7/28 – Yankees at Indians
Now getting set for baseball here in Cleveland after some very dark skies rolled through the area and forced the writers in the front row to scramble to shut the windows, amid the flying debris of paper and cups that littered the press box.
We’re looking at a 7:40 p.m. ET first pitch as the grounds crew prepares the field for this game, which can be seen on YES. Jhonny Peralta was in the original lineup tonight for the Indians, but he has been traded to the Tigers for left-hander Giovanni Soto.
Here are the revised lineups, and don’t forget you can always follow along during the game on Twitter @bryanhoch:
YANKEES (63-36)Derek Jeter SS, Nick Swisher RF, Mark Teixeira 1B, Alex Rodriguez 3B, Robinson Cano 2B, Jorge Posada DH, Curtis Granderson CF, Francisco Cervelli C, Brett Gardner LF
RHP A.J. Burnett (8-8, 4.77)
INDIANS (42-58)Trevor Crowe CF, Asdrubal Cabrera SS, Shin-Soo Choo RF, Carlos Santana C, Travis Hafner DH, Austin Kearns LF, Matt LaPorta 1B, Andy Marte 3B, Jason Donald 2B
RHP Fausto Carmona (10-7, 3.51)
AT A GLANCE: The Yankees will play the third game of a four-game series at Cleveland tonight…have split the first two games of this series, the first stop of a seven-game road trip also featuring a three-game series at Tampa Bay from Friday-Sunday…went 6-3 on their just-completed nine-game, 10-day homestand following the All-Star break vs. Tampa Bay (2-1), Los Angeles-AL (1-1) and Kansas City (3-1)…own the best record in Baseball (63-36, .636) and lead the AL East by 2.0 games…is the team’s best record after 99 games since 2004 (also 63-36)…took over first place in the AL East on 6/20 and have not relinquished the lead since…are 27G over .500, one game shy of their season high-water mark…are 23-7-2 in series in 2010, marking the most series wins in the Majors this season…have won 15 of their last 20 games, 16 of their last 22 and 22 of their last 32.
GREEN THUMB: OF Brett Gardner recorded his team-high eighth outfield assist of the season in last night’s loss at Cleveland…was his fourth OF assist in July…is tied for the third-most outfield assists in the Majors and trails only Toronto’s Jose Bautista (9) among American League outfielders.
MAN ON A MISSION: 3B Alex Rodriguez hit his 599th career HR in the 7/22 win vs. Kansas City, and with his next home run will become the seventh player all time to reach the 600-homer plateau…will become the second player to reach the mark as a Yankee, joining Babe Ruth.
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Owns 10HR in 58 career games at Progressive Field and has not homered in Cleveland since 8/11/07…has never hit a milestone HR vs. Cleveland, however, Nos. 501, 502 and 503 were off Indians pitchers.
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Is 2-for-8 (.250) with 1HR off tonight’s starter Fausto Carmona.
Bryan Hoch
Good win tonight. I like Mitre in the 2-3 inning relief role. Cannot wait until ARod hits #600 so the media will give it a rest.
YANKEES MINOR LEAGUE SCOREBOARD July 28, 2010
Norfolk (Orioles) 8
Scranton/WB 6
W: Patton (7-9, 4.80); L: Phelps (1-2, 3.86)
http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=g_box&gid=2010_07_28_noraaa_swbaaa_1
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New Britain (Twins) 2
Trenton 3
W: Whelan (2-3, 6.56); L: Bullock (1-3, 4.15)
http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=g_box&gid=2010_07_28_nbraax_treaax_1
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Charlotte (Rays) 0
Tampa 3
W: Venditte (2-0, 1.67); L: Quate (2-2, 1.20)
http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=g_box&gid=2010_07_28_chaafa_tbyafa_1
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Greenville (Red Sox) 6
Charleston 10
W: Black (5-7, 4.30); L: Rivera (3-9, 4.35)
http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=g_box&gid=2010_07_28_capafx_crdafx_1
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Norwich (Tigers) 0
Staten Island 1
W: O’Brien (6-1, 1.99) L: Smith (0-2, 2.76)
HR: SI: Stevenson (2)
S: Whitley (9)
http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=g_box&gid=2010_07_28_conasx_staasx_1
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GCL Yankees 8
GCL Tigers 1
W: Gerritse (2-1, 3.72) L: Barfield (1-1, 4.05)
http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=g_box&gid=2010_07_28_yanrok_tgrrok_1
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You may also see http://www.yankeesdaily.com for details.
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YANKEES MINOR LEAGUE SCOREBOARD July 29, 2010
Norfolk (Orioles) 7:00 PM
Scranton/WB
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New Hampshire (Blue Jays) 7:00 PM
Trenton
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Charlotte (Rays) 7:00 PM
Tampa
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Greenville (Red Sox) 7:00
Charleston
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Norwich (Tigers) 7:00 PM
Staten Island
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GCL Tigers, 12:00 PM
GCL Yankees
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You may also see http://www.yankeesdaily.com for details.
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