Sunday, August 25, 2013

Game 130 Lineup: Yankees @ Rays

Yankees need this game. If not, they'll get swept by the Rays and the Yankees playoff chances will diminsh. Here's your lineup:

Brett Gardner CF
Ichiro Suzuki RF
Robinson Cano 2B
Alfonso Soriano DH
Curtis Granderson LF
Eduardo Nunez SS
Lyle Overbay 1B
Mark Reynolds 3B
Chris Stewart C

Ivan Nova RHP

Some Notes and Transactions:

-- Derek Jeter has the day-off today. If all goes well, he'll meet the Yankees in Toronto tomorrow for the series vs. the Blue Jays.

-- Lyle Overbay feels well enough to play today. He sat out the last two games with a stomach virus. Robinson Cano and Vernon Wells were joking about him.

Cano to Overbay: "You're getting your color back,"

Wells to Cano: "Whatever color he had,"

-- Yesterday I was having a conversation with someone on Twitter about Mark Reynolds possibly being a fit at 3B next year if A-Rod is suspended. Well, it looks like today the Yankees are going to try it out and see for themselves.

-- Interesting fact: Mariano Rivera has 36 saves at the Trop in his career. The next player to have the most saves? Jonathan Papelbon (was with the Red Sox at the time) with 10.

3 comments:

  1. Another great outing by Nova, he has become the Yanks best pitcher the last month.

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  2. Nunez is going to be an excellent SS both glove and bat.

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