Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Rays (72-67) @ Yankees (90-50), Wednesday, September 9, 2009, 7:05pm **Game Chatter**
Lineups
Tampa Bay Rays
Jason Bartlett, SS (.331/.392/.512, 4.1 WAR)
TSCC, LF (.305/.361/.453, 4.4 WAR)
Evan Longoria, 3B (.281/.359/.541, 4.9 WAR)
Ben Zobrist, 2B (.282/.396/.523, 5.4 WAR)
Pat Burrell, DH (.232/.333/.390, -0.4 WAR)
Chris Richard, 1B (.500/.667/.500, 0.1 WAR)
Gabe Gross, RF (.243/.346/.384, 1.0 WAR)
Dioner Navarro, C (.226/.256/.332, -1.2 WAR)
B.J. Upton, CF (.237/.309/.365, 0.6 WAR)
Total, (.271/.347/.445, 18.9 WAR)
New York Yankees
Derek Jeter, SS (.327/.392/.466, 4.9 WAR)
Johnny Damon, LF (.286/.367/.507, 3.2 WAR)
Mark Teixeira, 1B (.282/.379/.549, 4.3 WAR)
Alex Rodriguez, 3B (.281/.407/.512, 3.1 WAR)
Hideki Matsui, DH (.269/.361/.504, 1.5 WAR)
Nick Swisher, RF (.254/.376/.506, 2.9 WAR)
Robinson Cano, 2B (.316/.348/.520, 2.5 WAR)
TSBG, CF (.270/.340/.392, 1.1 WAR)
Jose Molina, C (.245/.322/.302, -0.2 WAR)
Total, (.288/.372/.496, 23.3 WAR)
Yankee Win Probability: 59.1%
There was a time not that long ago where a game that was being started by Joba Chamberlain was something to look forward to. Nowadays, not so much. Joba’s pitching his way off the postseason roster, so tonight’s an important game for him if he wants to stay there. The Yankees need Joba to pitch better, because the prospect of having to use Chad Gaudin or Sergio Mitre as the #4 starter in the postseason if the Yankees are miraculously able to stave off the red-hot Red Sox isn’t particularly enticing, which makes this game important for them too.
So this game isn’t just important. It’s double-important.
Go Yankees.
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