Friday, August 22, 2008

Yanks-O's preview



The Yankees roadtrip will end after this weekends trip to Camden Yards in Baltimore. Yankees will send Mike Mussina in search for his 17th win of the season tonight as he will oppose Radhames Liz who was recalled from the minor leagues. The series will continue Saturday night when Carl Pavano will take the mound for the first game since last season to face Jeremy Guthrie and the birds. The Series wraps up on Sunday with the finale when Rasner coming off a solid start will face Daniel Cabrera who has stiffled the Yankees lately.

Pitching matchups:
Tonight: RHP Mike Mussina (16-7, 3.35) VS. RHP Radhames Liz ( 4-3, 7.47) 7:05, channel 9
Saturday:RHP Carl Pavano making season debut) VS. RHP Jeremy Guthrie (10-6, 3.15) 7:05,YES
Sunday: RHP Darrell Rasner (5-9, 4.93) VS. RHP Daniel Cabrera (8-8, 4.98) 1:05 YES

Notes:
...Orioles lead the season series 7 games to 5 against the Yankees
...Yankees have lost 8 of their last 10 road games heading into series at Baltimore
...Since Yankees 8 game winning streak to open the second half they have lost 4 series, spllitng 2 and only winning 1 series since
...Milar is having lots of sucess against the bombers this year Millar is batting .340 (17-for-50) with six homers and nine RBIs in 12 games this season versus the Yankees.

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