LA Angels (69-41) at NY Yankees (60-50)

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Bronx spotlight doesn't get to Lackey

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Yankee Stadium has turned many a visiting pitcher's legs to jelly, but John Lackey doesn't shy away from the Bronx spotlight. He'll face the Bombers in Sunday's finale, saying the Cathedral provides "a fun atmosphere."
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Angels probable pitcher

John Lackey

  • #41 RHP
  • (9-2) 2.93 ERA 81 SO
Angels: Lackey delivered one of the finest efforts of his career at Fenway Park on Tuesday night, coming within two outs of his first no-hitter before Dustin Pedroia banged a curveball for a single and Kevin Youkilis whacked a slider for a homer. The big Texan established his fastball early and mixed the off-speed stuff in later. He said he's had better stuff but was delighted with the location after enduring four substandard outings in a row. He feels he's back in sync in his return to Yankee Stadium, where he's 3-3 in seven career starts with a 3.49 ERA. He is 4-7 with a 4.81 ERA overall against the Bronx Bombers.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 88-60 3.75 1262.2 375 1013 .260
Season 9-2 2.93 101.1 21 81 .231

Series at a Glance

Standings - 08/03/2008 W L PCT GB Home Away
Los Angeles Angels (AL West) 69 41 .627 - 31-21 38-20
New York Yankees (AL East) 60 50 .545 5.5 35-26 25-24
Stats - 08/03/2008 AVG R HR RBI SB SO ERA IP H BB SO
LAA .262 504 104 477 81 673 3.89 982.0 953 318 717
NYY .271 524 110 506 71 646 4.07 979.0 980 332 776
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Work cut out for Yanks in series finale

Willie Bans / MLB.com
The Yankees have six more matchups remaining this season with the American League's top team, so facing the Angels provides New York with an up-close look at an October-bound team by all accounts.
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Yankees probable pitcher

Darrell Rasner

  • #43 RHP
  • (5-8) 4.92 ERA 49 SO
Yankees: Rasner gave his team a chance to win, but couldn't quite come back from a rough start Tuesday night against the Orioles. He surrendered four earned runs and eight hits, walking three and striking out one. The righty gave up one run in the first inning, but settled down to escape a bases-loaded jam. Rasner said he felt he had to battle from the get-go with his command, but he felt good that he pushed through it to get through six innings plus two batters. He allowed a single and hit a batter to start the seventh inning, and the eventual runs cost the Yankees the lead and gave Rasner the loss.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 9-13 4.60 131.0 40 75 .284
Season 5-8 4.92 78.2 25 49 .301

Angels hitters vs Darrell Rasner

  2008 2003-2007
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Abreu, Bobby - - - - - 0 0 0
Aybar, Erick - - - - .500 4 0 3
Bourjos, Peter - - - - - - - -
Brown, Matthew - - - - - - - -
Budde, Ryan - - - - - - - -
Evans, Terry - - - - - - - -
Hunter, Torii - - - - .750 4 2 3
Izturis, Maicer - - - - - - - -
Kendrick, Howard - - - - .750 4 0 0
Mathis, Jeff - - - - .000 4 0 0
Matthews, Gary - - - - .000 2 0 0
Morales, Kendry - - - - - - - -
Napoli, Mike - - - - - - - -
Pettit, Chris - - - - - - - -
Rivera, Juan - - - - .000 4 0 0
Sandoval, Freddy - - - - - - - -
Trumbo, Mark - - - - - - - -
Willits, Reggie - - - - - 0 0 0
Wilson, Bobby - - - - - - - -
Wood, Brandon - - - - - - - -

Yankees hitters vs John Lackey

  2008 2003-2007
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Cabrera, Melky - - - - .348 23 0 1
Cano, Robinson - - - - .261 23 0 1
Cervelli, Francisco - - - - - - - -
Duncan, Shelley - - - - - - - -
Gardner, Brett - - - - - - - -
Jeter, Derek - - - - .278 36 1 4
Miranda, Juan - - - - - - - -
Pena, Ramiro - - - - - - - -
Posada, Jorge - - - - .417 24 1 2
Rodriguez, Alex - - - - .167 42 3 5
Swisher, Nick .000 6 0 0 .116 43 1 4
Teixeira, Mark - - - - .400 45 2 11

Yanks keep the faith in frantic eighth (69-42) (61-50)

Yankees 14, Angels 9

Miscues cost Angels

Samantha Newman / MLB.com
Mark Teixeira shocked the home crowd with a go-ahead grand slam in the eighth, but just as surprising was a trio of errors that led to six unearned runs in the bottom of the frame. Jose Arredondo, who allowed his first runs on the road, and Scot Shields gave up nine unearned runs total.

