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Game 3 Pitching Match Ups

Courtesy of The Daily News' Jesse Spector.

INDIANS: JAKE WESTBROOK (6-9, 4.32 ERA)
In his last six starts of the season, Westbrook was 1-2 with a 4.14 ERA, allowing opponents to post a whopping .309 average. The 30-year-old righthander will be pitching on seven days' rest, and as we saw with Chien-Ming Wang in Game 1, extra rest can be devastating to a sinkerballer. In 36 career games (25 starts) with six or more days' rest, Westbrook is 8-16 with a 4.92 ERA. He has faced the Yankees 10 times in his career, going 2-4 with a 5.29 ERA. The 11 Yankees who have faced Westbrook in their careers are a combined 49-for-152 (.322) with seven homers, including two apiece by Jason Giambi and Jorge Posada.

YANKEES: ROGER CLEMENS (6-6, 4.18 ERA)
For what seems to be about the 100th time, this could be the final start of the Rocket's career. The 45-year-old righthander is 12-8 with a 3.66 ERA in his 34 career postseason appearances, including 4-4 with a 4.36 mark in the division series. Clemens, who made his first career start against the Indians, is 27-8 with 3.13 ERA against them in 49 career starts. Of course, these aren't Brook Jacoby's Indians or even Albert Belle's Indians. Don't be surprised to see Trot Nixon in the game for Cleveland today -- he's 15-for-39 (.385) with four homers off Clemens.

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