riverside sluggers

pitcher vs batter matchups David Wells vs: (career against Royals in 31 games a 15-3 record with a 3.20 ERA) 3 complete games Angel Berroa, 2 for 4 (.500 avg) Double John Buck, 0 for 2, 2 Ks Denny Hocking, 2 for 18 (.111 avg) 3 Ks Terrence Long, 7 for 23 (.304 avg) Double, HR, 2 RBIs, 3 Ks, SB Joe McEwing, 0 for 1, K Matt Stairs, 0 for 12, 3 Ks Mike Sweeney, 4 for 19 (.211 avg) Double, RBI, Walk, K Zack Greinke vs: (First appearance against the Boston Red Sox) John Olerud, 1 for 2 (.500 avg) Edgar Renterria, 0 for 3, K

Sox vs Royals is a pivotal series, to gain some ground...

aww i bet arod kissed jeter's boo boo on his thumb to make it allll better

Arod will have more homeuns than Papi, but big papi leads in the RBI category

Id just like to see the geriatric pass the throne of the evil empire to another snake, everyones grown tired of stein by now...

pitcher vs batter matchups Josh Towers vs: (career against Yankees in 7 games a 1-5 record with a 3.89 ERA) Robinson Cano, 0 for 2, Walk Bubba Crosby, 0 for 1 John Flaherty, 0 for 2 Jason Giambi, 6 for 18 (.333 avg) 3 Doubles, HR, 3 RBIs, 2 Walks, 2 Ks Derek Jeter, 8 for 20 (.400 avg) 3 Doubles, HR, 4 RBIs, K Tino Martinez, 6 for 19 (.316 avg) 3 Doubles, RBI, 3 Walks, 3 Ks Hideki Matsui, 2 for 9 (.222 avg) 2 Doubles, K Jorge Posada, 5 for 13 (.385 avg) 2 Doubles, HR, 2 RBIs, Walk, 3 Ks Alex Rodriguez, 4 for 16 (.250 avg) 2 HRs, 3 RBIs, Walk, 3 Ks Gary Sheffield,1 for 9 (.111 avg) RBI, 2 Ks Bernie Williams, 5 for 9 (.556 avg) 3 HRs, 5 RBIs, 2 Walks Tony Womack, 0 for 3 Al Leiter vs: (career against Blue Jays in 6 games a 4-2 record with a 3.23 ERA) Russ Adams, 0 for 2 Aaron Hill, 0 for 3 Shea Hillenbrand, 3 for 13 (.231 avg) Double, HR, 4 RBIs, Walk, K Orlando Hudson, 2 for 2 (1.000 avg) Reed Johnson, 0 for 3, K Corey Koskie, 0 for 3, K Frank Menechino, 0 for 2, Walk Alex Rios, 1 for 3 (.333 avg) K Vernon Wells, 1 for 2 (.500 avg) Double, Walk Gregg Zaun, 0 for 2, Walk

Lets Go Jays!! Towers tries to continue torrid stretch Blue Jays (63-61) at Yankees (68-55), 7:05 p.m. ET The first one wasn't close, but the Blue Jays have three more chances to even the score. New York dominated the series opener, winning by a seven-run margin and sending the Jays to their fourth straight loss. By contrast, the Yankees have won eight of their last 11 games. Toronto's Josh Towers will get the ball in the second game, and he'll be matched up against New York's Al Leiter. Towers has been one of his team's most consistent starters this season, and he recently became a 10-game winner for the first time in his career. Leiter, on the other hand, was released earlier in the year by Florida and has pitched to mixed results with the Yanks. The Blue Jays are 3-6 against the Yankees this season, and they're 5 1/2 games behind New York in both the American League East standings and the hunt for the Wild Card. Last year, when Toronto went 7-12 against New York, 10 of the 19 games were decided by two runs or fewer. Pitching matchup TOR: RHP Josh Towers • 10-9, 4.12 ERA in 2005 • 0-1, 4.50 vs. NYY in 2005 NYY: LHP Al Leiter • 3-3, 4.84 ERA in 2005 • 1-0, 0.00 vs. TOR in 2005 Player to watch Towers is 7-4 with a 3.43 ERA on the road this season. He has wins in three of his last four outings, and he's thrown six straight quality starts. Quick hits The Blue Jays are 26-20 against AL East opponents, 34-25 at home and 29-36 on the road. They're also 43-46 against right-handed starters and 20-15 against southpaws. ... Toronto's 63-61 record is 11 games better than the mark at this point last season (52-72). The team's best record through 124 games is 77-47, achieved in 1985. The worst was 39-85, done in 1979. The Yankees have won three of four and eight of 11. ... Tino Martinez played in the 2,000th game of his Major League career on Monday, appearing as a pinch-runner and defensive replacement for Jason Giambi. ... Felix Escalona notched his first hit as a Yankee with an RBI single in the seventh inning on Monday.

ah "big papi" whatever we say he'll try to sway things Arod the cheater's way

go look at how Ortiz played defense during the world series and the interleague games, he played some solid D out there and he only gets to play a few games at 1st base each season--Ortiz is more clutch than arod ever is

Manny has a fielding percentage of .976, Arod has .969--Manny has made 5 errors, Arod has made 10

Manny has had 12 outfield assists, leads the leagues in that area

he's not Randy Johnson this season. This season he is more as Kevin Brown's understudy

um yeah Manny is headed for 45+ Homeruns and 135-150 RBIs, while Ortiz is headed for 40-45 Homeruns with 130+ RBIs

i cant wait for this game for bazillion reasons. football being back, see how the Pats do without the likes of Johnson, Bruschi, Crennel, and Weiss, etc.--also love to see the Sox's secondary pound the ball away from the ******* Randy Moss, make him look like a rookie

yes that is true "yankeessuck" Manny has 12 this season

Sox's schedule is in their favor, this series against the Royals has Wells, Clement and Schilling and then they return to Fenway to play 24 out of the last 36 games there--best home record in all the majors. Pitching is getting better--Clement and Bronson each gaving back to back quality starts, Papelbon as a starter or reliever is pretty much lights out--Gonzalez has good stuff as the long reliever, not allowing a run in his past 8 innings of relief--Timlin as setup or closer, im very much comfortable with--and Bradford and Myers are a great combo of sub marine pitchers to get out lefties and righties--As for the offense, best f***ing offense 3rd season in a row says it all!!!!

shouldnt that be kept him out for the season and not just 1 game?

yeah whatever dude

. ?? im talking about if Millar had caught the final out, he would give it back to the red sox organization. how was that bashing him?? I was Mienketwicz bashing

at least Millar would give the Red Sox the ball back if he caught it. (2004 World Series final out)

wow the yankee fans on the yes boards in just one game thread, several hours they had posted 745 replies, 30 pages in all!! swear like half of those replies i saw were the "expression" faces, talk about having no lives. game threads here get up to 8 pages

Lester isnt performing like himself, I should know, I had gone to his 14 K one hit performance--sorry guys but thats it for me, girlfriend just showed up at my place. peace

Wright just got his ass saved, Greg Zaun flied out to left field to end the inning---1st inning: 27 pitches, 1 K, 3 Walks

damn 3 walks to load the bases