PRE GAME YANKEES VS: ATHLETICS GAME 13

The New York Yankees(9-3) will face the Oakland Atheletics(9-5) tonight at 10:05pm. The Yanks will look to extend their winning streak to 5 games, and silence the Oakland bats. Here's today's pitching matchup as follows:

NYY: Javier Vazquez: [0-2, 9.82]

OAK: Gio Gonzalez: [1-0, 3.38]

NYY:

SS Derek Jeter

DH Nick Johnson

1B Mark Teixiera

3B Alex Rodriguez

2B Robinson Cano

C Jorge Posada

RF Nick Swisher

CF Curtis Granderson

LF Brett Gardner

OAK:

CF Rajai Davis

1B Daric Barton

RF Ryan Sweeney

3B Kevin Kouzmanoff

C Kurt Suzuki

DH Eric Chavez

2B Mark Ellis

LF Travis Buck

SS Cliff Pennington

Keys things to watch:

#1.] Can Javier Vazquez win his first game in his second tour with the Yankees and show fans he is still the old Vazquez of last year.

#2.] Can Mark Teixiera prove that after Sunday's homer he can fully break out of his slump.

#3.] Lets see how Brett Gardner does against the lefty Gio Gonzalez, getting a rare start against a lefty.

Key Players to watch: [caeer against oposing pitcher]

NYY: No one has had much suceess against Gonzalez only seeing him twice last year.

OAK: Kevin Kouzmenoff, Mark Ellis and Eric Chavez have all seen Vazquez with only 1-3 hits each, with Chavez's only hit being a home run.

Check out Ian Bozsnyak later with the Mets postgame only at Flushing to the Bronx.