Baltimore Orioles
Brian Roberts, 2B
Tike Redman, CF
Nick Markakis, RF
Miguel Tejada, SS
Kevin Millar, 1B
Aubrey Huff, DH
Melvin Mora, 3B
Luis Hernández, C
Jay Payton, LF
Daniel Cabrera, RHP (9-16, 5.37)
New York Yankees
Johnny Damon, CF
Derek Jeter, SS
Bobby Abreu, RF
Alex Rodriguez, 3B
Hideki Matsui, LF
Jorge Posada, C
Jason Giambi, DH
Robinson Cano, 2B
Doug Mientkiewicz, 1B
Phil Hughes, RHP (3-3, 4.91)
Hughes was solid in his lone start against the Orioles on 8/15 (5 IP, 2 ER). After a rough go of it for a few weeks, Hughes has pitched very well his last 2 starts (1-0, 2.25 ERA).
Cabrera is a guy that the Yanks seem to clobber or can't hit at all (3-4, 3.90 ERA in 11 starts) and has had pretty good success against the Yanks in 2007 (1-1, 3.79 ERA in 3 starts). He has been downright atrocious in his last 5 starts (0-4, 8.28 ERA).
Historically, the vast majority of Yankee hitters have not hit Cabrera for some unknown reason.
Lifetime numbers vs. Cabrera:
A-Rod: .375 (9-24, 2 HR) Matsui: .370 (10-27) Jeter: .240 (6-25) Cano: .167 (3-18) Damon: .167 (3-18) Abreu: .167 (2-12) Posada: .125 (2-16)
The featured graphic for tonight's game was the long-time official team logo of the Baltimore Orioles from 1966 to 1991.
No let-down!