Saturday, August 18, 2012
RedSox (58-62) @ Yankees (71-48), Saturday, August 18, 2012, 4:05pm
BOS: Jon Lester (28, LHP, 6-10, 5.20) vs. NYY: David Phelps (25, RHP, 3-3, 2.53)
Lineups
Boston
Jacoby Ellsbury CF
Carl Crawford LF
Dustin Pedroia 2B
Adrian Gonzalez 1B
Cody Ross DH
Ryan Lavarnway C
Scott Podsednik RF
Hammerin’ Pedro Ciriaco SS
Nick Punto 3B
Yankees
Derek Jeter DH
Nick Swisher 1B
Robinson Cano 2B
Andruw Jones RF
Casey McGehee 3B
Curtis Granderson CF
Russell Martin C
Jayson Nix SS
Ichiro Suzuki LF
Over his last five innings, Jon Lester has been arguably the most dominant pitcher in baseball, allowing just one hit and one walk while striking out 11. While David Phelps has pitched pretty well this year, his last start was the longest outing of his brief MLB career. He should be able to go to about 90 pitches today, which means he may get through the third against Boston’s lethal lineup.
Realistically, the Yankees’ only hope of winning this game is if Boston makes some errors and the bullpen can pitch six shutout innings after Phelps is pulled.
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