Mariners (32-44) vs Yankees (47-29)
Pitching Matchup
RHP Javier Vazquez (6-6, 5.16) vs RHP Felix Hernandez (5-5, 3.28)
Lineup
Jeter SS
Swisher RF
Teixeira 1B
Rodriguez 3B
Cano 2B
Posada DH
Granderson CF
Curtis LF
Cervelli C
News and Notes (Courtesy of MLB.com):
- Mark Teixeira extended his hitting streak to 10 games on Tuesday and is batting .268 (11-for-41) with seven runs scored, three home runs and 10 RBIs during the stretch.
- Brett Gardner was out of the Yankees’ starting lineup on Tuesday, as he nurses a right wrist contusion suffered when he was hit by a Clayton Kershaw fastball on Sunday. “They’re talking it could be a couple of days — it could be day-to-day,” Girardi said. “He’s progressing. We’re just evaluating every day.”
- Peter Brady of Brookfield, Conn., was chosen as the Yankees’ “All-Star Among Us” for his work with Handy Dandy Handy Man Ministry, an initiative he started in 1998 as a single volunteer.
- Marcus Thames is expected to start at DH for Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on Wednesday.
- For the first time since he took a personal leave of absence on June 4, pitching coach Dave Eiland was back with the Yankees on Tuesday.
- Yankees president Randy Levine, chief operating officer Lonn Trost, general manager Brian Cashman and right-hander Joba Chamberlain participated in the groundbreaking ceremony for Heritage Field, a new 10.8-acre park to be built on the footprint of the original Yankee Stadium.
The game will take place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx. It’s slated to start at 7:05PM ET. The game is being televised on the YES Network. The game can also be heard on the radio on WCBS 880. En1oy the game. Go Yankees!
M. B. Rozell
Kevin Rozell
I don’t know what’s more embarrassing…losing 7-0 or losing to a team who is 13.5 back of Texas in the West? I think the latter is embarrassing. But where do we place the blame? Pitching? Hitting? Tonight, BOTH. Vasquez did ok but after a while, ok becomes one notch away from mediocre. Hitting was nonexistent and Felix Hernandez earned my respect tonight. He man-handled the Yankees.
But, here’s the silver lining, tomorrow afternoon is a matinee game against Seattle and with CC on the mound, the pressure is to avoid being swept by the worst team in the West.