Game 161: Yankees @ Rays

Regular Season Game 161

Yankees @ Rays
Tropicana Field - Tampa, FL
Game Time: 7:08 p.m.
TV: YES | Radio: WCBS

Here are the lineups:

YANKEES (102-58)
Brett Gardner CF
Johnny Damon LF
Mark Teixeira 1B
Hideki Matsui DH
Jorge Posada C
Robinson Cano 2B
Nick Swisher RF
Erick Hinske 3B
Jerry Hairston Jr. SS

Pitching: LHP Andy Pettitte (14-7, 4.11 ERA)

RAYS (83-77)
Jason Bartlett SS
Carl Crawford LF
Evan Longoria 3B
Ben Zobrist 1B
B.J. Upton CF
Gabe Kapler RF
Pat Burrell DH
Dioner Navarro C
Akinori Iwamura 2B

Pitching: RHP Jeff Niemann (12-6, 3.94 ERA)

Yanks vs. Niemann

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
M. Teixeira	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000
N. Swisher	6	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	.333	.500	.333	.833
D. Jeter	5	4	2	0	0	0	1	0	.800	.833	1.200	2.033
J. Damon	5	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	.400	.500	.400	.900
R. Cano	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000
A. Rodriguez	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000
H. Matsui	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.400	.250	.650
J. Molina	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000
B. Gardner	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000
E. Hinske	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
R. Pena	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000
M. Cabrera	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.000	1.000	.000	1.000
Totals	43	12	2	0	0	0	7	8	.279	.392	.326	.718

Rays vs. Pettitte

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
C. Crawford	36	11	1	0	0	2	2	4	.306	.342	.333	.675
C. Pena	35	11	0	2	4	7	4	11	.314	.429	.771	1.200
A. Iwamura	27	5	0	0	0	1	2	9	.185	.241	.185	.427
G. Kapler	23	7	1	0	1	3	1	3	.304	.333	.478	.812
B.J. Upton	23	6	2	0	0	3	3	4	.261	.333	.348	.681
P. Burrell	18	4	0	1	0	1	1	6	.222	.263	.333	.596
D. Navarro	15	4	0	0	1	2	1	3	.267	.313	.467	.779
J. Bartlett	15	5	1	1	1	4	2	0	.333	.412	.733	1.145
E. Longoria	13	2	1	0	1	2	2	8	.154	.267	.462	.728
W. Aybar	11	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.091	.167	.091	.258
B. Zobrist	11	4	0	0	1	1	1	0	.364	.417	.636	1.053
G. Zaun	9	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	.111	.273	.111	.384
E. Johnson	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.400	.400	.400	.800
C. Richard	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.333	.500	.333	.833
S. Riggans	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667
R. Brignac	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000
J. Ruggiano	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	.500	.667	.500	1.167
S. Rodriguez	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	1.000	1.500
Totals	254	67	7	4	9	26	24	54	.264	.333	.429	.762

News & Notes

- The Yanks are 51-21 since the All-Star break. They've also won 64 of their last 90, and at 102-58 they have the best record in all of baseball they've locked up the division and the best record in baseball.

- At 45-34 the Yankees the second best road record in the American League.

- Andy Pettitte has faced the Rays 28 times, 27 as a starter, and is 16-4, with a 3.75 ERA. In Tampa he's 8-2 with a 3.72 ERA in 13 starts. And this season he's 1-0, with a 4.66 ERA against them.

- Jeff Niemann has faced the Yankees twice, both this season, and is 0-0, with a 2.61 ERA. In 10.1 innings he's allowed 3 ER on 11 hits, walked 5, and struck out 8.

- Mark Teixeira is one homer shy of 40 for the season.

- The Yankees are 10-6 against the Rays this season.

- We have a new commenting system here at SIH. Hopefully this will weed out the morons.

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