8/23 – Yankees at Blue Jays
Good evening from the Rogers Centre here in Toronto, as the Yankees get set to open a three-game series with the Blue Jays.
The Yankees are trying to improve on their fluky 13-0 record without Alex Rodriguez in the lineup, at the same time that they trot out something a batting order that Ivan Nova should have no trouble recognizing as he makes his first Major League start, especially at the bottom. And the Blue Jays are no pushovers.
“They’ve given us a hard time this year,” Joe Girardi said. “They’ve got all kinds of power up and down. They’ve played extremely well and had come from behind wins.”
Nova is a young pitcher who the Yankees have high hopes for, as you probably know, and Girardi thinks that the plan right now is that Nova will start in five days. Derek Jeter gets a day off tonight after playing 17 straight.
YANKEES (77-47)Brett Gardner LF, Nick Swisher RF, Mark Teixeira 1B, Robinson Cano 2B, Jorge Posada DH, Curtis Granderson CF, Eduardo Nunez SS, Ramiro Pena 3B, Francisco Cervelli C,
Ivan Nova RHP (0-0, 0.00) – first MLB start
BLUE JAYS (64-59)Fred Lewis LF, Yunel Escobar SS, Jose Bautista RF, Vernon Wells CF, Adam Lind DH, Aaron Hill 2B, Lyle Overbay 1B, Edwin Encarnacion 3B, Jose Molina C
Brandon Morrow RHP (9-6, 4.45)
Umpires: HP Jerry Meals, 1B Mark Wegner, 2B Dan Iassogna, 3B Dale Scott (cc)
Game notes information from the Yankees:
- AT A GLANCE: The Yankees will begin a three-game series at Toronto tinight, beginning a six-game, seven-day road trip which also features a three-game set at Chicago-AL this weekend…went 5-2 on their just-completed seven-game homestand, taking three of four games vs. Detroit and two of three vs. Seattle…following this road trip, return home for their longest homestand of the season (10 games in 10 days from 8/30-9/8)…this series finishes a stretch of playing games on 20 straight days from 8/6-25 (10-7 thus far)…also ends a stretch of 36G in 37 days from 7/20-8/25 (19-14 thus far)…are 26-9-5 in series in 2010, tied with Cincinnati for the most series wins in the Majors this season…are 21-15 since the All-Star break, and have won eight of their last 12 and 29 of their last 45 games.
- LOCKED WHEN LOADED: With the bases loaded this season, the Yankees are batting .419 (57-for-136) with 10HR and 162RBI, leading the Majors in each category…their 10 grand slams this season matches their club record set in 1987…hit just three slams in 2009…last led the AL in grand slams in 2004 (9GS) and last led the Majors in 2003 (9GS).
- CC YOU AT THE TOP: LHP CC Sabathia earned his AL-leading 17th win of the season on Sunday vs. Seattle, matching Colorado’s Ubaldo Jimenez and St. Louis’ Adam Wainwright for the most wins in the Majors…marked his franchise-record 16th consecutive start of at least 6.0IP with three-or-fewer earned runs (prev. high was 15 straight such starts by Ron Guidry to start his 1978 Cy Young season)…has gone 13-2 with a 2.32 ERA (116.1IP, 30ER) over his last 16 starts since 6/3.
- NEW FACE: RHP Ivan Nova will make his first Major League start tonight at Toronto, becoming just the eighth different Yankee to make a start this season…matched the second-fewest starters used by an AL team this season behind only Tampa Bay (7).
- BIRTHDAY BOY: OF Brett Gardner will celebrate his 27th birthday tomorrow.
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YANKEES MINOR LEAGUE SCOREBOARD August 23, 2010
New Hampshire (Blue Jays) 6
Trenton 0
W: Drabek (14-9, 2.98) L: Banuelos (0-1, 9.53)
http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=g_box&gid=2010_08_23_nhmaax_treaax_1
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Tampa
Lakeland (Tigers) POSTPONED
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Tampa
Lakeland (Tigers) CANCELLED
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Charleston 5
Greenville (Red Sox) 6
W: Ruiz (9-8, 4.29) L: Gipson (0-1, 9.00)
http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=g_box&gid=2010_08_23_crdafx_capafx_1
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Aberdeen (Orioles) 1
Staten Island 5
W: Turley (4-3, 4.80) L: Sexton (1-6, 7.20)
http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=g_box&gid=2010_08_23_abeasx_staasx_1
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GCL Phillies CANCELLED
GCL Yankees
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YANKEES MINOR LEAGUE SCOREBOARD August 24, 2010
Rochester (Twins) 7:00 PM
Scranton/WB
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New Hampshire (Blue Jays) 7:00 PM
Trenton
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Tampa
Brevard County (Brewers) 7:00 PM
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Charleston
Greenville (Red Sox) 7:00 PM
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Aberdeen (Orioles) 7:00 PM
Staten Island
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GCL Yankees
GCL Phillies, 12:00 PM
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