Wednesday, June 4, 2008

Yankees vs. Blue Jays - 6/4

Mike Mussina will be out to avenge his early April loss to the Blue Jays and to try to stop the team's 3-game skid when the Yankees face Toronto tonight at the Stadium. Moose surprisingly leads the team in wins with 8 and is second in the AL only to the Angels' Joe Saunders who garnered his 9th victory last night.

Mussina has compiled a 23-12, 3.35 mark against the Blue Jays in 42 career starts. He was on the losing end of a 5-2 game back on April 2.

Blue Jays vs. Mussina

Barajas 5-16 (.313) 2 HR 4 RBI
Eckstein 4-10 (.400)
Hill 7-19 (.368) 1 RBI, but most likely out with a concussion
Mench 5-19 (.263) 1 HR 3 RBI
Overbay 1-15 (.033) 1 RBI
Rios 7-23 (.304) 1 RBI
Rolen 5-19 (.263)
Scutaro 6-15 (.400) 1 RBI
Stairs 8-32 (.250) 2 RBI
Stewart 19-64 (.297) 1 HR 8 RBI
Thigpen 2-3
Wilkerson 3-11 (.273) 2 HR 2 RBI

Jesse Litsch made the jump from Double-A to the majors last year after he dominated the Eastern League. He put together a pretty good rookie season, compiling a 7-9 record with a 3.81 ERA. It included a 1-1, 6.08 record in 3 games against the Yankees.

This year Litsch has limited hitters to a .264 average while only walking 9 batters in 65 innings. While he won't walk you, he won't strike you out either, relying heavily on his defense. He's posted a 7-1, 3.18 mark in 10 starts plus 1 relief appearance.

Yankees vs. Litsch

Abreu 1-6
Cabrera 2-5
Cano 1-6 1 RBI
Damon 3-8 1 HR 2 RBI
Giambi 1 RBI (no official at-bats)
Jeter 1-8
Matsui 3-6
A-Rod 2-5 1 RBI

UPDATED 4:25 PM EDT with Yankees lineup, courtesy of Peter Abraham

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

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