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Lerew tasked with taming the Yankees

Dick Kaegel / MLB.com
Nicknamed "Lash" after famed whipcracker Lash LaRue, right-hander Anthony Lerew will take on the task of taming the New York Yankees on Tuesday night.
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Royals probable pitcher

Anthony Lerew

  • #54 RHP
  • (0-1) 3.86 ERA 2 SO
Lerew made his first start for the Royals on Thursday night against the Red Sox and made a pretty good showing. He gave up four runs in his 4 2/3 innings, but just two were earned because two errors hurt him. This was his first Major League start since 2007, when he was with the Braves. He spent the summer with Double-A Northwest Arkansas and had a splendid finish as he went 8-1 with a 2.01 ERA in his last 11 starts, including the playoffs. Manager Trey Hillman was impressed with Lerew's changeup and said he wasn't fearful of throwing it to right-handed hitters and that he worked both sides of the plate.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 0-3 7.52 26.1 18 17 .318
Season 0-1 3.86 4.2 3 2 .333
September 0-1 3.86 4.2 3 2 .333

Series at a Glance

Standings - 09/29/2009 W L PCT GB Home Away
Kansas City Royals (AL Central) 64 93 .408 20.0 33-48 31-45
New York Yankees (AL East) 101 56 .643 - 56-23 45-33
Stats - 09/29/2009 AVG R HR RBI SB SO ERA IP H BB SO
KC .258 664 141 637 83 1044 4.75 1384.1 1441 577 1123
NYY .285 891 237 858 106 975 4.28 1407.0 1339 553 1219
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Bruney basks in emotional moment

Anthony DiComo / MLB.com
Moments after navigating through the top of Boston's batting order en route to 1 2/3 perfect innings of relief, Brian Bruney walked off the Yankee Stadium mound to the type of standing ovation usually reserved for a dominant starting pitcher. The tears began flowing.
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Yankees probable pitcher

A.J. Burnett

  • #34 RHP
  • (12-9) 4.19 ERA 184 SO
Burnett put together his second good start in a row against the Angels, giving the Yankees reason for confidence leading into the postseason. Burnett logged his 12th win by limiting the Angels to two runs on seven hits over 5 2/3 innings, walking three and striking out 11 -- one shy of his season high. Burnett is 2-1 with a 4.65 ERA this month. He has not faced Kansas City in 2009.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 99-85 3.86 1572.0 661 1462 .237
Season 12-9 4.19 195.2 93 184 .248
September 2-1 4.65 31.0 13 31 .283

Royals hitters vs A.J. Burnett

  2009 2004-2008
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Anderson, Josh .000 1 0 0 .333 3 0 0
Aviles, Mike - - - - - - - -
Betancourt, Yuniesky - - - - .214 14 0 0
Bianchi, Jeff - - - - - - - -
Bloomquist, Willie - - - - .200 5 0 0
Buck, John - - - - .250 12 2 4
Butler, Billy - - - - .300 10 0 2
Callaspo, Alberto - - - - .000 4 0 0
DeJesus, David - - - - .182 11 0 1
Dyson, Jarrod - - - - - - - -
Fields, Josh - - - - - - - -
Getz, Chris .667 3 0 0 .667 3 0 0
Gordon, Alex - - - - .200 10 1 1
Guillen, Jose - - - - .300 10 0 0
Hernandez, Luis - - - - - 0 0 0
Jacobs, Mike - - - - .000 5 0 0
Ka'aihue, Kila - - - - - - - -
Lisson, Mario - - - - - - - -
Maier, Mitch - - - - .000 3 0 0
Parraz, Jordan - - - - - - - -
Pena, Brayan - - - - - - - -
Pina, Manuel - - - - - - - -

Yankees hitters vs Anthony Lerew

  2009 2004-2008
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Cabrera, Melky - - - - .429 7 0 1
Cano, Robinson - - - - - - - -
Cervelli, Francisco - - - - - - - -
Corona, Reegie - - - - - - - -
Gardner, Brett - - - - .000 5 0 0
Jackson, Austin - - - - - - - -
Jeter, Derek - - - - .000 2 0 0
Miranda, Juan - - - - 1.000 1 0 0
Nunez, Eduardo - - - - - - - -
Pena, Ramiro - - - - .000 2 0 0
Posada, Jorge - - - - - - - -
Rodriguez, Alex - - - - .333 3 0 0
Russo, Kevin - - - - - - - -
Swisher, Nick - - - - .333 3 1 1
Teixeira, Mark - - - - .667 3 1 1

15 sweet enough for Yankees (64-94) (102-56)

Yankees 4, Royals 3

KC burned by Yanks

Dick Kaegel / MLB.com
Starter Anthony Lerew went six-plus innings, his fine effort marred merely by a pair of solo home runs. But reliever Kyle Farnsworth, facing his former club, was unable to contain New York in the ninth inning, and the Royals were left stunned on the verge of notching their first victory at the new Yankee Stadium.

