Minor Night Cap

Empire State Yankees L 6-5

Lots of doubles in the loss from the following…. Pearce, Dickerson, Cust, Garner, Laird.   Laird also had 2 throwing errors.

Pitching

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Dellin Betances	5.0	4	2	2	1	6	0	3.60
Pat Venditte (BS, 1)(L, 0-1)	2.0	4	4	4	2	1	1	18.00
Kevin Whelan	1.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0.00

Trenton L 3-1

Abraham Almonte had a double and homerun.  Mesa had an outfield assist.

Pitching

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Graham Stoneburner	4.0	5	0	0	1	3	0	0.00
Ryan Pope (L, 0-1)	1.0	3	2	2	2	1	0	18.00
Ryan Flannery	2.0	1	1	1	1	1	0	4.50
Chase Whitley	2.0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0.00

Tampa L 4-2 F/10

RBI: Medchill (1), Mahoney (1).

Pitching

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Shane Greene	5.0	4	1	1	1	3	0	1.80
Francisco Rondon	2.0	2	1	0	1	1	0	0.00
Branden Pinder	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0.00
Mark Montgomery (L, 0-1)	1.0	2	2	2	1	2	0	18.00

Charleston W 1-0

Mason Williams had 2 hits which both were doubles.  Kelvin De Leon had a homerun.

Pitching

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Jose Campos (W, 1-0)	6.0	1	0	0	1	3	0	0.00
Pedro Guerra (H, 1)	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0.00
Philip Wetherell (S, 1)	2.0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0.00

Game 1 Lineup: Yankees @ Rays

Robinson Cano taking batting practice before today's game

Lineup vs. Rays:

Derek Jeter SS
Curtis Granderson CF
Robinson Cano 2B
Alex Rodriguez 3B
Mark Teixeira 1B
Nick Swisher RF
Raul Ibanez DH
Russell Martin C
Brett Gardner LF

Pitching Matchup:

CC Sabathia (19-8, 3.00 ERA in 2011) vs. James Shields (16-12, 3.07 ERA in 2011)

Start Time: 3:1opm
Field: Tropicana Field
T.V: YES Network
Radio: WCBS

Pregame Notes:

— Michael Pineda started throwing yesterday after being put on the DL last week with shoulder tendinitis. Although he threw on flat land and felt fine afterward, there is no rehab plan for him according to Joe Girardi

— This is CC Sabathia’s 4th consecutive Opening Day start for the Yankees which makes him the 9th pitcher in Yankees history to have 4 consecutive Opening Day starts.

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Enjoy the game!

Morning Bits: Sabathia, Stewart, Cano, A-Rod

Good morning all.  Today is the day we all have been waiting for!!! Yankee Baseball is Back!   Enjoy the day and the game.

Here are the links….

—The New York Times looks at the early schedule for the Yankees.

— Mark Feinsand of The Daily News writes that Yankee Ace C.C. Sabathia turns out to be exactly what GM Cashman expected.

— Mark Carig of The Star Ledger has the story of Stewart the new Yankee back-up catcher arriving on short notice.

— Another article from Carig about how Cano is now in a starring role and having fun with it.

— Espn has a story about A-Rod joining facebook.