After last night's thrilling comeback victory by the New York Yankees (25-13), CC Sabathia (4-2, 3.71 ERA) looks to finish off the Boston Red Sox (19-20) for the time being.
Going into Tuesday night, the Red Sox are already eight-and-a-half games out of first place in the American League East.
However, the Yankees aren't actually the leader of the East at the moment. The red hot Tampa Bay Rays (27-11) are two games ahead of the Bronx Bombers.
Still, with a victory tonight, the Yankees would move to 6-2 on the season against the Red Sox, and don't play them again until August 6 at Yankee Stadium.
With the start to the season that the Red Sox have had, I think it is crucial that they get a victory here and move back to .500 on the season, and give them some confidence going forward.
They wil ...
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Yankees Hope To Dig the Red Sox a Bigger Hole With a Win
Posted: 18th May 2010 by Micheal Robinson in MLBComments Off on Yankees Hope To Dig the Red Sox a Bigger Hole With a Win