Los Angeles Angels
Reggie Willits, LF
Orlando Cabrera, SS
Vladimir Guerrero, DH
Gary Matthews Jr., CF
Casey Kotchman, 1B
Howie Kendrick, 2B
Mike Napoli, C
Robb Quinlan, RF
Chone Figgins, 3B
John Lackey, RHP (7-3, 2.38)
New York Yankees
Melky Cabrera, CF
Derek Jeter, SS
Hideki Matsui, LF
Alex Rodriguez, 3B
Jason Giambi, DH
Robinson Cano, 2B
Bobby Abreu, RF
Doug Mientkiewicz, 1B
Wil Nieves, C
Mike Mussina, RHP (2-3, 6.52)
The Yanks hope to avoid the sweep as they send struggling Mike Mussina to the mound to counter John Lackey. Dare I say it, but the Yanks have had very good success against Lackey (3-6, 5.76) during his career.
Of course, when it comes to the current snake-bitten Yankees, you can probably throw all of those old stats out the window.
As far as the lineup is concerned, I think it's safe to say that Bobby Abreu was moved out of the leadoff spot because he wasn't providing much of a spark atop the order. Duh.
The featured graphic for today's game is a logo promoting an exhibition game between the Los Angeles Angels and the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field way back in 1961.