The Sox are on a 2 game winning streak as they travel to New York. El Duque takes on Mike Mussina in what should be a great game. Mussina only has a 3.03 ERA at home, so the Sox need to make the most of every oppurtunity against him, while the likes of Jason Giambi have just been on fire lately. Let's go SOX!!!

I have a really good feeling that Duque's going to show up his old team in this game. Extend the winning streak!

 

 

Too bad there is no Frank, he owns Mussina and rakes at Yankee Stadium.

Too bad there is no Frank, he owns Mussina and rakes at Yankee Stadium.

 

vs Mussina:

 

AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS

73 	29 	9 	0 	8 	19 	11 	15 	.397 	.476 	.849 	1.326

 

 

@ Yankee Stadium:

 

G 	AB 	R 	H 	2B 	3B 	HR 	RBI 	BB 	K 	SB 	CS 	AVG 	OBP 	SLG 	OPS 	

57 	208 	39 	60 	8 	1 	8 	40 	47 	36 	2 	2 	.288 	.423 	.452 	.875 	 

I guess "rake" is an overstatement but still very good there. I knew he killed Mussina though.

Mussina is 12-14 career vs the Sox with a 4.81 ERA. Watch for Dye to wear out Mussina as he has a .417 AVG with 2 HRs. AJ hits .533 vs Mussina!!! None of are guys hit Mariano well at all!!! Also with HRs...

Dye-2

Crede-1

Everett-2

Timo-1

DBAHO I hope you creating game thread=win streak continues

 

this will be a real interseting stretch.

this will be a real interseting stretch.

As long as the DBAHO makes the game threads we should be fine

El Duque v. Mussina? Now this should be a good matchup. Looking forward to see how the Sox pitchers shut down the Yankee hitters.

 

 

This is going to be the start of a real tough stretch...@NY, @BOS, Vs MINN, VS NY

RIP EM!!!!!!!!!!!

Time to take 2 of 3 in the Bronx! I predict a W today, a L tommorow w/ Contreras and a series win on Wednesday as Freddy is both awesome on the road and in day games.

Who is pitching for the Spankees this series besides Mussina tonight? I know there is no Unit this series. Also I predict the Contreras will pitch one of his best games of the year something like the Cleveland game after the ASB.

Time to take 2 of 3 in the Bronx! I predict a W today, a L tommorow w/ Contreras and a series win on Wednesday as Freddy is both awesome on the road and in day games. 

     

Meh, forget the fact that it's a road day game, I just expect Freddy to dominate cause he'll be interested. El duque has really been great since he's come back off the dl minus 2 innings, really.

Geez, you'd think the game would be on ESPN tonight, since every other Yankees game is on ESPN.

The Yankees suck when it comes to facing teams like the White Sox who can run the bases. We need Scotty to break out of that slump, NOW! Jason Giambi can’t field a bunt, I’m not so sure about Rodriguez, but Giambi is the weakness of that Yankee defense. If Scotty gets on than Iguchi has a chance of doing what he’s been doing all season long.

 

Only concern I have about this series is Contreras. He is very fragile and coming back to the Bronx is not going to help.

 

Oh... and please don’t put TIMO in RF.

The Yankees suck when it comes to facing teams like the White Sox who can run the bases. We need Scotty to break out of that slump, NOW! Jason Giambi can’t field a bunt, I’m not so sure about Rodriguez, but Giambi is the weakness of that Yankee defense. If Scotty gets on than Iguchi has a chance of doing what he’s been doing all season long.

I'm pretty sure ARod can more than hold his own at the hot corner. We aren't going to be beating them by bunting.

Who is pitching for the Spankees this series besides Mussina tonight?  I know there is no Unit this series.  Also I predict the Contreras will pitch one of his best games of the year something like the Cleveland game after the ASB.

