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!
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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.