Life In The Fast Lane: Yanks-Sox Gamer XI

It has been a busy morning, tracking all the news since last night.

·· Xavier Nady (he's in the lineup) and Damaso Marte flew to Boston to join the Bombers while Dan McCutchen, Jeff Karstens, Jose Tabata and Ross Ohlendorf departed from their locales for various tiers of the Bucs organization.

·· Manny Ramirez' knee feels better and he's back at cleanup. If he didn't play, rumor has it his pockets would have been lighter, and by bearing less weight it would have helped his knee anyway so win-win. Shaughnessy's sure he's a goner, and soon.

·· For some reason, Kevin Youkilis' magical beard causes pitches to "get away" from Joba Chamberlain. I think he keeps candy in there.

·· David Ortiz returned to action and singled in the fourth for his first hit since May 31st.

·· Mike Lowell got ejected by Marty Foster for arguing two strikes called on him -- one on the throw to the plate and one when Molina threw the ball back to Rivera.

Now we're back to Fenway on a Saturday afternoon and thankfully, it's a FOX game so we can all play along. Tim Wakefield starts for the Sox. He's coming off a loss to the Halos but pitched extraordinarily well against the Orioles in his prior start. Andy Pettitte is on the bump for the Yankees. With a loss to Toronto sandwiched in the middle, the other two of his last three starts were his finest outings of the season.

Game time is in one hour. Lineups follow, comment away.

New York Yankees
1. Johnny Damon, DH	.315/.385/.462
2. Derek Jeter, SS	.285/.346/.402
3. Bobby Abreu, RF	.277/.350/.440
4. Alex Rodriguez, 3B	.320/.399/.592
5. Jason Giambi, 1B	.255/.397/.529
6. Robinson Cano, 2B	.265/.300/.390
7. Xavier Nady, LF	.330/.383/.535
8. Melky Cabrera, CF	.248/.305/.348
9. Jose Molina, C	.217/.255/.293
SP Andy Pettitte, LHP	11-7, 3.46
Boston Red Sox
1. Dustin Pedroia, 2B	.320/.364/.459
2. Kevin Youkilis, 1B	.311/.380/.548
3. David Ortiz, DH	.252/.352/.481
4. Manny Ramirez, LF	.301/.402/.530
5. Mike Lowell, 3B	.288/.352/.481
6. J.D. Drew, RF	.287/.403/.548
7. Jed Lowrie, SS	.294/.338/.397
8. Coco Crisp, CF	.252/.312/.391
9. Kevin Cash, C	.234/.298/.362
SP Tim Wakefield, RHP	6-7, 3.69