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Happy 4th of July to all! The New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox will square off today in the second of a four game series, and will surely produce fireworks at the stadium.

Josh Beckett, 7-5 with a 3.65 ERA, will face Darrell Rasner who is 4-6 with an ERA of 4.92. Rasner has lost his last two starts and 6 of his last 7. He has never faced Boston in his career. He is 3-1 at home this season. Beckett is coming off a 7 inning no-decision against Houston, where he had been back and forth. 2-1 in his last five starts, Beckett has shut down potential. And we all know his past World Series history against the Yankees. In his career, Beckett is 6-3 against the Yankees.

Boston comes into the game 51-37, 3 full games behind Tampa Bay. The Yankees are 45-41, 8 full games back of Tampa Bay.

The Yankees need Rasner to throw well, and the bats to come alive! Go Yankees!

After picking up a win on Wednesday, the Yankees are on the winning track to take on rival Boston Red Sox this weekend at Yankee Stadium. Both the Yankees and the Red Sox currently trail the red-hot Tampa Bay Rays in the American League East.

The Yankees/Red Sox are always up for heated battles, and this series seemingly will prove to be no different. Both teams are currently struggling slightly, and are looking for any way to pick up wins.

The Red Sox will throw Jon Lester, who is 6-3, with a 3.48 this season. Lester has picked up two straight no-decisions, after winning three straight. For his career Lester is 17-5. In limited at bats, Yankees hitters seem to enjoy hitting off Lester. A few statistics:

Bobby Abreu, 2-3, double, 2RBI
Melky Cabrera, 2-2, RBI
Robinson Cano, 1-2, double, RBI
Johnny Damon, 3-3, HR, 3RBI

For the Yankees, the 36 year old lefthander from Baton Rouge, LA- Andy Pettitte will take the mound. Pettitte is 9-5 on the season, and has won his last 6 decisions, and has not lost since May 17th. He is 210-118 in 410 career starts.

This should be a fantastic series, and it’s time to show the Red Sox, that we are going to be in contention the rest of the season. Time to pick up at least three wins! Go Yankees!

The New York Yankees will look to avoid the sweep at the hands of the Texas Rangers Wednesday evening. The 7:05 start will feature Texas right-hander Luis Mendoza, and the Yankees Sidney Ponson.

Mendoza is 1-2, with a 5.40 era on the season. He has only made five starts this season, being used out of the bullpen most of the time. His last appearance was June 28th against Philadelphia. In that outing, he went 1 inning, allowing 1 hit and striking out one. On June 25th he picked up a win against Houston after pitching three scoreless innings. His outing before that, he picked up a 3 inning save against Washington. So, Luis has been used in every situation possible this season! Mendoza is a 6’3, 210lbs right-hander from Veracruz. He turns 25 in October. He has never faced the Yankees in his career.

Sidney Ponson will look for another good start in his second appearance with the Yanks this year. His start on June 27th against the Mets was his first in three weeks. He went 6 innings, allowing just 5 hits, in a 9-0 shut out. Before that, Sidney was 4-1 on the season. In his career Ponson is 8-2 in 15 career starts against the Rangers. Let’s hope that he can continue that success against his former team in the upcoming game.

It is time for Yankees bats to bust out! Big win time for the Yankees!

Kevin Millwood will take the mound for the Rangers on Tuesday, trying to help the Rangers to 3 games over .500 for the season. A win will also guarantee a series win, as the Rangers won last night’s match. New York will counter with Joba Chamberlain, and his big, strong right arm.

Millwood is 5-4 with a 5.08 era on the season. He was roughed up in his last outing against the Astros, allowing 12 hits and 7 runs in just 5 innings pitched. Before that outing Millwood had won his last three decisions. For his career, Millwood has started six times against the Yankees, and is just 1-4, with a lofty era of 4.82. Millwood is also 1-4 on the road this season. A few Yankees hitters with some success in the past against Millwood are:

Bobby Abreu 14-39, 1 homerun, 4RBI
Melky Cabrera 4-9, triple
Jason Giambi, 5-11, 2 homeruns, 3 RBI
Derek Jeter 5-19
Alex Rodriguez 6-14, 1 homerun, 2 RBI

For the Yankees, Chamberlain is coming off his best outing as a starter. On June 25th Joba went 6.2 innings, allowing 6 hits, zero runs, and striking out 7 Pittsburgh hitters. Chamberlain is 2-2 with a 2.02 era during the 2008 season. He has never faced Texas in his career.

