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New York Yankees Projected Starting Lineup

CF Johnny Damon (.286, 7 R, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 2 SB)
SS Derek Jeter (.318, 9 R, 0 HR, 3 RBI, 1 SB)
RF Bobby Abreu (.286, 11 R, 1 HR, 8 RBI, 1 SB)
3B Alex Rodriguez (.350, 12 R, 7 HR, 17 RBI, 1 SB)
DH Jason Giambi (.200, 3 R, 2 HR, 8 RBI, 0 SB)
C Jorge Posada (.342, 3 R, 1 HR, 7 RBI, 0 SB)
2B Robinson Cano (.333, 6 R, 0 HR, 3 RBI, 1 SB)
1B Doug Mientkiewicz (.115, 3 R, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB)
LF Melky Cabrera (.179, 2 R, 0 HR, 3 RBI, 0 SB)


Andy Pettite
1-0, 1.64 ERA, 1.36 WHIP, 5 BB, 6 K
Career vs. OAK
8-4, 3.18 ERA, 1.16 WHIP, 28 BB, 63 K's (99.0 IP)
Last Start:
@ MIN 4/10
6.0 IP, 4 H, 0 ER, 0 HR, 1 BB, 3 K


Oakland Athletics Projected Starting Lineup

C Jason Kendall (.146, 1 R, 0 HR, 2 RBI, 2 SB)
LF Shannon Stewart (.170, 4 R, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB)
CF Milton Bradley (.258, 2 R, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 0 SB)
DH Mike Piazza (.300, 8 R, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 0 SB)
3B Eric Chavez (.250, 2 R, 0 HR, 6 RBI, 0 SB)
1B Nick Swisher (.283, 6 R, 1 HR, 4 RBI, 0 SB)
SS Bobby Crosby (.188, 2 R, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 1 SB)
RF Travis Buck (.300, 3 R, 0 HR, 2 RBI, 0 SB)
2B Mark Ellis (.216, 2 R, 0 HR, 9 RBI, 1 SB)


SP Rich Harden
1-1, 1.38 ERA, 0.92 WHIP, 4 BB, 13 Ks
Career vs. NYY
1-2, 5.40 ERA, 1.57 WHIP, 15 BB, 27 Ks (30.0 IP)
Last Game
vs. CWS 4/9
6.0 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 2 HR, 2 BB, 6 Ks

Game 1
11 innings
New York Yankees 4
Oakland A's 5

W - Huston Street (2-1)
L - Brian Bruney (0-1)
HR - Eric Chavez (1), Nick Swisher (1)

Game Notes:

- Travis Buck's leadoff triple in the 11th was the clutch hit the A's needed to pull this one out.

- Justin Duchscherer gave up 2 hits and then pitched his way out of a 2nd and 3rd w/no outs situation.

- Dan Haren through 107 pitches in 5 innings. Not his best work.

Game Two
13 innings

New York Yankees 4
Oakland A's 3

W - Brian Bruney (1-1)
L - Lenny DiNardo (0-1)
HR - Alex Rodriguez (7), Jason Giambi (2),

Game Notes:

- Jason Kendall threw out 3 basestealers in 3 attempts. Much more encouraging than previous years, his throws are extremely accurate now.

- Crosby has made 4 errors in this young season, and certainly isn't picking up the slack with his bat.

- Travis Buck and Mike Piazza are now tied for the team lead in batting average. It shouldnt be too long before Buck is out of the 8 slot and into a run producing position...

- Alan Embree continues to be our most reliable arm out of the pen. So far a great offseason pickup.

Game 3

New York Yankees 4
Oakland Athletics 5

W - Jay Marshall (1-0) , first major league win
L - Mariano Rivera (1-1)
HR - Marco Scutaro (1)

Game Notes:
- Jason Kendall kept his CS streak going by nailing Derek Jeter on an attempted steal. No other Yankees tried to steal a base.

- Rich Harden left the game with shoulder stiffness. So if you had 3 starts til the DL in the office pool, you're looking pretty good about now.

- Marco Scutaro hit an 0-2 cutter off of Mariano Rivera into the cheap seats. Mr. Clutch is making a strong case to be the starting SS...

- Milton Bradley, again, sat with a strained hamstring. He hasn't played in the last four games.

2007 Season Series
Oakland A's lead 2-1

LET'S GO OAKLAND!

Once again it's the bottom of the 4th and Haren is getting no help.

Crosby is riding my last nerve. Always hurt, rarely effective offensively or defensively... Marco's earned that starting job by now.

OaklandReggae wrote:Crosby is riding my last nerve. Always hurt, rarely effective offensively or defensively... Marco's earned that starting job by now.

I got to agree,I seen how he got called out at fanfest,yeah we finally get something out of Chavez.

Swisher loves playing the Yankees.... just barely clears the fence. About time we started hitting some HRs.

Swisher ,now where starting to look better.

You know something I dont really understand,it's hard to knock Billy,and the way he runs the team,but back when Sandy was in charge who ran the team alot like Billy does,the big knock on our teams under Sandy was we needed to run more and get a true leadoff hitter,so we go out and bring Rickey back,and it leads us to the World Series title in 1989,so why is Billy so against running?

Every time I see Giambi now I kinda laugh, I remember the really skinny kid we had in LF for a while... he's twice the size he used to be

Dont forget 3rd base sometimes to,lol.

Defenitely prefer Kiko Calero to Duke as primary setup man... this is why. A team w/vets will wait on his below average fastball to miss its spot one time...

OaklandReggae wrote:Defenitely prefer Kiko Calero to Duke as primary setup man... this is why. A team w/vets will wait on his below average fastball to miss its spot one time...

I agree,I've never been sold on Duke,like a few other fans have been,I like having Marshall,Kiko,and Embree in there,Duke just always scares me,kinda like Mecir use to do.

I cant believe we got out of that inning without giving up a run.... incredible.

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I agree,I've never been sold on Duke,like a few other fans have been,I like having Marshall,Kiko,and Embree in there,Duke just always scares me,kinda like Mecir use to do.

I remember him... dear God, it was scary when he pitched for us. I remember he had something going on w/his leg too, and it was extremely noticable when he pitched.... club foot, right?

Was just getting ready to say the same thing

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I remember him... dear God, it was scary when he pitched for us. I remember he had something going on w/his leg too, and it was extremely noticable when he pitched.... club foot, right?

Yep,I see your Warriors won tonight.

Sure did.... thought their destiny is out of their control. We lose all tiebreakers...

Main series page updated

Great way to start the series off.

hmm @ crosby doing things, Buck continues to impress me, too bad crosby got thrown out there but it is nice to jump to an early lead.

Triple M wrote:hmm @ crosby doing things, Buck continues to impress me, too bad crosby got thrown out there but it is nice to jump to an early lead.

I just hope they don't send Buck down when Kotsay gets back.

We must win the close games.

I still am shocked that we didn't win last night.