Monday, August 20, 2012
Yankees (72-49) @ WhiteSox (65-55), Monday, August 20, 2012, 8:10pm
NYY:Freddy Garcia (35, RHP, 7-5, 4.68) vs. CHW:Gavin Floyd (29, RHP, 9-9, 4.43)
Lineups
Yankees
Derek Jeter SS
Nick Swisher DH
Robinson Cano 2B
Mark Teixeira 1B
Curtis Granderson CF
Eric Chavez 3B
Raul Ibanez LF
Ichiro Suzuki RF
Chris Stewart C
White Sox
Dewayne Wise CF
Kevin Youkilis 3B
Adam Dunn DH
Paul Konerko 1B
Alex Rios RF
A.J. Pierzynski C
Dayan Viciedo LF
Alexei Ramirez SS
Gordon Beckham 2B
Tonight’s game will mark the 18th straight day the Yankees have played. They’ve gone 11-6 over the past 17 days, which is roughly a 105 win pace. They’ve pretty much done about as well as we could have realistically expected.
Unfortunately for them, the Rays are making a mockery of the rest of the league. So the Yankees’ reward for going 11-6 over the past 17 days was to lose two games off their lead over Tampa Bay in the AL East. Since the Rays will be sweeping Oakland over the next three days, it’s imperative that the Yankees at least win two of three against the White Sox. Tonight would be a good game to take since there’s very little likelihood that Ivan Nova and Phil Hughes will pitch well in consecutive games.
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