With the Yankees sitting 13.5 games out of first place and trailing in the season series with the Red Sox (6-3 Sox), this is a big weekend for the Yankees. Could it spell the end of a lot of people’s jobs on Monday or will it be status quo? Only way to find out is to watch the games this weekend.
With that being said, here are your lineups for tonight’s game, courtesy of the very pretty and talented Amalie Benjamin of the Boston Globe.
Red Sox
1. Julio Lugo, SS
2. Kevin Youkilis, 1B
3. David Ortiz, DH
4. Manny Ramirez, LF
5. J.D. Drew, RF
6. Mike Lowell, 3B
7. Coco Crisp, CF
8. Doug Mirabelli, C
9. Dustin Pedroia, 2B
SP – Tim Wakefield
Yankees
1. Johnny Damon, DH
2. Derek Jeter, SS
3. Hideki Matsui, LF
4. Alex Rodriguez, 3B
5. Jorge Posada, C
6. Robinson Cano, 2B
7. Bobby Abreu, RF
8. Josh Phelps, 1B
9. Melky Cabrera, CF
SP – Chien-Ming Wang
Mike McDermott of the ProJo SoxBlog gives you how each team is doing against the starters for tonight’s games.
Yankees vs. Tim Wakefield
-Melky Cabrera, 1 for 3 (.333)
-Derek Jeter, 28 for 87 (.322), 3 HR
-Josh Phelps, 8 for 25 (.320)
-Johnny Damon, 16 for 51 (.314), 2 HR
-Bobby Abreu, 5 for 18 (.278)
-Robinson Cano, 7 for 27 (.259), 1 HR
-Alex Rodriguez, 17 for 67 (.254), 6 HR
-Jorge Posada, 14 for 59 (.237), 3 HR
-Hideki Matsui, 7 for 43 (.163), 2 HR
-Doug Mientkiewicz, 1 for 19 (.053)
Red Sox vs. Chien-Ming Wang
-Manny Ramirez, 11 for 19 (.579), 2 HR
-Eric Hinske, 10 for 19 (.526), 2 HR
-David Ortiz, 10 for 22 (.455), 2 HR
-Kevin Youkilis, 6 for 15 (.400)
-Alex Cora, 5 for 16 (.313), 1 HR
-Coco Crisp, 4 for 14 (.286)
-Doug Mirabelli, 2 for 7 (.286)
-Julio Lugo, 6 for 24 (.250)
-Mike Lowell, 3 for 18 (.167)
-J.D. Drew, 0 for 3
-Dustin Pedroia has never faced Wang.
That’s all for now from the shores of Lake Williams in beautiful Lebanon, CT.
