PreGame, Yankees vs. Rangers GAME 12

The New York Yankees(8-3) will face the Texas Rangers(5-6) in the finale of a 3 game series at Yankees Stadium today starting at 1:05PM. Here is today's pitching matchup:

NYY: Andy Pettitte[1-0, 0.75 ERA, 10 K]

LAA: Rich Harden[0-0, 2.79 ERA, 10 K]


NYY:

1. LF Brett Gardner
2. DH Nick Johnson
3. 1B Mark Teixeira
4. 3B Alex Rodriguez
5. 2B Robinson Cano
6. C Jorge Posada
7. CF Curtis Granderson
8. RF Nick Swisher
9. SS Ramiro Pena

TEX:

1. SS Elvis Andrus
2. 3B Michael Young
3. CF Josh Hamilton
4. DH Vladimir Guerrero
5. RF Nelson Cruz
6. 1B Ryan Garko
7. LF David Murphy
8. C Matt Treanor
9. 2B Andres Blanco

Key Things to Watch:

#1.] Can the Yankees get things going with Gardner leading off rather then Jeter

#2.] Can Mark Teixeira finally get it going?

#3.] Can Andy Pettitte follow up on his performance from his previous start?

Key Players to Watch(Career against opposing pitchers):

TEX: DH Vladimir Guerrero, .353 BA, 17 AB, 1 RBI
TEX: LF David Murphy, .500 BA, 8 AB, 3 RBI, 1 HR

NYY: 3B Alex Rodriguez, .455 BA, 11 AB, 1 RBI, 1 HR
NYY: CF Curtis Granderson, .333 BA, 6 AB, 1 RBI, 1 HR

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