7.29.09 - NYY @ TB: All Pregame Info & Discussion

[TheBamTino24]

The Yankees (61-39) and Rays (55-46) square off tonight in the rubber game of their 3-game set in Florida as Joba Chamberlain (6-2, 3.86) takes the mound against TB RH Matt Garza (7-7, 3.68)

For the first time in his brief career as a MLB starter, Chamberlain has made consecutive starts of at least 6.2 IP, totaling 13.2 IP. Over that span he’s allowed just 5 hits and 6 walks with an impressive 14 strikeouts. On the season, Chamberlain has thrown 102.2 over 19 starts, yielding 102 hits, 48 walks (4.2/9IP) and 92 strikeouts (8.1/9IP) with a 1.29 GO:AO and 1.46 WHIP. His BAbip is .314

Chamberlain has made 1 start against Tampa Bay this season, on June 7th at Yankee Stadium: 6 IP, 3 ER, 5 H, 1 BB, & 4K.

Garza has followed up his stellar 2008 season with a solid year in 2009. He’s thrown 129.2 IP over 20 starts (6.5/GS) with a 0.99 GO:AO (low BAbip of .263), while improving his WHIP (1.20) and K:BB (2.32) over last year. His K/9 rate in particular has significantly increased to 8.05 from 6.24.

Garza has already made 2 starts against NYY in 2009: 2.25 ERA over 12 IP, allowing just 9 hits and 4 walks with 11 K.

LH vs. Garza (237 AB): .190/.297/.321
RH vs. Garza (240 AB): .254/.300/.392

Garza vs. New York:

HITTER	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
Derek Jeter	17	5	0	0	0	1	1	1	.294	.333	.294	.627
Robinson Cano	16	5	1	0	0	2	0	1	.313	.313	.375	.688
Johnny Damon	13	2	1	1	0	1	0	2	.154	.154	.385	.538
Alex Rodriguez	8	3	0	0	1	2	2	0	.375	.455	.750	1.205
Xavier Nady	8	2	0	0	1	2	0	2	.250	.250	.625	.875
Mark Teixeira	8	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	.000	.200	.000	.200
Jorge Posada	7	3	0	0	0	2	1	1	.429	.444	.429	.873
Melky Cabrera	7	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	.143	.250	.143	.393
Jose Molina	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000
Hideki Matsui	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.143	.000	.143
Nick Swisher	5	3	1	0	2	2	2	1	.600	.714	2.000	2.714
Brett Gardner	5	1	0	0	0	1	1	3	.200	.333	.200	.533
Eric Hinske	4	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	.500	.600	.500	1.100
Kevin Cash	4	1	0	0	0	1	1	2	.250	.333	.250	.583
Cody Ransom	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000
Ramiro Pena	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.333	.000	.333
Totals	118	29	3	1	4	16	14	22	.246	.319	.390	.708

Chamberlain vs. Tampa Bay:

HITTER	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
B.J. Upton	6	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	.167	.167	.333	.500
Willy Aybar	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.167	.167	.167	.333
Carl Crawford	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000
Carlos Pena	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.250	.571	.250	.821
Gabe Gross	4	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500
Dioner Navarro	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500
Ben Zobrist	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000
Jason Bartlett	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667
Matt Joyce	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.250	.000	.250
Akinori Iwamura	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333
Reid Brignac	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Shawn Riggans	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Evan Longoria	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000
Justin Ruggiano	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000
Totals	46	8	1	0	0	3	3	9	.174	.255	.196	.451

[Mantle'sMutt]

This is one rubber you want to grab.

[roblyo33]

I guess Swisher will be playing!!

[Yankee Fan in Boston]

Another intriguing pitching matchup

[delv]

Garza is a good pitcher. he's only 25.


also, interestingly, according to baseball-reference.com, there have been 40 Garzas in the minor leagues and only one in the majors.

[delv]

I guess Swisher will be playing!!

Maybe Damon out and Hinske in. Joe wanted to give Johnny a day off on the turf anyways.

[EvanJ]

http://yankees.lhblogs.com/ says it's the same lineup as yesterday.

[freebubba]

Pitch well, young Chamberlain. We don't want to give the FO any reason to do anything foolish.

[primetime714]

http://yankees.lhblogs.com/ says it's the same lineup as yesterday.

That's odd. I assumed Hinske would be playing. My thought is they'd give Matsui the day off and DH Swisher.

[-tz]

That's odd. I assumed Hinske would be playing.

Apparently, one should never, ever assume this.

I thought that after last night some outfielder not previously on the active roster would be playing. I guess I was wrong.

[Don_Veto]

Pitch well, young Chamberlain. We don't want to give the FO any reason to do anything foolish.

Halladay doesn't beat the Rays either. At least not this year.

[-tz]

Halladay doesn't beat the Rays either. At least not this year.

And? They're trying to trade him ... aren't they?

[ICEBERG18]

Don't have a good feeling about tonight's game, hope I'm wrong.

I had a good feeling about last night's game and look how that turned out.

[Mark19]

Don't have a good feeling about tonight's game, hope I'm wrong.

I had a good feeling about last night's game and look how that turned out.

Well Garza is certainly a safer bet to have a 7-8 inning quality start than Joba. It would be nice to get a series win ahead of going to Chicago.

[pinstripesphanatic]

need the joba we've been getting the past couple starts.

[sweet_lou_14]

Don't have a good feeling about tonight's game, hope I'm wrong.

I had a good feeling about last night's game and look how that turned out.

Going into the series, I expected to win the first two and lose this one. Now, for some reason I'm feeling a win tonight.

[mayxia]

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