7 16 – Rays at Yankees

Tim Britton bushing,1 in for Bryan, who’s accepting,1 a slightly continued,1 All-Star Break. We’ll accept,1 blanket (and we beggarly,cheap Colorado Rockies Hats,1 “blanket”) advantage,1 of tonight’s tributes to George Steinbrenner and Bob Sheppard on Yankees.com throughout the night,Atlanta Braves Hats, with a pregame commemoration,1 scheduled to alpha,1 at about 6:45. There’s a common idea in basketball that the a lot of,1 important time of the game is the opening minutes of the second bisected,1; the Yankees can apply that logic tonight as they open the second part of their agenda,1 adjoin,1 second-place Tampa Bay. A solid series this weekend can extend the Bombers’ two-game advance,1 and close,1 up,cheap Baltimore Orioles Hats, if only hardly,1, their hold on the division’s lead. Of advance,1, that’s what the Rays appeared to do the last time they were in the Bronx, when they swept a two-game alternation,1 and pushed the Yankees five games back in the analysis,1. The Bombers have been seven games bigger,Boston Red Sox Hats Sale,1 back,HOT Styles Sale,1. It’s a antagonism,1 of pitchers traveling,1 in opposite directions. CC Sabathia has won his endure,1 eight starts (remember when he hadn’t won in five?) while Shields is constant,1 one of the roughest stretches of his career. Since beating the Yankees in the Bronx on May 20, Shields is 2-8 with a 6.87 ERA.
RAYS (54-34)
B.J. Upton CF,Cheap Players Authentic Hats, Carl Crawford LF, Evan Longoria 3B, Carlos Pena 1B, Ben Zobrist 2B, Kelly Shoppach C, Willy Aybar DH, Gabe Kapler RF, Jason Bartlett SS
RHP James Shields (7-9, 4.87)

YANKEES (56-32)
Derek Jeter SS,Texas Rangers Hats, Nick Swisher RF, Mark Teixeira 1B, Alex Rodriguez 3B, Robinson Cano 2B, Jorge Posada C, Curtis Granderson CF, Juan Miranda DH, Brett Gardner LF
LHP CC Sabathia (12-3, 3.09)