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10-15
Pitching Matchup
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Rangers: Loe is making his third start of the season after five relief appearances. He is 1-1 with a 5.06 ERA in his fgirst two starts. He has a 2.79 ERA in four games, including one start, at home. Left-handed hitters are batting .316 off him, while right-handers are hitting .237. He is 1-3 with a 7.62 ERA in four games, including two starts, against the Yankees.
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Yankees: Hughes may have shown enough in his Major League debut to earn a second turn around the rotation, depending on how quickly Mike Mussina can recover from a strained left hamstring to rejoin the big-league roster. Hughes had some jitters early against the Blue Jays on Thursday in New York, allowing four runs and seven hits in 4 2/3 innings. With a mid-90s fastball, a solid curveball and a developing changeup, Hughes gives the Yankees a chance to win, and he's hungry for his first big-league victory.
Lineups)(based on 4/30/07)
Texas:
1) Kenny Lofton, CF
2) Michael Young, SS
3) Mark Texeira, 1B
4) Sammy Sosa, DH
5) Hank Blalock, 3B
6) Ian Kinsler, 2B
7) Brad Wilkerson, LF
8) Nelson Cruz, RF
9) Gerald Laird
BRONX BOMBERS
1)Positively Damonic
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2)El Capitan
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3)El Como Dulce
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4)Alexander the Great
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5)The Giambino
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6)Godzilla
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7)Hip Hip Jorge
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8)Robbie Cano Don't Ya Kno
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9)DOUGIE or JOSH
The Yankees have lost 8 of 9 games, all to the AL East. The losing streak has left them in the cellar of the AL East division. After gaining public support from The Boss, Joe Torre and Brian Cashman hope that the Yankees get off to a hot start with a three game set in Alrington, TX to face the 10-15 Rangers. The Yankees will send out Phil Hughes, Andy Pettitte, and hopefully Mike Mussina in the 3 game set before they return to New York for a weekend series at the stadium with the Seattle Mariners.
Prediction: Phil Hughes has a promising start and gets 5 innings as the Yankees get their act together and start May off the right way, en route to a winning streak!
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"A bad April might not ruin October dreams. But it probably will. In the last 25 years, clubs exiting April more than three games under .500 missed the playoffs 94.4 percent of the time." ~ Courtesy Jason Stark, ESPN
GO YANKEES