Hiroki Kuroda takes the mound against fellow countryman Yu Darvish with the Rangers in the Bronx for a three game series. Darvish has never pitched at Yankee Stadium before, let’s see if he can handle the bright lights of the Big Apple in game one tonight.
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New York Yankees (41-34)
Brett Gardner CF
Ichiro Suzuki RF
Robinson Cano 2B
Travis Hafner DH
Lyle Overbay 1B
Zoilo Almonte LF
Jayson Nix SS
David Adams 3B
Chris Stewart C
RHP Hiroki Kuroda (7-5, 2.78 ERA)
Texas Rangers (44-32)
Ian Kinsler 2B
Elvis Andrus SS
Nelson Cruz RF
Adrian Beltre 3B
A.J. Pierzynski C
Lance Berkman DH
Mitch Moreland 1B
David Murphy LF
Leonys Martin CF
RHP Yu Darvish (7-3, 2.84 ERA)
Gametime: 7:05 PM (EST) Yankee Stadium. Bronx, NY TV: My9 Radio: WCBS 880, WADO 1280 Forecast: 85°F Mostly Cloudy