Regular Season Game 2: Yankees @ Red Sox

Regular Season Game 2

Yankees @ Red Sox

Fenway Park - Boston, MA
Game Time: 7:10 p.m.
TV: YES, ESPN2 | Radio: WCBS

Here are the lineups:

YANKEES (0-1)
Derek Jeter SS
Nick Johnson DH
Mark Teixeira 1B
Alex Rodriguez 3B
Robinson Cano 2B
Jorge Posada C
Nick Swisher RF
Marcus Thames LF
Curtis Granderson CF

Pitching: RHP A.J. Burnett (13-9, 4.04 ERA in 2009)

RED SOX (1-0)
Jacoby Ellsbury CF
Dustin Pedroia 2B
Victor Martinez C
Kevin Youkilis 1B
David Ortiz DH
Adrian Belte 3B
J.D. Drew RF
Mike Cameron CF
Marco Scutaro SS

Pitching: LHP Jon Lester (15-8, 3.41 ERA in 2009)

Yankees vs. Lester

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
D. Jeter	24	9	0	0	0	2	2	7	.375	.423	.375	.798
R. Cano	22	5	2	0	0	1	0	4	.227	.227	.318	.545
A. Rodriguez	16	4	1	0	2	4	1	3	.250	.294	.688	.982
N. Swisher	15	2	1	0	1	2	4	6	.133	.300	.400	.700
M. Teixeira	14	4	0	0	1	1	0	4	.286	.286	.500	.786
J. Posada	13	3	0	0	0	0	1	5	.231	.286	.231	.516
N. Johnson	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
M. Thames	2	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	.500	.500	2.000	2.500
Totals	109	28	4	0	5	12	8	29	.257	.305	.431	.736

Red Sox vs. Burnett

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
D. Ortiz	33	9	4	0	3	8	1	11	.273	.294	.667	.961
K. Youkilis	27	7	0	0	1	5	4	5	.259	.375	.370	.745
A. Beltre	26	6	4	0	1	5	2	4	.231	.286	.500	.786
J.D. Drew	26	7	3	0	0	4	5	6	.269	.387	.385	.772
D. Pedroia	25	7	0	0	2	4	9	2	.280	.471	.520	.991
J. Varitek	24	5	2	0	1	6	2	9	.208	.296	.417	.713
J. Ellsbury	23	6	0	0	1	1	1	4	.261	.292	.391	.683
M. Lowell	20	4	1	0	0	0	3	4	.200	.304	.250	.554
M. Scutaro	19	6	1	0	0	0	2	1	.316	.381	.368	.749
V. Martinez	17	4	1	0	0	0	5	1	.235	.435	.294	.729
M. Cameron	11	4	3	0	1	4	1	4	.364	.385	.909	1.294
B.Hall	11	2	2	0	0	1	2	5	.182	.308	.364	.671
J. Hermida	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.333	.000	.333
Totals	264	67	21	0	10	38	38	57	.254	.353	.447	.800

News & Notes

• As you can see, Joe Girardi has decided to go with Marcus Thames against the lefty. Not the best way to reward Brett Gardner for his solid opening night. If the Yankees are going to figure out if Gardner can play everyday, they're going to have to give him a few shots against lefties.

• Phil Hughes has joined the team. He will stay until his next extended spring start on Saturday, when he's set to throw 110 pitches.

• Because of the off day on Monday, Joba Chamberlain is available out of the pen tonight.

• In 12 career starts against the Red Sox, A.J. Burnett is 5-2, with a 4.23 ERA. Last year he went 0-2, with an 8.85 ERA in four starts. In Fenway, he's 3-2, with a 5.35 ERA, and last year in Boston he was 0-2, with an ugly 14.21 ERA.

• Jon Lester is 3-1, with a 3.88 ERA in 8 career starts against the Yankees. Last year he went 1-1, with a 4.43 ERA against them.
  

Here's how some former Yankees did on Opening Day yesterday:

• Johnny Damon: 2-for-5, 2B, 2 RBI, 2 R.

• Austin Jackson: 1-for-5, 2B, RBI, R, 2 K's.

• Phil Coke: 0.2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K.

• Melky Cabrera: 0-for-5, BB, R.

• Hideki Matsui: 2-for-4, HR, 2 RBI, R ... This guys sure has a flair for the dramatic, doens't he? Two teams in the majors and he's homered in both of his first home openers.

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