NYY vs. Cleveland
New York suffered its fourth straight postseason loss and will try to rebound from its most lopsided playoff defeat since falling 15-2 to Arizona in Game 6 of the 2001 World Series. After Johnny Damon led off the game with a homer, the AL's top hitting team only had four hits the rest of the night. The Indians Fausto Carmona's will make his postseason debut tonight after the 23-year-old Carmona went 19-8 with a 3.06 ERA and 5-0 with a 1.78 ERA in his last five starts although the right-hander was 0-1 with a 4.15 ERA in two starts against New York in 2007. While Carmona gets his first taste of the playoffs, New York's Andy Pettitte will make his 35th postseason start. Pettitte went 15-9 with a 4.05 ERA this season and is 14-9 with a 4.08 ERA all-time in the postseason. The left-hander will be making his first playoff start for the Yankees since the 2003 World Series. Pettitte is 0-2 with a 7.94 ERA in two playoff games at Jacobs Field. Likely AL MVP Alex Rodriguez, Derek Jeter, Jorge Posada and Hideki Matsui went a combined 0-for-14, look for that to change tonight as the AL's top hitting lineup will get the bats going against the 23 year old starting his first playoff game, although Pettittie won't be able to hold this hot Cleveland team to under 6 runs. Look for a high scoring game tonight.
TAKE OVER 9 1/2 runs NYY/Cleve
New York suffered its fourth straight postseason loss and will try to rebound from its most lopsided playoff defeat since falling 15-2 to Arizona in Game 6 of the 2001 World Series. After Johnny Damon led off the game with a homer, the AL's top hitting team only had four hits the rest of the night. The Indians Fausto Carmona's will make his postseason debut tonight after the 23-year-old Carmona went 19-8 with a 3.06 ERA and 5-0 with a 1.78 ERA in his last five starts although the right-hander was 0-1 with a 4.15 ERA in two starts against New York in 2007. While Carmona gets his first taste of the playoffs, New York's Andy Pettitte will make his 35th postseason start. Pettitte went 15-9 with a 4.05 ERA this season and is 14-9 with a 4.08 ERA all-time in the postseason. The left-hander will be making his first playoff start for the Yankees since the 2003 World Series. Pettitte is 0-2 with a 7.94 ERA in two playoff games at Jacobs Field. Likely AL MVP Alex Rodriguez, Derek Jeter, Jorge Posada and Hideki Matsui went a combined 0-for-14, look for that to change tonight as the AL's top hitting lineup will get the bats going against the 23 year old starting his first playoff game, although Pettittie won't be able to hold this hot Cleveland team to under 6 runs. Look for a high scoring game tonight.
TAKE OVER 9 1/2 runs NYY/Cleve
