	4	3	4	.333	.373	.375	.748
Derek Jeter	44	15	6	0	1	5	4	11	.341	.442	.545	.988
Nick Swisher	43	5	1	0	1	4	6	17	.116	.255	.209	.464
Jorge Posada	29	12	2	0	1	3	3	7	.414	.469	.586	1.055
Hideki Matsui	28	8	2	0	1	7	3	3	.286	.344	.464	.808
Robinson Cano	26	6	3	0	0	1	1	3	.231	.259	.346	.605
Melky Cabrera	25	9	2	0	0	1	1	5	.360	.385	.440	.825
Jerry Hairston Jr.	9	3	1	0	1	1	0	1	.333	.333	.778	1.111
Brett Gardner	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500
Jose Molina	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.500	.000	.500
Totals	357	103	22	1	11	43	36	81	.289	.365	.448	.813

Angels vs. Burnett

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
Bobby Abreu	64	20	6	0	1	11	12	18	.313	.416	.453	.869
Vladimir Guerrero	42	9	4	0	2	3	4	11	.214	.283	.452	.735
Torii Hunter	23	2	0	0	2	2	1	7	.087	.125	.348	.473
Maicer Izturis	16	4	1	0	0	3	2	4	.250	.333	.313	.646
Gary Matthews Jr.	13	2	2	0	0	2	2	2	.154	.267	.308	.574
Chone Figgins	12	5	1	1	0	1	0	2	.417	.417	.667	1.083
Howie Kendrick	11	4	1	0	0	3	1	5	.364	.417	.455	.871
Mike Napoli	11	4	0	0	2	2	1	3	.364	.417	.909	1.326
Juan Rivera	8	2	0	0	0	0	2	2	.250	.400	.250	.650
Kendry Morales	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	.167	.167	.167	.333
Jeff Mathis	5	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	.400	.500	.400	.900
Erick Aybar	5	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	.200	.167	.400	.567
Reggie Willits	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000
Totals	217	56	16	1	7	29	25	62	.258	.335	.438	.772

News & Notes

- At 103-59 the Yankees had the best record in all of baseball. And at 46-35 they had the second best road record in the American League, behind only the Angels (48-33).

- The Yankees and Angels split the season series winning five games each. The Yankees were 2-4 against the Angels this year at Angel Stadium. Including the postseason the Yankees are 8-6 against the Angels.

- In six career starts against the Angles, A.J. Burnett is 2-2, with a 4.43 ERA. In four starts in Anaheim Burnett is 1-2, with a 4.23 ERA. His only win came this year on September 23rd. That day he threw 5.2 innings and allowed 2 earned runs on 7 hits, walked 3 and struck out 11. He faced the Angels twice in the regular season this year and went 1-0, with a 4.26 ERA. In 12.2 innings he allowed 6 earned runs on 15 hits, walked 4, and struck out 16. In the Yankees game two win on Saturday A.J. allowed 2 earned runs on 3 hits, walked 2, and struck out 4 in 6.1 innings.

- John Lackey has made 16 career starts against the Yankees, and 5-7, with a 4.66 ERA. He won his only start against them this year, going 7 innings and allowing just 2 ER on 6 hits, walked 3, and struck out 6. He took the loss in game one, allowing 4 runs (2 earned) on 9 hits, walked 3, and struck out 3 in 5.2 innings. In 13 career postseason games (11 starts) Lackey is 3-4, with a 3.03 ERA.

- Alex Rodriguez has at least one RBI in each of the seven postseason games this season, and going back to 2007 he has RBI in his last eight postseason games. That ties him for a MLB record with Ryan Howard and Lou Gehrig.

- In 89 games regular season games at Angel Stadium A-Rod is hitting .335/.401/.716 with 37 HR and 82 RBI. In six games this season he hit .364/.375/1.091 with 5 HR and 9 RBI. This postseason A-Rod is hitting .407/.469/1.000 with 5 HR and 11 RBI.

- Derek Jeter is hitting .323/.417/.677 with 3 HR and 5 RBI.

- Mark Teixeira is just 4-for-30 this postseason, with one homer and 1 RBI. At least he's still playing a gold glove first base.

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