Some Elias factoids on Thursday's win

A couple of notes to add from the Yankees win over the Orioles yesterday.

A.J. Burnett (8-1) joined Tim Hudson (9-1) and Roy Halladay (8-2) as the only pitchers to win at least 8 of their first starts against the Orioles.

And Nick Swisher's 5 RBI were the most by a Yankee making his first start since Roger Maris drove in 4 in his Yankees debut in 1960.

Today's Lineups (4/9)

Here are today's lineups for the Yankees and Orioles. A.J. Burnett against Alfredo Simon.

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

Orioles
2B Roberts
CF Jones
RF Markakis
1B Huff
3B Wiggington
DH Scott
LF Pie
C Moeller
SS Izturis

The sun did come out today!

That little red-headed orphan was right. We weren't too sure after last night's dismal showing against the Orioles. The good news is that we don't have to wait 24 hours to, hopefully, get our first win.

A.J. Burnett goes against rookie Alfredo Simon in a 1:35 pm EDT start. You really hate to face a guy you haven't seen before when you really need a win. Koji Uehara is also a rookie, but he was an established pitcher in Japan. That being said, the Yankees looked pretty pathetic at the plate, leaving a runner in scoring position for five straight innings, four of which had Uehara on the mound.

The key, of course, this afternoon is for Burnett to give the Yankees some inning and a good start. Otherwise Joe Girardi may not last the week.

Orioles vs. Burnett

Aubrey Huff 7-45 (.156) 11 K
Cesar Izturis 1-10
Adam Jones 2-11 5 K
Nick Markakis 8-24 (.333) 2 RBI
Melvin Mora 5-20 (.250) 1 HR 6 RBI
Brian Roberts 8-27 (.296) 2 HR 3 RBI 4 SB
Luke Scott 3-6 2 BB
Ty Wiggington 3-13 1 HR 3 RBI
Chad Moeller 1-4

Burnett is 7-1 in nine career starts against the O's, with a 4.97 ERA. He's struck out 57 in 58 innings. He's even better at Camden Yards, going 3-0, 3.91 in four starts.

The Yankees haven't loss three straight to start a season since 1998. And no, we're not going to make that comparison.