Pitchers, weather & umpires: Sat., May 3
Mariners at Yankees 1:05 PM
Starting Pitchers: Felix Hernandez (2-1, 2.22) vs Mike Mussina (3-3, 4.73)
Possibly the best pitching matchups of the day that is really short on solid pitching matchups. The M’s are 3-3 in King Felix’ six starts this year, and with any bullpen they’d be 5-1 in those games. This will be his fourth game against the Yanks during his career, and second at The Stadium where he was brilliant last Sep 3 with seven innings of one-run ball, the only one of the three career starts against New York that Seattle has won. Robinson Cano and Johnny Damon have given him fits along the way.
The Moose is off a couple of decent outings vs. the Tribe and ChiSox in his last two starts. The last time he faced the Mariners was that Sep 3, 2007, game that Hernandez was solid, with Mussina coming on for nearly four innings in relief of Roger Clemens in that one. That was the only time he saw the M’s in 2007, and his most recent start against them came in 2005 when he faced Seattle twice without very good results though the Yanks won one of those with their bats. In his last 11.2 innings against the Mariners, Mussina has allowed 10 earned runs. Ichiro Suzuki (12-for-32) and Raul Ibañez (10-for-23) have not been fooled too often by Mussina.
Plate Ump: Paul Schrieber will call the balls and strikes for the sixth time this season. He’s 2-3 Home/Vis and 1-4 O/U, going under on all four games with totals of 9½ or less remaining under and the one game above that mark going over. This one has been set at 8½.
Weather: There’s a 20% chance of rain in the Bronx Saturday afternoon with temps just scratching into the mid-to-upper 50s and winds E at 10-20 MPH (from RF corner across to LF corner).
Starting Pitchers: Felix Hernandez (2-1, 2.22) vs Mike Mussina (3-3, 4.73)
Possibly the best pitching matchups of the day that is really short on solid pitching matchups. The M’s are 3-3 in King Felix’ six starts this year, and with any bullpen they’d be 5-1 in those games. This will be his fourth game against the Yanks during his career, and second at The Stadium where he was brilliant last Sep 3 with seven innings of one-run ball, the only one of the three career starts against New York that Seattle has won. Robinson Cano and Johnny Damon have given him fits along the way.
The Moose is off a couple of decent outings vs. the Tribe and ChiSox in his last two starts. The last time he faced the Mariners was that Sep 3, 2007, game that Hernandez was solid, with Mussina coming on for nearly four innings in relief of Roger Clemens in that one. That was the only time he saw the M’s in 2007, and his most recent start against them came in 2005 when he faced Seattle twice without very good results though the Yanks won one of those with their bats. In his last 11.2 innings against the Mariners, Mussina has allowed 10 earned runs. Ichiro Suzuki (12-for-32) and Raul Ibañez (10-for-23) have not been fooled too often by Mussina.
Plate Ump: Paul Schrieber will call the balls and strikes for the sixth time this season. He’s 2-3 Home/Vis and 1-4 O/U, going under on all four games with totals of 9½ or less remaining under and the one game above that mark going over. This one has been set at 8½.
Weather: There’s a 20% chance of rain in the Bronx Saturday afternoon with temps just scratching into the mid-to-upper 50s and winds E at 10-20 MPH (from RF corner across to LF corner).
