Tampa Bay at New York (05/19/2010)

Away:  Tampa Bay [28-11 SU]
Home:  NY Yankees [25-14 SU]

Game Time: 7:05 PM
Stadium: Yankee Stadium

Recent Meetings:
04/11/10 - NYY 7 vs. TB 3
04/10/10 - NYY 10 vs. TB 0
04/09/10 - NYY 3 vs. TB 9

Team Leaders:

Tampa Bay:
Home Runs: Evan Longoria (9)
Batting Avg: Evan Longoria (.318)
Stolen Bases: B.J. Upton (11)

NY Yankees:
Home Runs: Robinson Cano (9)
Batting Avg: Francisco Cervelli (.375)
Stolen Bases: Brett Gardner (17)

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This is an easy win for NYY. Why? Her is why...

Tampa Bay (28-11) dropped two of three to the Yankees at home
Wade Davis is a Rookie & Davis has yet to pitch at Yankee Stadium, but New York has already beaten him twice in St. Petersburg, with Davis posting a 5.73 ERA in the two outings
The Rays have had major problems figuring out the Yankees' scheduled starter.
A.J. Burnett has won four straight starts against Tampa Bay and is 6-0 with a 1.76 ERA in his last seven. He held the Rays to two runs in seven innings of a 7-3 win April 11.
The Yankees still enter this series leading the majors in runs (225) and on-base percentage (.365). Alex Rodriguez has led the way lately, going 8 for 20 (.400) with two homers and nine RBIs in five games on this homestand.
Rodriguez is 3 for 6 (.500) with a homer against Davis.

What More Do you need to know? If the NYY lose this, it's a FLUKE. I gotta run with it! NYY Own the Rays in the Bronx

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Last time NYY Dropped 2 in a row at home? Last time Rays beat NYY In the Bronx????

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After the last 2 nights for the Yanks pen it's hard to go with them in this situation, that's why i look for a good outing from Burnett.  He needs to pitch well to keep this from going to the pen, also Davis is a good young pitcher, just don't think that in NY he can deal w/ the pressure of starting in Yankee stadium.  Plus, NYY hit him hard last time out, look for more of the same in this game.  Burnett als o has a good record in the past against TB, which like i said earlier i look to continue this evening.  NYY want to get the bad taste of last nights loss out of their mouths, while TB has been anything but impressive, barely pulling out wins against subpar teams. NY is not a subpar team!

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