Game 69 Preview: Yankees at Cubs

by Frank Campagnola on Jun 18, 2011 2:01 PM EDT in New York Yankees Analysis

Following a difficult loss during yesterday's matinee, A.J. Burnett will take the ball for the Yankees this afternoon. At 39-29, the Yankees are 10 games over .500, one game shy of their season high. On the season, Burnett is 6-5 with a 4.09 ERA, 1.22 WHIP, and 7.0 K/9 in 88 innings pitched. He has seven quality starts.

Ryan Dempster will take the mound for the Cubs. On the season, he is 5-5 with a 5.48 ERA, 1.41 WHIP, and 8.5 K/9 in 87 innings pitched. Of his fifteen starts, Dempster has thrown seven quality starts.

Dempster is a three-pitch pitcher, working off of a fastball, slider, and splitter. His fastball has been below average, while his off-speed pitches have been above average. He sits around 90 mph with his fastball, and has the ability to crank it up to 91 or 92. With his off-speed stuff, his slider sits around 85 mph, and his splitter around 82 mph.

Current Series

Cubs lead the series 1-0

Fri 06/17	WP: Doug Davis (1 - 5) SV: Carlos Marmol LP: Freddy Garcia (5 - 6)	1 - 3 loss
New York Yankees Pinstripe Alley @ Chicago Cubs Bleed Cubbie Blue Saturday, Jun 18, 2011, 4:10 PM EDT Wrigley Field A.J. Burnett vs Ryan Dempster Partly cloudy,rain. Winds blowing in from center field at 5-15 m.p.h. Game time temperature around . Complete Coverage >
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Follow the jump for lineups, match-ups, previews, and notes.

Yankees lineup

Gardner, Granderson, Teixeira, Rodriguez, Cano, Swisher, Martin, Nunez, Burnett

Cubs Lineup

Fukudome, Castro, DeWitt, Ramirez, Pena, Johnson, Soriano, Soto, Dempster

A.J. Burnett vs. current Cubs

Ryan Dempster vs. current Yankees

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Notes:

The Yankees are 2-2 during interleague play in 2011. They went 11-7 in 2010.
A-Rod is 1 run shy of 1,800 runs for his career. He recently passed Ted Williams for 17th on the all time list. (The MLB Preview link is incorrect; a quick look at the all time leaders shows A-Rod is already ahead of Williams, not tied.)
Since April 28th, Brett Gardner is hitting .353/.439/.481. He is exactly who I want leading off right now, no matter who is on the mound.

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tee hee

by long time listener on Jun 18, 2011 3:03 PM EDT via mobile reply actions

I believe I made a 69 joke during my broadcast yesterday!

"WHO WOULD LEAD?! THE CLOWN?!"
"FUCK INTERLEAGUE" -I'mGivingYouARaise

by I'mGivingYouARaise on Jun 18, 2011 3:06 PM EDT up reply actions

I missed the broadcast

I was at work. Any chance it’ll be on IGYAR Classics?

by long time listener on Jun 18, 2011 3:47 PM EDT up reply actions

It's possible

Right now I’m working on a show called IGYARography!

"WHO WOULD LEAD?! THE CLOWN?!"
"FUCK INTERLEAGUE" -I'mGivingYouARaise

by I'mGivingYouARaise on Jun 18, 2011 3:54 PM EDT up reply actions

Baltimore losing to the nats...

how sad.
if the nats win thats like 8 straight for them

by Jt Malley on Jun 18, 2011 3:49 PM EDT reply actions

Then maybe it isn’t that sad if the Nationals are on fire right now.

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by Chris McKeown on Jun 18, 2011 3:56 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions

it was a sarcastic sad.

for the fact that baltimore is losing.

by Jt Malley on Jun 18, 2011 3:59 PM EDT up reply actions

I don't know why, but I love watching AJ pitch

I must be a masochist.

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by Hasan Paliwala on Jun 18, 2011 3:58 PM EDT reply actions

as a guy who watches alot of yankees games and toronto games.

A.J is a very fun guy to watch, he is like Morrow of the jays. Guys like them have such Electric stuff when there on its fun to watch i agree with you 100%

by Jt Malley on Jun 18, 2011 4:13 PM EDT up reply actions

Morrow was an amazing pickup

Or a good trade for both sides, depending on how you look at it. He just wasn’t working out in Seattle, for one reason or another. He’s turned into a completely different pitcher in Toronto.

And yes, I’m a sucker for a good fastball + curve combo.

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by Hasan Paliwala on Jun 18, 2011 4:15 PM EDT up reply actions

yea fun to watch.

yea Morrow is an amazing pitcher when he is on. When he is off it can be a disaster and not look good but god when he is on his stuff is downright nasty. he pitches around 95 96 with his fastball then through various times he will pump it up to 98 99 even 100. He has a slider that he can hit 89 90 Mph witch is downright nasty a change and a curve. This is comming from a bias fan of course but i think he might have top 10 best stuff in baseball up there with. Verlander and what not,

by Jt Malley on Jun 18, 2011 4:18 PM EDT up reply actions

Dempster having some trouble tonight.

cant seem to find the strike zone tonight. Good thing for the yankees. without dempster having his good stuff he is gona just have to try n do damage control and that never goes good with the yankees offense.

by Jt Malley on Jun 18, 2011 4:43 PM EDT reply actions