Monday, May 26, 2008

Memorial Day Game

A very Happy Memorial Day to all veterans and current members of the armed forces. Hopefully you all will come home safe and sound from the tragedy in Iraq.

The Yankees are feeling pretty good about themselves these days. Their first late inning come back on Sunday extended their winning streak to 5 games and got them back to .500 (25-25). They start a 3-game series this afternoon in Baltimore against the slumping Orioles (24-25), who have lost 5 in a row to drop past the Yankees into the AL East basement.

The Yankees lost 2 of 3 in Baltimore in April before taking 2 of 3 last week at Yankee Stadium. The two wins started the current winning streak.

Darrell Rasner started the streak by shutting out the Orioles over 7 innings in the Yankees 8-0 win on May 21. The right-hander is 3-0, 1.89 in his 3 starts, with 11 K's and just 2 walks in 19 innings. He'll be opposed by Garrett Olson (3-1, 5.19), whose sole loss this season was that same game. He gave up 6 runs on 8 hits in 2.1 innings, including a home run by Alex Rodriguez.

The series continues on Tuesday with Ian Kennedy (0-3, 7.27) looking to build off of his last start. He'll be opposed by left-hander Brian Burres (4-4, 3.16), in rematch of last Thursday's 2-1loss to the Yankees. Neither pitcher figured in the decision. Burres also beat the Yankees on April 19, throwing 5.2 innings in a 6-0 Orioles win.

Wednesday's finale will feature Andy Pettitte against Jeremy Guthrie. Pettitte (4-5, 4.27) tossed 7 shutout innings on April 20 in the Yankees 7-1 win over the O's. Guthrie (2-5, 3.62) is 1-0, 4.74 in 3 starts, plus 1 relief appearance, against the Yankees in his career.

Jorge Posada hopes to return to the Yankees lineup in 2 weeks. He headed to Tampa after yesterday's game to begin playing in extended spring training games. Posada's arm is feeling good and he has good strength in his shoulder.

Stats to Date

Player
G
AB
R
H
2B
3B
HR
RBI
BB
K
SB
CS
AVG
OBP
SLG
OPS

Hideki Matsui
47
168
27
54
8
0
6
23
20
22
0
0
.321
.403
.476
.879
Jorge Posada
18
63
8
19
6
1
1
11
3
11
0
0
.302
.333
.476
.810
Álex Rodríguez
30
112
20
33
9
0
6
16
9
25
2
0
.295
.358
.536
.893
Bobby Abreu
49
187
22
55
11
1
6
32
17
40
3
3
.294
.353
.460
.813
Derek Jeter
44
174
25
50
7
3
2
23
10
18
2
1
.287
.339
.397
.735
Wilson Betemit
10
26
2
7
2
0
1
3
0
7
0
0
.269
.296
.462
.758
Johnny Damon
47
177
30
47
14
1
5
20
21
28
6
2
.266
.342
.441
.782
Melky Cabrera
48
165
18
42
5
0
6
21
15
21
3
0
.255
.317
.394
.711
Chad Moeller
13
47
7
12
2
0
1
7
4
11
0
0
.255
.314
.362
.675
Jason Giambi
41
126
22
29
8
0
9
24
27
21
1
1
.230
.387
.508
.894
Robinson Canó
49
179
17
41
10
0
4
19
12
18
1
3
.229
.284
.352
.635
José Molina
31
97
8
21
10
0
0
5
2
15
0
0
.216
.230
.320
.550
Alberto González
21
42
4
9
2
0
0
1
4
7
0
0
.214
.283
.262
.545
Morgan Ensberg
28
74
6
15
0
0
1
4
6
22
0
1
.203
.263
.243
.506
Shelley Duncan
19
51
6
9
2
0
1
6
6
11
0
0
.176
.259
.275
.533
Chris Stewart
1
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
.000
.000
.000
.000
Kyle Farnsworth
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
.000
Total


1691
222
443
96
6
49
215
156
278
18
11
.262
.330
.413
.743

Player
G
GS
W
L
SV
CG
SHO
IP
H
R
ER
HR
BB
K
ERA
WHIP
BAA
Edwar Ramírez
11
0
1
0
0
0
0
12.2
7
0
0
0
6
15
0.00
1.03
.156
Mariano Rivera
19
0
1
1
12
0
0
20.0
10
1
1
0
0
17
0.45
0.50
.149
Brian Bruney
9
1
1
0
1
0
0
11.1
7
2
2
2
6
12
1.59
1.15
.175
Darrell Rasner
3
3
3
0
0
0
0
19.0
14
4
4
2
2
11
1.89
0.84
.206
Chris Britton
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
4.2
1
1
1
0
4
0
1.93
1.07
.067
Joba Chamberlain
19
0
1
2
0
0
0
22.1
15
6
6
1
10
27
2.42
1.12
.190
José Veras
8
0
0
0
0
0
0
8.2
6
3
3
1
1
7
3.12
0.81
.188
Chien-Ming Wang
11
11
6
2
0
1
0
73.0
63
31
31
3
26
41
3.82
1.22
.230
Jonathan Albaladejo
7
0
0
1
0
0
0
13.2
15
6
6
1
6
13
3.95
1.54
.294
Andy Pettitte
10
10
4
5
0
0
0
59.0
69
31
28
6
16
47
4.27
1.44
.294
Mike Mussina
11
11
7
4
0
0
0
55.1
64
34
27
9
9
29
4.39
1.32
.291
Kyle Farnsworth
21
0
0
1
0
0
0
22.0
26
11
11
7
7
20
4.50
1.50
.306
Billy Traber
11
0
0
0
0
0
0
8.0
9
4
4
1
5
6
4.50
1.75
.290
LaTroy Hawkins
18
0
1
0
0
0
0
23.0
20
13
13
2
8
13
5.09
1.22
.244
Ross Ohlendorf
15
0
0
1
0
0
0
27.1
32
19
17
3
12
25
5.60
1.61
.286
Ian Kennedy
8
7
0
3
0
0
0
34.2
37
28
28
3
25
23
7.27
1.79
.280
Phil Hughes
6
6
0
4
0
0
0
22.0
34
23
22
2
13
13
9.00
2.14
.362
Kei Igawa
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
3.0
11
6
6
0
0
0
18.00
3.67
.579
Total




25
25
13
1
0
439.2
440
223
210
43
156
319
4.30
1.36
.262

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