Yanks go for sweep, plus other news

Following another 4-1 victory over the O’s, the Yanks will go for a sweep of the birds on Wednesday afternoon.

On Tuesday, Yanks got 7 1/3 great innings from AJ (5H, 1 unearned R, 8K, 2BB), three hits and some great D from Frankie Cervelli and two RBI from Ramiro Pena. Despite going 0-for-10 with RISP, the Yanks won their third straight and sixth in seven tries..all without much help from Tex and A-Rod, who are hitting .175 and .253 respectively. Imagine what happens when those two heat up. Swish Dog cooled off a bit (0-for-4) but Cano finagled a pair of hits and is now hitting .376.

AJ is now off to the best start of his career and (furiously knocking on wood) shows no signs of slowing down.

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Cervelli is still going to be the catcher, but Jorge should be back behind the plate for Friday’s showdown up in Beantown. Here is the lineup for Wednesday’s afternoon delight against Baltimore:

1. Jeet SS
2. Nick The Stick DH
3. Tex 1B
4. A-Rod 3B
5. Robbie Cano 2B
6. Swish Dog RF
7. Gardner CF
8. Frankie Cervelli C
9. Randy Winn LF

On the bump will be Andy (Can I) Pettitte going against David Hernandez.

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CHoP should start throwing off a half mound on Thursday and could, potentially, be back in time for next weekend’s series against the Twinkies.

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