Yankees vs. Royals - 4/11

CC Sabathia hopes to wipe out memories of opening day when he faces the Royals tonight (7:10 pm EDT) in KC. Sabathia couldn't throw strikes against the Orioles in his first start and, in fact, did not strike out a batter in the Yankees 10-5 loss on April 6.

Sabathia is 14-10, 3.40 in 31 career starts against the Royals, and was 1-2, 3.54 in three starts last season.

Royals vs. Sabathia

Butler 7-18 (.389) 2 RBI
Crisp 2-6
DeJesus 15-52 (.288) 1 HR 6 RBI 11 K
Gordon 2-16 (.125)
Olivo 2-18 (.111) 9 K
Teahen 9-34 (.265) 16 K


Horacio Ramirez is making his first start of the season for the Royals. The left-hander is 2-1, 3.00 in five career appearances against the Yankees, three of which were starts.

Yankees vs. Ramirez

Cabrera 1-6
Cano 4-6 1 RBI
Damon 3-7 1 RBI
Gardner 1-2 1 RBI
Jeter 2-10 1 RBI
Molina 0-1
Nady 2-9
Posada 5-9 1 HR 1 RBI
Swisher 1-7
Teixeira 3-7 1 RBI

Tonight's Lineups

Yankees
SS Jeter
LF Swisher
1B Teixeira
DH Matsui
C Posada
2B Cano
RF Nady
3B Ransom
CF Gardner

Royals
CF Crisp
2B Callaspo
LF DeJesus
DH Butler
3B Gordon
SS Aviles
1B Jacobs
C Olivo
RF Bloomquist