Could be a good pitchers-duel, but Joba will out-duel Millwood! Go Yankees!

1. Damon, DH
2. Gardner, LF
3. Abreu, RF
4. Rodriguez, 3B
5. Giambi, 1B
6. Posada, C
7. Cano, 2B
8. Betemit, SS
9. Cabrera, CF

Tonight the Yankees will take on the Texas Rangers at Yankee Stadium. The 7:05 start will feature two teams that are above .500, but both sitting on the outside looking in, in the playoff race.

Texas comes into tonight’s action at 42-41, 7.5 games out in the AL West. The Yankees come in 44-38, third place in the AL East, behind Tampa Bay and Boston. Texas has won 6 of their last 10, and are 21-23 on the road. The Yankees are 5-5 in their last ten and 22-18 at home.<

The Rangers will start the three game set with Scott Feldman on the mound. Feldman is 1-3 on the season, with a 4.60 era. He has not won a start since May 9^th, a 4-0 shut out win against Oakland. Feldman is 0-0 in his career against the Yankees, just throwing 1/3 of an inning, allowing 3 hits and 3 runs in that short appearance.

For the Yankees, “The Moose”, Mike Mussina will take the mound. Mussina is 10-5 on the season, with a 3.93 era. Mussina lost his last outing, 4-2 to the Reds, but pitched 8 strong innings in that start. Mike is 4-1 in his last 6 starts, and 17-12 in his career against Texas.

Some notable numbers for the Rangers against Mussina include:

Hank Blalock: 5-33
Michael Young: 9-35
Milton Bradley: 0-9

Feldman has only faced a couple Yankee batters in his career. Here are their numbers:

Melky Cabrera: 1-1
Derek Jeter: 1-1, homerun
Jose Molina: 0-1

This should be a fun series! Go Yankees!

Tomorrow’s game against the Mets (at 1:10EST) will be the last time the cross-city rivals meet in this year’s regular season.

Darrell Rasner will take the hill for the Yankees. Rasner has lost 5 of his last 6 starts, after starting the year 3-0. During his last outing in Pittsburgh, he went 5 innings, allowing 10 hits, and 7 runs in a 12-5 loss. The start before that he was able to pick up a win against the Padres, throwing 5 innings, and allowing just 3 hits and 2 runs. Rasner has never faced the Mets in his career.

For the Mets, Oliver Perez looks to prevent their third straight loss. The lefthander is 5-5 on the year with a 5.29 era. Oliver is coming off a recent loss as well, losing 11-0 to Seattle on June 24th. Perez’s last win was June 13th against Texas. In that outing, he threw 7 innings, allowing 3 hits, and no runs. Perez has some nasty stuff, so if he plays well he has the potential to shut down the Yankees.

Some notable numbers for a few of the Yankee hitters against Perez:

• Robinson Cano, 4-10
• Derek Jeter, 5-14
• Hideki Matsui, 3-10, 3 homeruns

Go Yankees! Time for three straight!

Saturday’s 3:55 start, for the FOX game of the week should feature some great pitching.

Johan Santana, 7-6 with a 2.93 ERA will be on the mound for the 39-40 Mets, while lefty Andy Pettitte 8-5 with a 4.04 ERA will pitch for the 43-37 Yankees. The Mets and Yankees split the home and away games on Friday, and will continue their series Saturday and Sunday.

Pettitte has won his last five decisions and has not lost a game since May 17, which was ironically against the New York Mets. Andy has pitched atleast six innings in his last eight starts.

Santana has dropped his last three decisions, and has not won a start since June 1 against the Dodgers. Despite his losing, Santana has pitched at least 6 innings in all of those starts. Santana is 4-0 lifetime against the Yankees in six career starts.

This should be a classic at Shea Saturday! Let’s hope for another well pitched game for Pettitte, that gets the ball rolling against Johan!

Go Yankees!

1. Damon, LF
2. Jeter, SS
3. Abreu, RF
4. Rodriguez, 3B
5. Giambi, 1B
6. Posada, C
7. Cano, 2B
8. Cabrera, CF
9. Pettitte, P

New York, New York! Mets/Yankees! What a battle it should be this weekend at historic Yankee Stadium. 2:05pm start for the New York battle pits Mike Pelrey for the Mets, against Dan Giese for the Yankees.

