Tonight at 7:10 p.m. ET from Fenway Park in Boston, the greatest rivalry in baseball resumes when the New York Yankees ( 13-9) kick off a three-game set vs. the Red Sox (12-10) which can be live streamed by clicking this link. Yankees fans can hear the game on 101.9 WFAN, while Red Sox fans may do likewise on 93.7 WEEI. CC Sabathia (0-4, 5.96 ERA) will start the series for the Yankees against Justin Masterson (2-0, 5.16 ERA).
Sabathia was once the ace of the Yankees staff. When he was signed in 2009, he was a model of consistency and an innings-eater. Now, he is struggling to keep the ball in the park and he was booed after his most recent start. Despite all that, the Yankees need him more than ever with new ace Masahiro Tanaka on the DL.
"If you were to look at the four starts, I think three of them, he's thrown the ball pretty good," Yankees manager Joe Girardi said. "(Saturday), he made mistakes. He was up in the zone. So I'm going to bet on the guy in the three other starts."
The Yankees have gotten solid pitching otherwise, especially from their relievers, and their offense has been surprisingly good thanks to veterans Mark Teixeira and Alex Rodriguez. Teixeira has belted eight home runs this year, and 13 of his 18 hits have gone for extra bases. A-Rod has slumped a bit more recently, but has swatted five home runs of his own and notched 13 RBI.
The Red Sox' pitching has been atrocious to begin the year, but their offense has predictably picked up the slack. Hanley Ramirez in particular has fueled the lineup, slashing .293/.341/.693 with 10 home runs.
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