The Yankees come back home and Michael Pineda (5-1, 3.31 ERA) will be on the mound against Colby Lewis (3-2, 3.06 ERA) and the Rangers. Pineda followed up his incredible 16 strikeout game with a one strikeout game against the Royals. He gave up 10 hits and five earned runs through 5.1 innings to take his first loss of the year as the team got spanked 12-1. He only K’ed one but didn’t allow a walk; he still has just three on the year.
Colby gave up six runs, five earned, on seven hits through five innings against the Indians. He is 1-3 with a 5.28 ERA in five career starts against the Yankees. He faced them twice last year and each one was quality start. He took the loss at Yankee Stadium giving up three runs in 6 1/3 innings and defeated them in Texas six days later. He also beat them twice in the 2010 ALCS.
Yankees bats vs Lewis            Rangers bats vs Big Mike
Carlos Beltran .400 avg in 5 AB Â Â Â Â Â Elvis Andrus .200 avg in 5 AB
Brett Gardner .400 avg in 5 AB Â Â Â Â Â Adrian Beltre .167 avg in 6 AB
Chase Headley .200 avg in 5 AB Â Â Â Â Robinson Chirinos .000 avg in 2 AB
Garrett Jones .000 avg in 2 AB Â Â Â Â Â Carlos Corporan .333 avg in 3 AB
Brain McCann .200 avg in 5 AB Â Â Â Â Â Mitch Moreland .500 avg in 6 AB
Mark Teixeira .000 avg in 2 AB
Chris Young .000 avg in 3 AB
Tidbits:
The Yankees are coming off a 2-7 road trip.
Big Mike is 0-2 with a 4.74 ERA in three career starts against Texas.
Carlos Beltran has a 11 game hitting streak going. He is batting .350 with six runs, four doubles, two homers and eight RBIs in that span.
7:10 pm on Yes.
