Sunday, August 9, 2009
RedSox (62-47) @ Yankees (68-42), Sunday, August 9, 2009, 8:05pm **Game Chatter**
Lineups
Boston Red Sox
J. Ellsbury, CF (.302/.352/.410, 1.0 WAR)
D. Pedroia, 2B (.300/.374/.434, 2.7 WAR)
V. Martinez, 1B (.333/.405/.485, 2.2 WAR)
K. Youkilis, 3B (.309/.422/.569, 3.6 WAR)
J. Bay, LF (.252/.381/.496, 1.4 WAR)
J. Drew, RF (.244/.364/.444, 1.6 WAR)
M. Lowell, DH (.296/.336/.478, 0.1 WAR)
J. Varitek, C (.225/.333/.432, 1.4 WAR)
N. Green, SS (.232/.302/.365, 0.1 WAR)
Total, (.275/.362/.456, 14.1 WAR)
New York Yankees
D. Jeter, SS (.312/.383/.443, 3.5 WAR)
J. Damon, LF (.282/.366/.508, 2.5 WAR)
M. Teixeira, 1B (.284/.382/.557, 3.5 WAR)
A. Rodriguez, DH (.258/.387/.505, 2 WAR)
J. Posada, C (.281/.359/.504, 1 WAR)
N. Swisher, RF (.245/.379/.482, 1.3 WAR)
R. Cano, 2B (.314/.349/.500, 2.1 WAR)
M. Cabrera, CF (.282/.346/.451, 1.4 WAR)
J. Hairston, 3B (.375/.545/.375, 0.1 WAR)
Total, (.285/.369/.494, 17.4 WAR)
Win Probability: The Yankees’ probability for winning this game is 51.9%.
What’s on my iPod? Nothing. I don’t own an iPod.
How do you erase the fact that you lost your first eight games to your main division rival? Start beating them like a rented mule. Tonight’s game gives the Yankees a chance to sweep their biggest series of the season and essentially bury the Red Sox in the AL East divisional race.
If the Yankees win tonight, they will be 69-42 and the Red Sox will be 62-48. That means if the Yankees go 26-25 (ending at 95-67) the rest of the way, Boston would have to go 33-19 (a 103 win pace) just to tie them. The Yankees are too good to only go 26-25, so every other win above that makes the Red Sox’s task that much more difficult.
Also, I have not broken any of my stuff yet, and if the Yankees win tonight I won’t. And I’m already slightly happy, but if the Yankees win tonight I’ll be very happy.
Because of those factors, tonight’s game is extra-special important. Like super-duper important.
Go Yankees.
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