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Yankees capitalize

Bryan Hoch / MLB.com
Xavier Nady had four hits and six RBIs, and his three-run homer gave the Yankees a short-lived lead in the seventh. But after the Angels went ahead in the eighth, the Bombers capitalized on three errors in a six-run bottom of the frame, with Melky Cabrera scoring the go-ahead run.
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Yankees 14, Angels 9

LA AngelsABRHRBIBBSOLOBAVG
Figgins, 3B5340001.287
Aybar, E, SS3223200.285
Teixeira, 1B5114005.281
Anderson, LF5022010.285
Kendrick, 2B4010100.332
Rivera, DH5010014.231
Matthews, CF5000023.225
Mathis, C5000031.213
Willits, RF0300400.185
Totals3791197714 

BATTING
2B: Figgins (11, Rasner), Aybar, E (12, Rasner), Anderson (18, Giese), Rivera (5, Veras).
HR: Teixeira (21, 8th inning off Ramirez, E, 3 on, 2 out).
TB: Figgins 5; Aybar, E 3; Teixeira 4; Anderson 3; Kendrick; Rivera 2.
RBI: Anderson 2 (59), Aybar, E 3 (29), Teixeira 4 (83).
2-out RBI: Aybar, E 2; Teixeira 4.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Matthews; Teixeira; Rivera; Mathis.
GIDP: Teixeira.
Team LOB: 8.

FIELDING
E: Matthews (5, fielding), Aybar, E (12, fielding), Mathis (11, throw), Figgins (3, fielding).
Outfield assists: Anderson (Abreu at 3rd base).
DP: 2 (Lackey-Aybar, E-Teixeira, Anderson-Figgins).
 
NY YankeesABRHRBIBBSOLOBAVG
Damon, DH4110100.315
Jeter, SS3210102.282
Abreu, RF4331111.290
Rodriguez, A, 3B4311123.324
Giambi, 1B3000105.249
  Cano, 2B1112000.262
Nady, LF5146003.334
Betemit, 2B4001002.250
  Sexson, 1B1000012.223
Rodriguez, I, C3121100.296
  1-Christian, PR1111000.296
  Molina, J, C0000000.237
Cabrera, M, CF5100014.243
Totals381414136522 


1-Ran for Rodriguez, I in the 8th.

BATTING
2B: Nady (29, Lackey).
HR: Rodriguez, I (6, 5th inning off Lackey, 0 on, 1 out), Nady (16, 7th inning off Arredondo, 2 on, 2 out).
TB: Damon; Jeter; Abreu 3; Rodriguez, A; Cano; Nady 8; Rodriguez, I 5; Christian.
RBI: Rodriguez, I (33), Nady 6 (67), Betemit (18), Abreu (76), Rodriguez, A (67), Cano 2 (52), Christian (6).
2-out RBI: Nady 3; Christian.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Rodriguez, A; Cabrera, M 2.
S: Jeter.
GIDP: Betemit.
Team LOB: 7.

BASERUNNING
SB: Cabrera, M (9, 2nd base off Shields/Mathis), Christian (5, 3rd base off Shields/Mathis).

FIELDING
DP: (Betemit-Jeter-Giambi).
 
LA AngelsIPHRERBBSOHRERA
Lackey 6.07444413.10
Arredondo (BS, 1)1.03400011.13
Shields (BS, 2)(L, 4-3)0.11502002.98
Oliver 0.23110103.28
 
NY YankeesIPHRERBBSOHRERA
Rasner 4.07553105.23
Giese 3.01002302.51
Ramirez, E (BS, 2)(W, 3-0)1.02442213.20
Veras 1.01000102.63

IBB: Kendrick (by Giese).
Pitches-strikes: Lackey 102-63, Arredondo 25-14, Shields 27-13, Oliver 17-12, Rasner 79-45, Giese 44-27, Ramirez, E 29-16, Veras 16-11.
Groundouts-flyouts: Lackey 10-3, Arredondo 1-2, Shields 1-0, Oliver 0-1, Rasner 4-7, Giese 2-4, Ramirez, E 1-0, Veras 0-2.
Batters faced: Lackey 27, Arredondo 7, Shields 6, Oliver 5, Rasner 21, Giese 12, Ramirez, E 7, Veras 4.
Inherited runners-scored: Oliver 3-3.
Umpires: HP: Ed Rapuano. 1B: Scott Barry. 2B: CB Bucknor. 3B: Joe West.
Weather: 77 degrees, partly cloudy.
Wind: 10 mph, L to R.
T: 3:23.
Att: 54,204.
August 3, 2008

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