Yankees vs. Red Sox - April 12

We have an afternoon affair in Fenway today, Mike Mussina (1-1, 3.09) going up against Josh Beckett (0-1, 9.64). Courtesy of Peter Abraham, here are this afternoon's lineups:

YANKEES
Johnny Damon LF
Melky Cabrera CF
Bobby Abreu RF
Alex Rodriguez 3B
Jason Giambi 1B
Jorge Posada DH
Robinson Cano 2B
Jose Molina C
Alberto Gonzalez SS
Mike Mussina RHP

RED SOX
Jacoby Ellsbury CF
Dustin Pedroia 2B
David Ortiz DH
Manny Ramirez LF
Kevin Youkilis 3B
J.D. Drew RF
Jason Varitek C
Sean Casey 1B
Julio Lugo SS
Josh Beckett RHP

Even though you don't want to sit Damon 2 straight days, Matsui is swinging a pretty hot bat right now. We're not sure we would have left him out of the lineup, even though he's just 3-14 against Beckett.

Red Sox vs. Moose

Coco Crisp 8-24 1 RBI
J.D. Drew 0-7
Julio Lugo 8-30 1 HR 5 RBI
David Ortiz 14-54 (.259) 3 HR 7 RBI
Dustin Pedroia 3-8
Manny Ramirez 24-95 (.253) 6 HR 18 RBI
Jason Varitek 8-60 1 HR 3 RBI
Kevin Youkilis 4-15 2 RBI

Mussina has to be happy that Mike Lowell can't play. The Sox 3rd Baseman is 11-19 (.579) against Moose with 3 HR and 8 RBI.

Yankees vs. Beckett

Bobby Abreu 9-50 2 HR 4 RBI 18 BB 17 K
Wilson Betemit 0-5
Melky Cabrera 7-18 2 RBI
Robinson Cano 7-18 1 HR 4 RBI
Johnny Damon 5-21 4 RBI
Morgan Ensberg 1-6
Jason Giambi 5-15 2 HR 6 RBI
Hideki Matsui 3-14
Jose Molina 0-3
Jorge Posada 6-15 2 RBI
Alex Rodriguez 6-22 1 HR 5 RBI

The always obnoxious FOX broadcast begins at 3:55 EDT.

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