This will be another open comments thread tonight, weather permitting. The Red Sox took yesterday’s game playing rough as most writers penned. Of course, it was all legal.
I think the biggest question to be answered is will there be any retaliation on Lowell. What he did is totally legal and was actually taught to Lowell when he was in the minors with the Yanks.
Another question to be answered is who will be pitching for the Yanks tomorrow. We know it won’t be Roger Clemens and now it won’t be Kei Igawa, as he made his scheduled start for Triple-A Scranton-Wilkes Barre earlier today.
Let’s take a look at the lineups for today’s game (weather permitting), courtesy of the resident hottie at the Boston Globe, Amalie Benjamin.
Red Sox
1. Julio Lugo, SS
2. Dustin Pedroia, 2B
3. David Ortiz, DH
4. Manny Ramirez, LF
5. Kevin Youkilis, 1B
6. Mike Lowell, 3B
7. Jason Varitek, C
8. Wily Mo Pena, RF
9. Coco Crisp, CF
SP – Josh Beckett
Yankees
1. Johnny Damon, DH
2. Derek Jeter, SS
3. Bobby Abreu, RF
4. Alex Rodriguez, 3B
5. Jorge Posada, C
6. Hideki Matsui, LF
7. Robinson Cano, 2B
8. Josh Phelps, 1B
9. Melky Cabrera, CF
SP – Andy Pettitte
Mike McDermott from the Providence Journal has a look at how each team has fared against each pitcher.
Yankees vs. Josh Beckett
-Robinson Cano, 6 for 11 (.545), 1 HR
-Johnny Damon, 4 for 11 (.364)
-Derek Jeter, 4 for 12 (.333)
-Jorge Posada, 2 for 7 (.286)
-Miguel Cairo, 1 for 4 (.250)
-Melky Cabrera, 3 for 13 (.231)
-Alex Rodriguez, 3 for 13 (.231)
-Hideki Matsui, 1 for 5 (.200)
-Bobby Abreu, 6 for 41 (.146), 2 HR
Red Sox vs. Andy Pettitte
-Kevin Youkilis, 4 for 7 (.571), 1 HR
-J.D. Drew, 6 for 14 (.429), 2 HR
-Manny Ramirez, 28 for 67 (.419), 3 HR
-Wily Mo Pena, 4 for 11 (.364)
-Jason Varitek, 15 for 44 (.341), 1 HR
-Mike Lowell, 3 for 9 (.333)
-David Ortiz, 10 for 31 (.323), 1 HR
-Julio Lugo, 5 for 17 (.294)
-Dustin Pedroia, 2 for 7 (.286)
-Coco Crisp, 3 for 11 (.273)
-Eric Hinske, 1 for 7 (.143)
-Alex Cora, 0 for 2
