Yankees vs. Royals - June 9

The Yankees wrap up the homestand this afternoon with a 1:05 pm start against the Kansas City Royals. Mike Mussina looks to become the American League's first 10 game winner as he opposes Luke Hochevar in the finale of the 4-game set.

Mussina is 17-7, 2.98 in 33 starts against the Royals.

Royals vs. Mussina

Buck 0-10
DeJesus 2-16
Gathright 2-6
German 3-6
Gload 6-10 1 HR 4 RBI
Grudzielanek 2-9
Guillen 6-19 1 HR 2 RBI
Olivo 3-11
Pena 0-4


Hochevar has made one 3 inning scoreless appearance against the Yankees in his brief major league career.

Yankees vs. Hochevar

Betemit 0-2
Cabrera 1-1
Cano 1-2
Damon 0-2
Matsui 0-1
Molina 0-1

Here are today's lineups from Yahoo Sports.

Royals

D. DeJesus lf
M. Grudzielanek
M. Teahen 1b
J. Guillen rf
A. Gordon 3b
M. Olivo dh
J. Buck c
M. Aviles ss
J. Gathright cf

Yankees

J. Damon lf
D. Jeter ss
B. Abreu rf
A. Rodriguez 3b
H. Matsui dh
J. Giambi 1b
R. Cano 2b
J. Molina c
M. Cabrera cf

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