NY Yankees (0-0) at Pittsburgh (0-0)

7:05 pm ET PNC Park
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Abreu breaking out of recent slump

Bobby Abreu estimates that his offensive numbers went into a snooze for about the past two weeks, a non-stop lowlight reel of balls hit directly at fielders and runners left in scoring position.
From early April to the end of May, the Pirates looked lost defensively. They had committed a National League-high 45 errors in 50 games. That streak began April 4 and ended May 26 -- the amount of time the Bucs were without slick-fielding shortstop Jack Wilson because of a left calf strain.

Yankees hitters vs Pirates pitchers

  2008 2003-2007
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Cabrera, Melky .167 12 0 1 .227 22 0 2
Cano, Robinson .462 13 1 2 .400 40 1 5
Cervelli, Francisco - - - - - - - -
Corona, Reegie - - - - - - - -
Gardner, Brett - - - - - - - -
Jackson, Austin - - - - - - - -
Jeter, Derek .545 11 0 1 .417 36 0 3
Miranda, Juan - - - - - - - -
Nunez, Eduardo - - - - - - - -
Pena, Ramiro - - - - - - - -
Posada, Jorge .250 12 0 0 .370 27 1 6
Rodriguez, Alex .083 12 0 0 .194 31 2 7
Russo, Kevin - - - - - - - -
Swisher, Nick .500 10 0 3 .500 10 0 3
Teixeira, Mark .174 23 2 4 .171 35 4 10

Pirates hitters vs Yankees pitchers

  2008 2003-2007
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Alvarez, Pedro - - - - - - - -
Bixler, Brian - - - - - - - -
Cedeno, Ronny - - - - - - - -
Clement, Jeff .182 11 0 0 .167 12 0 0
Cruz, Luis - - - - - - - -
Diaz, Argenis - - - - - - - -
Doumit, Ryan .538 13 1 2 .378 37 1 3
Hernandez, Gorkys - - - - - - - -
Iwamura, Akinori .239 67 1 5 .260 131 2 10
Jaramillo, Jason - - - - - - - -
Jones, Garrett - - - - - - - -
LaRoche, Andy - - - - - - - -
McCutchen, Andrew - - - - - - - -
Milledge, Lastings - - - - - - - -
Moss, Brandon - 0 0 0 - 0 0 0
Pearce, Steve - - - - - - - -
Tabata, Jose - - - - - - - -
Vazquez, Ramon .250 20 0 0 .222 27 0 0
Walker, Neil - - - - - - - -
Young, Delwyn - - - - - - - -