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Yanks clean up spill

Anthony DiComo / MLB.com
A decisive throwing error by Phil Coke in the seventh inning put a stain on A.J. Burnett's effort, in which he fanned eight over a 108-pitch tune-up -- but the Yankees roared back against KC in the ninth, perhaps amped up for the playoffs, and got their 15th walk-off hit of the season when Juan Miranda's single plated Eric Hinske.
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Yankees 4, Royals 3

Kansas City AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Maier, LF 5 0 0 1 0 2 2 .249
Betancourt, Y, SS 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 .246
Butler, 1B 4 0 1 1 0 1 0 .304
Jacobs, DH 3 0 0 0 0 3 2 .226
  a-Pena, B, PH-DH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .268
Callaspo, 2B 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 .299
Teahen, RF 3 1 1 0 1 1 2 .269
Buck, J, C 4 0 0 0 0 1 5 .236
Gordon, A, 3B 3 1 1 0 1 2 1 .222
Anderson, J, CF 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 .236
Totals 32 3 5 2 5 11 14  

a-Grounded out for Jacobs in the 8th.

BATTING
TB: Betancourt, Y; Butler; Teahen; Gordon, A; Anderson, J.
RBI: Butler (93), Maier (28).
2-out RBI: Butler.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Jacobs; Betancourt, Y; Buck, J.
GIDP: Anderson, J.
Team RISP: 2-for-8.
Team LOB: 7.

BASERUNNING
SB: Anderson, J (23, 2nd base off Burnett, A/Molina, J).

FIELDING
E: Gordon, A (10, fielding), Buck, J (8, throw).
DP: 2 (Lerew-Butler, Callaspo-Betancourt, Y-Butler).
 
NY Yankees AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Jeter, SS 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 .333
  Cano, 2B 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .322
Damon, LF 4 0 0 0 1 1 4 .281
Teixeira, 1B 4 1 2 1 0 0 1 .295
  Miranda, 1B 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .333
Rodriguez, A, 3B 3 0 1 0 1 1 2 .286
  2-Hairston, J, PR-3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .251
Matsui, H, DH 3 0 0 0 1 1 2 .278
  3-Cabrera, Me, PR-DH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .273
Swisher, RF 4 1 1 1 0 1 4 .250
Gardner, CF 4 0 0 0 0 3 0 .271
Molina, J, C 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 .215
  1-Guzman, F, PR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  Cervelli, C 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .297
Pena, R, 2B-SS 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 .282
  a-Hinske, PH 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .246
Totals 33 4 9 4 5 7 15  

a-Singled for Pena, R in the 9th.
1-Ran for Molina, J in the 7th. 2-Ran for Rodriguez, A in the 8th. 3-Ran for Matsui, H in the 8th.

BATTING
HR: Teixeira (39, 6th inning off Lerew, 0 on, 2 out), Swisher (28, 7th inning off Lerew, 0 on, 0 out).
TB: Jeter; Teixeira 5; Miranda; Rodriguez, A; Swisher 4; Molina, J; Cervelli; Hinske.
RBI: Teixeira (121), Swisher (80), Cano (85), Miranda (1).
2-out RBI: Teixeira; Miranda.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Swisher 2; Damon.
SF: Cano.
GIDP: Teixeira.
Team RISP: 1-for-4.
Team LOB: 9.

BASERUNNING
SB: Hinske (1, 2nd base off Farnsworth/Buck, J).

FIELDING
E: Coke (2, throw).
DP: (Hairston, J-Pena, R-Cano).
 
Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Lerew 6.0 5 2 2 2 3 2 3.38
Hughes, D (H, 2) 0.2 0 0 0 1 1 0 4.15
Cruz, J (H, 7) 1.1 1 0 0 1 2 0 5.80
Farnsworth (BS, 2)(L, 1-5) 0.2 3 2 1 1 1 0 4.58
 
NY Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Burnett, A 6.1 3 2 1 3 8 0 4.10
Coke 0.2 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.63
Robertson, D 0.2 0 0 0 1 1 0 3.24
Bruney (W, 5-0) 1.1 1 0 0 1 2 0 4.03

Lerew pitched to 1 batter in the 7th.

IBB: Damon (by Farnsworth).
Pitches-strikes: Lerew 92-56, Hughes, D 18-10, Cruz, J 20-11, Farnsworth 27-13, Burnett, A 108-69, Coke 17-13, Robertson, D 19-11, Bruney 15-11.
Groundouts-flyouts: Lerew 5-9, Hughes, D 1-0, Cruz, J 2-0, Farnsworth 0-1, Burnett, A 6-5, Coke 2-0, Robertson, D 1-0, Bruney 2-0.
Batters faced: Lerew 24, Hughes, D 3, Cruz, J 6, Farnsworth 6, Burnett, A 25, Coke 4, Robertson, D 3, Bruney 5.
Inherited runners-scored: Cruz, J 1-0, Coke 1-1, Bruney 1-0.
Umpires: HP: Jerry Layne. 1B: Tom Hallion. 2B: Tony Randazzo. 3B: Chris Guccione.
Weather: 61 degrees, cloudy.
Wind: 15 mph, Out to LF.
T: 3:17.
Att: 44,794.
September 29, 2009

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