Tonight is a pivotal game for the Evil Empire as they trail the Red Sox by 10.5 games in the AL East standings. Currently, the season series stands at 5-1 to the beloved Red Sox.
Let’s take a look at the lineups as given to us by Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe.
Red Sox:
SS Julio Lugo
1B Kevin Youkilis
DH David Ortiz
LF Manny Ramirez
RF J.D. Drew
3B Mike Lowell
CF Coco Crisp
C Doug Mirabelli
2B Alex Cora
SP Tim Wakefield
Yankees:
CF Johnny Damon
SS Derek Jeter
LF Hideki Matsui
3B Alex Rodriguez
C Jorge Posada
RF Bobby Abreu
DH Jason Giambi
2B Robinson Cano
1B Doug Mientkiewicz
SP Chien-Ming Wang
And Mike McDermott from the ProJo SoxBlog gives us how each team’s hitters have fared against tonight’s starting pitchers.
Red Sox vs. Chien-Ming Wang
-Manny Ramirez, 10 for 16 (.625), 2 HR
-Eric Hinske, 10 for 19 (.526), 2 HR
-David Ortiz, 9 for 20 (.450), 2 HR
-Kevin Youkilis, 4 for 11 (.364)
-Alex Cora, 4 for 13 (.308), 1 HR
-Julio Lugo, 6 for 21 (.286)
-Coco Crisp, 3 for 12 (.250)
-Doug Mirabelli, 1 for 4 (.250)
-Mike Lowell, 3 for 15 (.200)
-Wily Mo Pena, 0 for 5
-J.D. Drew and Dustin Pedroia have no at-bats against Wang
Yankees vs. Tim Wakefield
-Melky Cabrera, 1 for 3 (.333)
-Derek Jeter, 27 for 84 (.321), 3 HR
-Josh Phelps, 8 for 25 (.320)
-Johnny Damon, 13 for 48 (.271), 2 HR
-Jorge Posada, 14 for 56 (.250), 3 HR
-Bobby Abreu, 4 for 16 (.250)
-Alex Rodriguez, 16 for 66 (.242), 5 HR
-Robinson Cano, 5 for 24 (.208), 1 HR
-Hideki Matsui, 7 for 40 (.175), 2 HR
-Jason Giambi, 14 for 81 (.173), 3 HR
-Doug Mientkiewicz, 1 for 16 (.063)
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