Series Preview: Yankees vs. Rays | 6/5/12-6/7/12

Pitching Matchups

Tuesday, 6/5/12, 7:05pm ET

Pitching for the Yankees: Andy Pettitte, LHP
Last Start: 7.0 IP, 5 ER, 9 H, 3 K, 0 BB, 2 HR
On the Season: 2-2, 3.49 ERA / 4.75 FIP / 3.15 xFIP, 6.99 K/9, 1.59 BB/9 in 28.1 IP

Pitching for the Rays: James Shields, RHP
Last Start: 6.0 IP, 5 ER, 10 H, 8 K, 1 BB
On the Season: 6-3, 3.95 ERA / 3.58 FIP / 2.89 xFIP, 9.12 K/9, 2.71 BB/9 in 73.0 IP

Wednesday, 6/6/12, 7:05pm ET

Pitching for the Yankees: Ivan Nova, RHP
Last Start: 6.2 IP, 5 ER, 8 H, 2 K, 3 BB, 1 HR
On the Season: 6-2, 5.60 ERA / 5.01 FIP / 3.88 xFIP, 8.33 K/9, 2.87 BB/9 in 62.2 IP

Pitching for the Rays: Alex Cobb, RHP
Last Start: 5.0 IP, 4 ER, 9 H, 4 K, 1 BB, 0 HR
On the Season: 2-1, 3.71 ERA / 3.19 FIP / 4.11 xFIP, 6.35 K/9, 3.71 BB/9 in 17.0 IP

Thursday, 6/7/12, 7:05pm ET

Pitching for the Yankees: C.C. Sabathia, LHP
Last Start: 7.0 IP, 3 ER, 8 H, 5 K, 2 BB, 1 HR
On the Season: 7-2, 3.68 ERA / 3.78 FIP / 3.34 xFIP, 8.50 K/9, 2.64 BB/9 in 78.1 IP

Pitching for the Rays: David Price, LHP
Last Start: 7.1 IP, 0 ER, 4 H, 5 K, 2 BB, 0 HR
On the Season: 7-3, 2.44 ERA / 3.23 FIP / 3.41 xFIP, 7.57 K/9, 2.81 BB/9 in 73.2 IP

NYY Offense

Who’s Hot

— Derek Jeter – 7 for 20 with 1 HR, 2 RBI, 3 BB in the last 7 days

— Alex Rodriguez – 7 for 20 with 2 HR, 3 RBI, 1 BB in the last 7 days

— Eric Chavez – 4 for 13 with a double in the last 7 days

Who’s Not

— Robinson Cano – 3 for 21 with 1 triple, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 2 BB, 6 K in the last 7 days

— Mark Teixeira – 3 for 19 with 2 RBI, 2 BB, 2 K in the last 7 days

— Raul Ibanez – 3 for 16 with 1 double, 1 triple, 1 RBI, 2 K in the last 7 days

TB Offense

Who’s Hot:

— Matt Joyce – 4 for 13 with 1 double, 1 RBI, 2 BB in the last 7 days

Who’s Not (there are more than the four I mentioned below):

— Carlos Pena – 2 for 15 with 1 double, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 4 BB, 6 K in the last 7 days

— Luke Scott – 3 for 20 with 1 HR, 3 RBI, 5 K in the last 7 days

— Ben Zobrist – 3 for 19 with 1 double, 1 BB, 5 K in the last 7 days

— B.J. Upton – 3 for 18 with 1 double, 2 RBI, 2 BB, 6 K in the last 7 days

Enjoy the series!