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pitcher vs batter matchups John Maine vs: (1st career appearance against Yankees) Aaron Small vs: (career against Orioles in 8 games a 1-0 record with a 6.14 ERA, career at Yankee Stadium in 9 games a 4-1 record with a 4.88 ERA) Sal Fasano, 0 for 1 Chris Gomez, 1 for 3 (.333 avg) Double, 3 RBIs, 2 Walks Eli Marrero, 1 for 2 (.500 avg) HR, 2 RBIs B.J. Surhoff, 2 for 3 (.667 avg) RBI

Maine ready to start at Yankee Stadium, Small Gets First Look at O's in 2005 Baltimore (70-79) at New York (86-63), 7:05 p.m. ET The Orioles scored two runs in the first three innings, but then their offense was shut down, allowing the Yankees to rally for a 3-2 win on Monday at Yankee Stadium. With seven of the next 10 games against playoff contenders New York and Boston, Baltimore will try to play spoiler, beginning Tuesday. Right-hander John Maine will make his first career appearance against the Yankees. He has been solid since joining the rotation in late-August. Maine did not make it past the fifth inning of his first four starts, but he finally broke that string when he turned in 6 2/3 solid frames on Sept. 13 in a no-decision against the Rangers. New York will counter with right-hander Aaron Small, a journeyman who joined the club from Triple-A Columbus on July 20. Small made an emergency start against the Rangers and collected his first win as a Yankee, then he alternated between the rotation and bullpen. Small has won three straight outings, including a five-hitter against the A's on Sept. 3. The Orioles are a respectable 6-5 against the Bombers this season, but most of those games occurred when the O's were in first place in the American League East. The Orioles haven't won a season series against the Yankees since 1997, and they haven't won a season series at Yankee Stadium in 10 years. Brian Roberts, who singled and scored a run on Monday, has hit safely in 35 of his past 47 games. Pitching matchup BAL: RHP John Maine • 2-1, 3.27 ERA in 2005 • First career appearance vs. NYY NYY: RHP Aaron Small • 8-0, 3.28 ERA in 2005 • Has not faced BAL in 2005

i think its evident Hyzdu will get the starts when Trot is out sick or whatever, or if a left handed pitcher is starting. Hyzdu did get good couple hits, part of short rallies, in yesterday's game

what about his performance just last week going 3 scoreless innings against the Blue Jays allowing just 1 hit and a walk? one bad performance doesnt reflect he is now getting hit hard, remember the first batter got on because johnny had another tough time catching a flyball (shoulvde been an out)

that is true and he is delivering quality starts to get teams' attention as derek lowe had done in the playoffs, i remember the marlins were very interested in him during the july trades

lets just say Wells will take up his 2nd year of his contract, I think it be cool to see a 6 man rotation for 2006. Arroyo said in a recent interview he'll only go to the bullpen in emergency situations but he wants to remain a starter 1. Schilling 2. Wakefield 3. Wells 4. Clement 5. Arroyo 6. Papelbon

im calling this out, this is the season of the underdogs. The favored teams just havent been winning so far

Papelbon has been ON THE ROSTER SINCE BEFORE & ON AUGUST 31 get your facts straight, he was sent back down but was called up permanently to make couple more starts, against Detroit and the Angels and then was kept on board full time to be a reliever in the bullpen August 16 start vs detroit August 21 start vs angels August 25 relief appearance vs royals August 27 relief appearance vs detroit August 29 relief appearance vs devil rays http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/players/7614/gamelog

you're telling me I have tickets to game 3 of Sox/Yanks on Oct 2 (Mussina vs Wakefield) i cant wait its gonna be my first playoffs like feel game, seats are like right behind the yanks dugout too

haha funny you start posting now, your last post was what, last month?? dude whatever i still have faith in my team, i got to see more offense than i have been seeing and top pitching prospect hansen showed he really does have great stuff. Still 12 games to be played really

week 2 results, bold for correct patriots vs Panthers Baltimore vs Tennesse Buffalo vs Tampabay Detroit Vs Chicago Jacksonville Vs Indianapolis Minnesota Vs Cincinatti Pittsburgh Vs Houston San fransisco Vs Eagles Atlanta Vs Seattle ST. Louis Vs Arizona Cleveland VS Green Bay Miami VS New York Jets San Diego Vs Denver Kansas City vs Oakland New York Giants vs New Orleans Washington Vs Dallas

another option for 1st base, who the Sox's front office really like and tried to acquire him in July is Tampa Bay's Aubrey Huff, who wont come as expensive as Konerko will

oh well, doesnt matter now. hansen will most likely take over for mantei or miller in the rosters spot, but papelbon is already playoffs eligible since he has been on the team since mid-August. I wonder who will be the backup for 3rd base if the Sox do make it past last game of the regular season

youk was up before the sept 1 deadline, i know that. i can remember vividly he was called up on august 31 to make him playoffs eligible

Papelbon has been on the roster since before sept 1, which makes him eligible. hansen can still get a spot on the roster, by taking over for one of the players who are injured for the rest of the season (Matt Mantei, Wade Miller, Gabe Kapler, Kevin Youkilis)

just a side track i thought was pretty funny: im playing my mvp baseball 2006 on ps2, where the sox are actually winning right now haha, im in 2nd season of dynasty mode and the Yankees have traded off Mike Mussina for Kenny Rogers (perfect fit in NY ). First pitch of the first game of the season Johnny hits a line drive that hits Kenny's leg which takes him out. at end of game it says rogers is out for rest of the season

i have much love for rent, but if i see the same results the first half of 2006, sox will have to try to unload his contract and trade him

i agree with you on varitek, if you saw the stats youd see terry shouldve given tek (3 hits in 16 at bats) the day off and give mirabelli the start (8 hits in 14 at bats against Hendrickson). tomorrow is very much so a must win schilling vs the hittable Seth McClung, look for cora to get the start as tony g's hamstring strains have acted up again

dude calm down, god a little optimism here? its not over yet, you know. still 12 games left and the offense was able to finally score more than 3 runs. gotta have faith, not a fan if you dont have any with still 12 games to go

best pitching: Craig Hansen (who i thought shouldve been used at least 2 innings) his major league debut with 2 Ks dishonorable mention: Harvill took the loss (but still gotta give props for gettin out of bases loaded with 2 outs), papelbon hanging a splitter for a 2 run homerun. bradford giving up the go ahead run (even if rent hadnt made an error he still wouldve scored disgusting mention: wells and clement back to back bad short outings giving up 11 runs in 4 innings best offense: David Ortiz with a HR, Double, Sac Fly (4 RBIs, 136 major league leading)--Alex Cora with his 2 out 2 RBI triple dishonorable mention: Manny un clutch like striking out to end the game and went 0 for 5 tonight, Millar guiding into back to back double plays, Varitek was still given day of work when Mirabelli had feasting numbers off of Hendrickson best defense: manny's outfield assist to gun down the runner ith varitek cleanly blocking the plate dishonorable mention: edgar get better with the fielding errors, johnny would you frigging start to learn again how to catch fly balls and pop outs??

jonathan papelbon hanging a splitter to jorge cantu didnt help

bum of the game: wells