Orioles @ Yankees 4/30/12

UPDATE: 

7 Strong innings from Kuroda. Houdini does his job in the 8th, Mariano does his job in the 9th. 

Eric Chavez hit a two run home run and the Yankees win 2-1

WP Kuroda

LP Hammel

SV Rivera

Tonight the Yankees will host the first place Baltimore Orioles at the stadium at 7:05 pm ET. Hiroki Kuroda will pitch for the Yankees and will face off against Jason Hammel. Hiroki will be looking for some consistency in his starts after two stellar and dominant starts and two not so great starts so far this season.

I am still personally on the Bobby Abreu watch to have a short audition on a minor league deal while we wait on Brett Gardner to come off the DL on Thursday and Nick Swisher and his low grade strain of the hamstring. Swisher does not expect to miss more then the Orioles series but Joe Girardi does not want to let him in a game until next Tuesday, a day after an off day for the Yanks. 

Here is the lineup for the Yanks

1. Jeter SS
2. Granderson CF
3. Rodriguez DH
4. Cano 2B
5. Teixeira 1B
6. Ibanez RF
7. Chavez 3B
8. Martin C
9. Nunez LF

Nunez making his first start in LF.