Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Blue Jays (66-79) @ Yankees (93-53), Wednesday, September 16, 2009, 7:05pm **Game Chatter**
Lineups
Toronto Blue Jays
Marco Scutaro, SS (.284/.379/.412, 4.5 WAR)
Aaron Hill, 2B (.286/.326/.492, 2.4 WAR)
Adam Lind, DH (.300/.363/.550, 2.6 WAR)
Vernon Wells, CF (.262/.315/.405, -0.6 WAR)
Lyle Overbay, 1B (.262/.370/.455, 1.8 WAR)
Edwin Encarnacion, 3B (.216/.255/.353, -1.0 WAR)
Rod Barajas, C (.241/.271/.427, 0.3 WAR)
Jose Bautista, LF (.226/.353/.352, 0.6 WAR)
Travis Snider, RF (.227/.310/.416, 0.0 WAR)
New York Yankees
Derek Jeter, SS (.332/.396/.468, 5.1 WAR)
Jerry Hairston, LF (.258/.355/.435, 0.4 WAR)
Mark Teixeira, 1B (.286/.381/.553, 4.6 WAR)
Alex Rodriguez, 3B (.285/.409/.519, 3.2 WAR)
Hideki Matsui, DH (.277/.369/.509, 1.8 WAR)
Robinson Cano, 2B (.320/.350/.515, 2.9 WAR)
Nick Swisher, RF (.257/.374/.509, 3.1 WAR)
Melky Cabrera, CF (.280/.339/.427, 1.4 WAR)
Jose Molina, C (.243/.317/.297, -0.3 WAR)
Total, (.292/.372/.493, 22.2 WAR)
Yankee Win Probability: 56.6%
The Yankees have lost three of their last five games. In the process, their magic number for clinching the AL East has gone down from 14 to 12. Shrinking the magic number by two every five games with 16 games remaining means that at the end of the season, the magic number would still be six. If it’s six, that means the Yankees will have failed to win the division.
Winning the division is important. Really important. That makes today’s game really important.
Go Yankees.
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