Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Twins (87-76) @ Yankees (103-59), Wednesday, October 7, 2009, 6:07pm **Game Chatter**
Lineups
Minnesota Twins
Denard Span, CF (.312/.387/.417, 3.9 WAR)
Orlando Cabrera, SS (.283/.313/.385, 0.2 WAR)
Joe Mauer, C (.364/.442/.586, 6.9 WAR)
Michael Cuddyer, 1B (.276/.342/.520, 1.3 WAR)
Jason Kubel, RF (.300/.369/.535, 2.7 WAR)
Delmon Young, LF (.285/.307/.428, -0.8 WAR)
Brendan Harris, DH (.262/.307/.363, -0.9 WAR)
Matt Tolbert, 3B (.228/.288/.306, -0.4 WAR)
Nick Punto, 2B (.228/.326/.285, 0.8 WAR)
Total, (.289/.350/.441, 13.7 WAR)
New York Yankees
Derek Jeter, SS (.334/.404/.465, 5.7 WAR)
Johnny Damon, LF (.282/.364/.489, 3.1 WAR)
Mark Teixeira, 1B (.292/.383/.565, 4.7 WAR)
Alex Rodriguez, 3B (.286/.402/.532, 3.5 WAR)
Hideki Matsui, DH (.274/.366/.509, 1.9 WAR)
Jorge Posada, C (.285/.363/.522, 1.3 WAR)
Robinson Cano, 2B (.320/.352/.520, 3.5 WAR)
Nick Swisher, RF (.249/.369/.498, 3.0 WAR)
Melky Cabrera, CF (.274/.333/.416, 0.9 WAR)
Total, (.291/.372/.502, 27.6 WAR)
Yankee Win Probability: 69.2%
The Yankees are overwhelming favorites to win their ALDS series just about every where you look, but that can change very quickly if they don’t win tonight. C.C. Sabathia is the Yankees’ ace, and to advance through the playoffs they probably need to win all of his starts. Yeah, yeah, yeah he has a less than stellar postseason record. IT’S FIVE F’ING STARTS.
This game is important, because it’s the first game of the postseason, and the postseason is important.
In my dreams, C.C. goes seven innings allowing two hits and no runs, with Phil Hughes pitching a perfect eighth and Mo a perfect ninth. Alex Rodriguez goes 2 for 4 with a first inning HR that gives the Yankees a lead they never relinquish.
Go Yankees.
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