Happy Father's Day.
After being dominated by Oliver Perez on Friday night, the Yankees' (34-32) high-powered offense returned against Tom Glavine on Saturday. The 11-8 victory, NYY's 13th in 16 games, was the result of an offense that registered 15 hits, and a 4-hit day by Captain Derek Jeter. Jeter's 2-run HR in the bottom of the 4th gave the Yankees the lead for good after Alex Rodriguez's 26th of the season, also a 2-run shot, gave the Yankees their first lead of the game in the bottom of the 3rd. The Yankee bullpen allowed just 3 ER over the final 5.2 innings of the game, 2 of which came against Mariano Rivera in the 9th.
Chien-Ming Wang (6-4, 3.49) will face off against Orlando Hernandez (3-2, 2.38) in the decisive game of the Subway Series this evening. The game will be nationally televised on ESPN, starting at 8PM.
Wang has been nothing short of brilliant over his past 6 starts. He has provided the Yankees with 43 IP (7+ per GS), and allowed just just 51 baserunners (1.19 WHIP) while recording 71GO:35AO (2.02 ratio). This will be Wang's first appearance against the Mets.
"El Duque" has been one of the most effective pitchers in the National League this year. Incredibly, Hernandez has allowed just 1 ER or fewer in 6 of his 9 starts this season, and has completed at least 6 IP in 7 of them. In 56.2 IP, he has allowed just 36 hits, 5 HR, and 21 walks with 39 strikeouts with a 1.01 WHIP and a GO:AO of 1.19, which is far better than any other season. In his 8 seasons prior to 2007, El Duque had a groundout ratio greater than 0.86 one time (2005 - CWS).
Hernandez had his worst outing of the season in his last start in Los Angeles: 5.2 IP, 7 hits, 4 ER, 3 BB, 4 K, 5GO:8AO.
Wang has not faced any of the Mets' hitters.
Hernandez vs. NYY:
HITTER AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Johnny Damon 41 16 1 0 1 2 1 3 .390 .405 .488 .893 Alex Rodriguez 28 7 1 0 3 8 2 8 .250 .290 .607 .897 Miguel Cairo 21 4 0 0 0 2 0 3 .190 .182 .190 .372 Jason Giambi 19 1 0 0 1 2 7 5 .053 .296 .211 .507 Derek Jeter 9 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 .222 .222 .222 .444 Jorge Posada 8 2 2 0 0 0 1 2 .250 .333 .500 .833 Josh Phelps 7 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 .143 .250 .429 .679 Doug Mientkiewicz 5 3 1 0 0 2 1 0 .600 .625 .800 1.425 Hideki Matsui 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .167 .000 .167 Robinson Cano 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .200 .000 .200 Melky Cabrera 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 Bobby Abreu 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 Carl Pavano 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Totals 153 38 5 1 5 19 13 28 .248 .312 .392 .704
I don't see any reason in changing the lineup:
DH DAMON
SS JETER
RF ABREU
3B RODRIGUEZ
C POSADA
LF MATSUI
2B CANO
CF CABRERA
1B CAIRO
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