Pelfrey is 4-6 with a 4.30 era and has never pitched against the Yankees in his career. He has won his last two starts, and has not lost in his last five. He had his outing three weeks ago against Arizona, where he threw 8 solid innings, allowing 5 hits and just 1 run. The 6′7, 230 lbs righthander was a first round draft pick of the Mets in the 2005 MLB draft.

Giese is making just his second start of the season. The 31 year old righthander out of Anaheim California, was drafted in the 34th round of the 1999 draft, and did not make a major league start until this year. Dan is 6′3, 200lbs. In his first major league start, he went 6.2 innings, allowing just four hits and three runs, in a 6-0 loss to the CIncinnati Reds. His season era is at a sparkling 0.64. Giese has never faced the Mets in his career.

This should be a terrific series, as Mets-Yankees always is. This time, both teams are fighting to get back into contention. The Yankees sit 5.5 games back in third place in the AL East, while the Mets rest at 38-39, but only 4.5 games back in the NL East. They have moved up due to the Phillies losing 6 of their last 7, and the Marlins getting swept by Tampa Bay.

Good luck to the Yankees. May the best team win- and that will be the Yankees!

1. Cabrera, CF
2. Jeter, SS
3. Abreu, RF
4. Rodriguez, 3B
5. Giambi, DH
6. Posada, C
7. Cano, 2B
8. Betemit, 1B
9. Christian LF

Both teams have won a game in the series rather easily. Tonight will be the rubber match of a three game set between the New York Yankees and the Pittsburgh Pirates. The first pitch is schedule for 7:05pm at PNC Park in Pittsburgh.

Mike Mussina will take the hill for the Yankees. Moose is 10-5 on the year with a 3.93 era. He is the winningest pitcher against the opposite league since interleague play began in 1997. Mike is 21-13 against the NL, but is coming off a loss to the Reds last week. Mussina, who is originally from Pennsylvania, has never pitched in Pittsburgh, but is 1-0 in his career against the Pirates, throwing a complete game shut out in his only start.

For the Pirates- Paul Maholm will take the hill. The lefthander has won three straight decisions and has not lost a game since May 20th. Maholm is 3-0 with a 3.61 in his last six starts, and is also 4-1 at home this season. In his interleague career, Paul has a record of 2-4 with a 4.42 era.

The Yankees come in 42-36, third in the AL East, and are one game over .500 on the road, at 20-19. The Pirates sit at 37-42, for fourth in the NL Central, and are playing at a 24-17 clip at home.

Should be a nice ball game. I say Mussina pitches another gem against the Pirates, and the Yankees win! The YAAAAAAANKEEEEEES WIN!

1. Damon, CF
2. Jeter, SS
3. Abreu, RF
4. Rodriguez, 3B
5. Giambi, 1B
6. Cano, 2B
7. Cabrera, CF
8. Molina, C
9. Mussina, P

The Yankees look to get back on the winning track today, after the 12-5 drubbing at the hands of the Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday.

Yankees 41-36(19-19 on the road) will have Joba Chamberlain on the hill tonight. Joba is 1-2 overall this season, with a sparkling 2.36 era. In his last two starts, both have been well pitched games, but neither have been wins. On June 13th, we went 6 innings, allowing 6 hits, and just 1 run in a 2-1 Yankee win over the Astros. Then, in his last start against San Diego Joba threw 5.2 innings, allowing just 4 hits, and 1 run. Joba has only faced one current Pirate batter, and that is Jason Michaels, who is 0-1 in his career off Chamberlain.

For the Pirates, the tough, young lefty Zach Duke will be throwing. Duke is 4-4 on the year with a 3.91 era. Lately Duke has pitched very well. His last two starts have both been no decisions, but he has not lost in the month of June. In his last four starts, he has went 6 innings, or more, allowing no more than 4 runs. Duke is 4-2 at home this year with a 3.18 era.

This could be a tough game tonight. If Duke is on, the Pirates will be tough to hit. We are going to need much better pitching then we got yesterday. And with Joba pitching, we will have to use our bullpen. Let’s hope we only need them for 3 innings- no more. Also, let’s be patient against Duke, and I think we’ll get to him!

Good luck Yankees! Time for another winning streak!

Here is tonight’s winning lineup:

1. Cabrera CF
2. Jeter SS
3. Abreu RF
4. Rodriguez 3B
5. Giambi 1B
6. Posada C
7. Cano 2B
8. Christian LF
9. Chamberlain P

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