It’s too bad Jesus Montero isn’t in the lineup for the Mariners this afternoon. Michael Pineda is making his second career start against his former team (two runs in six innings last month) but he has yet to face the player he was traded for in that January 2012 blockbuster. Can you believe this is already Pineda’s fourth season with the Yankees?
Anyway, the Yankees won the series opener last night and they’ve won five of their last six games overall. Their 4.5-game lead in the AL East is the largest division lead in baseball … and they also have the smallest leads over the third (4.5 games), fourth (five games), and fifth (7.5 games) place teams among the division leaders. The Yankees and Big Mike are in the driver’s seat. Just win, baby. Here is Seattle’s lineup and here is New York’s lineup:
- CF Jacoby Ellsbury
- LF Brett Gardner
- DH Alex Rodriguez
- 1B Mark Teixeira
- C Brian McCann
- 3B Chase Headley
- RF Garrett Jones
- SS Didi Gregorius
- 2B Rob Refsnyder
RHP Michael Pineda
It’s cloudy and humid in New York, which usually means rain is on the way. There are some scattered thunderstorms in the forecast later today but not until the early evening. Shouldn’t be a problem unless the game goes into extra innings. First pitch is scheduled for 1:05pm ET and you can watch locally on YES and nationally on MLB Network, depending where you live. Enjoy.
Roster Move: The Yankees sent Bryan Mitchell to Triple-A Scranton and recalled Branden Pinder, the team announced. They’re sending Mitchell down so he can stretch back out and be a rotation option. I’ve really liked what I’ve seen out of him in relief, but he has thrown only 6.1 innings in the last 19 days. Getting stretched out would allow Mitchell to make some spot starts in the second half whenever the Yankees want to give the other starters extra rest, something they haven’t been able to do since Chase Whitley blew out his elbow.
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