August 15, Yankees vs. D-Rays

[riverside sluggers]

Rays return home to face Yankees

NY Yankees (64-52) at Tampa Bay (46-72), 7:15 p.m. ET

 

The Return of the Injured Wright vs. Casey Fossum

 

The Rays are 7-3 against the Yankees this season, which is their best mark against any opponent. The seven wins represent their highest win total for a season against the Yankees. Left-hander Casey Fossum will start for the Rays in Monday's series opener and try to make it eight wins this year against the pinstripers. Fossum experienced his roughest outing of the season Wednesday at Baltimore when he allowed a career-high nine runs for the third time in his career and suffered his team-leading ninth defeat.

 

Right-hander Jaret Wright will start for the Yankees. He will be making his fifth start of the season and first since April 18 against the Rays at Yankee Stadium. After finishing their three-game series against the Yankees, the Rays will finish off the remainder of their 13-game homestand against the Rangers, Guardians and Angels.

 

Pitching matchup

NYY: RHP Jaret Wright

• 2-2, 9.15 ERA in 2005

• 1-0, 13.50 ERA vs. TB in 2005

 

TB: LHP Casey Fossum

• 6-8, 4.22 ERA in 2005

• 2-0, 2.16 ERA vs. NYY in 2005

 

Players to watch

Jorge Cantu, Carl Crawford and Aubrey Huff have all done well against Wright.

[yeszir]

Wow. How often do the D-Rays seem to have an edge going into a game with the yankees?

[riverside sluggers]

more impressive is that the 2 games Casey Fossum faced Ny in 2005, he held them to just a .172 batting average

[riverside sluggers]

Jaret Wight had started the game that yankees were able to score 13 runs in the 2nd inning of an April game against Tampa Bay, he would need that run support lasting just 5.1 innings giving up 11 hits, 8 runs

 

pitcher vs batter matchups:

 

Jaret Wright vs: (career against Tampa Bay in 5 games a 3-1 record with a 5.13 ERA)

Jorge Cantu, 2 for 3 (.667 avg) K

Carl Crawford, 3 for 4 (.750 avg) RBI

Alex Gonzalez, 0 for 7, 3 Walks, 3 Ks

Nick Green, 0 for 3, 2 Ks

Toby Hall, 2 for 2 (1.000 avg) Walk

Aubrey Huff, 1 for 3 (.333 avg) HR, 3 RBIs, K

Travis Lee, 0 for 2, Walk

Julio Lugo, 2 for 3 (.667 avg) Double, 2 RBIs

 

Casey Fossum vs: (career against Yankees in 14 games a 4-3 record with a 5.15 ERA)

Robinson Cano, 1 for 4 (.250 avg)

John Flaherty, 0 for 3, K

Jason Giambi, 7 for 19 (.368 avg) Double, 3 RBIs, 3 Walks, 3 Ks

Derek Jeter, 4 for 17 (.235 avg) Double, HR, 2 RBIs, 4 Ks

Tino Martinez, 1 for 1 (1.000 avg) HR, RBI

Hideki Matsui, 3 for 8 (.375 avg) Double, RBI, 2 Walks, K

Jorge Posada, 6 for 19 (.316 avg) Double, HR, 5 RBIs, Walk, 4 Ks

Alex Rodriguez, 5 for 15 (.333 avg) Double, 2 HRs, 2 RBIs, 6 Ks

Gary Sheffield, 1 for 6 (.167 avg) Walk, K

Bernie Williams, 4 for 15 (.267 avg) HR, RBI, 4 Walks, 2 Ks

Tony Womack, 2 for 7 (.286 avg) 2 Ks

[yankeessuck013]

end of 2nd...0-0

[yankeessuck013]

Gay-Rod Homerun....2-0 yankees in the 4th

[ORS]

He is just MASHING right now.

[yankeessuck013]

He is just MASHING right now.

 

roids.....

 

hr by cantu....2-1 yankees

[ORS]

Gomes hit the bigfly, not Cantu.

[yankeessuck013]

ahhh my bad

[ARod2212]

Bernie has been raking the ball.

[yankeessuck013]

alex gonzalez sucks, he had a ball go right off his glove...3-1 stankees

[ARod2212]

That wasn't a gimme play, ball was hit hard off his glove.

 

Big at bat right here for Sheff. 1st and 3rd, 2 out.

[ARod2212]

Batting .400 with RISP.

 

4-1 Good guys.

[ORS]

I've always thought that all runs scored after a 2-out error should be unearned.

[yankeessuck013]

gay-rod down on strikes

[yankeessuck013]

4-2 now

[yankeessuck013]

hhaha bernie dont break a hip fallin down like that

[ORS]

Travis Harper, of the 13-run inning, is in for TB.

[yankeessuck013]

huff singles in the 9th against Ma, and ma just hit gomes ...tying run at the plate...1 out

 

men on the corners

[riverside sluggers]

3-0 count on gonzalez, gomes stole second

[yankeessuck013]

2 outs

[yankeessuck013]

sushi catches it to end the games, but right now rivera looks anything but unhittable

[riverside sluggers]

well like in 2004, he was lights out, but as torre does so--he uses the f*** out of gordon and rivera

[Yanksin2010]

sushi catches it to end the games, but right now rivera looks anything but unhittable

and yet they still couldn't score even after the 1st base ump blows the strikeout call. I wouldn't be saying anything about mo with your closing situation.

[yeszir]

and yet they still couldn't score even after the 1st base ump blows the strikeout call. I wouldn't be saying anything about mo with your closing situation.

Alas, we claimest not to have betwixt our britches the bestest closer in all the land.

[yankeessuck013]

and yet they still couldn't score even after the 1st base ump blows the strikeout call. I wouldn't be saying anything about mo with your closing situation.

 

everyone goes thru there up and downs, dont take it personally.....but the way we are htting, I feel we can hit anyone

[Sox fan in Tex]

I'm still trying to understand putting the Yankee game thread where we have always put the Red Sox game threads. Oh well.