Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Yankees vs. Rays - May 14

Elliot Ness was the leader of the untouchables. Joe Girardi mans the helm of the unwatchables. It's really difficult to sit through a Yankees game right now. They're a dull, lifeless team at the moment, and there doesn't seem to be a turning point any time soon.

Tonight Mike Mussina (5-3, 4.36) will try to make it 5 wins in a row as he goes up against outstanding young right-hander James Shields. Moose beat the Rays back on April 7 when he allowed just 2 hits over 6 innings in a 6-1 Yankees win at the Stadium. Lifetime, Mussina is 17-7, 3.46 in 30 career starts against the Rays. Of course these Rays are much better than their predecessors.

Shields (4-2, 3.14) lost to Chien-Ming Wang and the Yankees 2-0 on April 6 after allowing both runs in 5 innings. He's had a rough time against the Yankees in his brief career, going 0-5, 7.83 in 6 starts. Shields is coming off possibly his best game ever, a 1-hit complete game shutout of the Angels. That might be topped by the 2-hit complete game shutout he pitches 2 turns before that against the Red Sox.

As good as Shields is, a number of Yankees have had good success against him.

Robinson Cano .400 (6-15) 1 HR 3 RBI
Derek Jeter .389 (7-16) 1 HR 5 RBI
Hideki Matsui .600 (6-10) 3 HR 5 RBI
Melky Cabrera .333 (4-12) 1 RBI
Bobby Abreu .364 (4-11) 1 HR 4 RBI
Johnny Damon .500 (5-10) 2 HR 2 RBI
Jose Molina 2-3 2 RBI

Rays vs. Mike Mussina

Dionner Navaro .500 (5-10)
B.J. Upton .385 (5-13) 1 HR 4 RBI
Aki Iwamura 0-8
Carlos Pena .111 (2-18) 1 RBI
Cliff Floyd .261 (6-23) 2 HR 2 RBI
Gabe Gross 1-3 1 RBI
Carl Crawford .286 (14-49) 5 RBI 5 SB
Jonny Gomes .375 (3-8) 2 HR 3 RBI
Eric Hinske .129 (4-29) 1 RBI
Ben Zobrist 2-4 2 RBI
Jason Bartlett 1-4

UPDATE 4:40 PM Yankees lineup

Damon LF
Abreu RF
Jeter SS
Giambi 1B
Matsui DH
Cano 2B
Cabrera CF
Ensberg 3B
Molina C

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