 

Tomorrow: Count v. Chacon

Wednesday: Freddy v. Aaron Small

 

El Duque vs. Yankees

OPPOSING HITTER	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS

John Flaherty 	20 	2 	0 	0 	0 	1 	0 	7 	.100 	.100 	.100 	.200

Alex Rodriguez 	19 	5 	0 	0 	2 	4 	2 	7 	.263 	.318 	.579 	.897

Rey Sanchez 	16 	5 	1 	0 	0 	0 	1 	2 	.313 	.353 	.375 	.728

Jason Giambi 	12 	0 	0 	0 	0 	1 	6 	4 	.000 	.316 	.000 	.316

Ruben Sierra 	9 	5 	2 	0 	1 	3 	0 	1 	.556 	.556 	1.111 	1.667

Tino Martinez 	4 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	1 	0 	.500 	.667 	.500 	1.167
 

 	ERA 	W 	L 	G 	GS 	CG 	IP 	H 	R 	ER 	HR 	BB 	SO 	AVG

Away	3.61	5	1	7	7	0	42.1	41	20	17	2	18	28	.247

Night	5.03	7	4	13	13	0	77.0	88	45	43	8	27	47	.292

Open	5.16	6	4	13	13	0	75.0	86	46	43	8	33	47	.292

Grass	5.29	5	4	12	12	0	68.0	80	43	40	7	30	43	.297

Mussina vs. White Sox

OPPOSING HITTER	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS

Frank Thomas 	73 	29 	9 	0 	8 	19 	11 	15 	.397 	.476 	.849 	1.326

Jermaine Dye 	36 	15 	3 	0 	2 	8 	0 	7 	.417 	.417 	.667 	1.083

Carl Everett 	31 	9 	1 	0 	2 	6 	1 	12 	.290 	.313 	.516 	.829

Paul Konerko 	18 	4 	0 	0 	0 	1 	4 	1 	.222 	.391 	.222 	.614

Joe Crede 	18 	4 	1 	0 	1 	1 	1 	0 	.222 	.263 	.444 	.708

AJ Pierzynski 	15 	8 	3 	0 	0 	4 	0 	1 	.533 	.533 	.733 	1.267

Timo Perez 	11 	1 	0 	0 	1 	1 	0 	0 	.091 	.091 	.364 	.455

Aaron Rowand 	8 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	4 	.000 	.000 	.000 	.000

Juan Uribe 	7 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	1 	.429 	.429 	.429 	.857

Chris Widger 	6 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	2 	.333 	.333 	.333 	.667

Geoff Blum 	3 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	1 	.333 	.333 	.333 	.667
 

 	ERA 	W 	L 	 G 	GS 	CG 	IP 	H 	R 	ER 	HR 	BB 	SO 	AVG

Home	3.03	5	4	10	10	2	68.1	66	24	23	11	14	40	.257

Night	4.59	7	6       17	17	1	106.0	118	55	54	17	25	86	.285

Open	3.72	8	6       19	19	2	121.0	127	54	50	16	34	95	.273

Grass	3.86	8	6	20	20	2	126.0	134	58	54	16	34	101	.275

I think this is El Duque's kind of game. There'll be alot of noise over there which doesnt bother him, actually I think it makes him better, and I think he knows his former mates pretty good.

I'm ready for the sox game tonight!!! Can't Wait, I've been in minnesota since thursday and now i'm finally back home!

I'm pretty sure ARod can more than hold his own at the hot corner.  We aren't going to be beating them by bunting.

Actually I think bunting is exactly 1 of the ways you beat the Yankees.

 

The Yankees are a great team at 1 thing; hitting the ball real hard. But they're not that good at really anything else (except closing games, but that's a different story). They're adequate at most positions on defense...not great anywhere, although Jeter's pretty good. Arod is servicable...Cano has been a step above Soriano, and their outfield defense is basically a hole. Their pitching staff is certainly not in good shape, and their bullpen has 2 guys with an ERA under 4.00.

 

You beat the Yankees with 3 things; good pitching, good defense on your own side so that the Yankee hitters aren't given extra outs to play with, and good enough hitting. The Yankees want to beat you like we wanted to beat people last year; lots of home runs against pitchers/defenses doing a bad job.

 

But if you put pressure on them...by bunting, running bases hard, putting the ball in play...you're going to make them be the team struggling to keep up. And if your pitching staff holds its ground and doesn't let them explode for 8 runs, then you're in a good position to beat them, because their pitchers aren't going to dominate you in most games.

I think this is El Duque's kind of game.  There'll be alot of noise over there which doesnt bother him, actually I think it makes him better, and I think he knows his former mates pretty good.        

I think tonight's our chance to see how much we can count on the "Big game" El Duque. It may not be big in the standings, but for him, it's his old team, it's a great hitting team...it's a big game for him. This is really his chance to prove how good he can be in big games - he already had a good one against the BoSox.