Yanks at Cleveland

The Yankees had a much needed day off yesterday and some of them enjoyed the Cleveland/Orlando basketball game last night. They start a 4 game weekend wraparound series tonight. Andy Pettitte is on the mound against Cliff Lee. Here are the game notes and lineup via Peter Abraham as always. The Yankees are a half game out of first in the AL east behind the Boston Red Sox but tied in the loss column. Cleveland is in last place in the AL Central but just swept the Tampa Bay Rays at home in a 4 game series scoring 30 runs. Cliff Lee beat the Yankees in the first homestand at the New Stadium pitching 6 innings with one run allowed. The Yankees really enjoyed Texas as usual hitting 392 with 15 extra base hits and walking 12 times and scoring 23 runs. The team batting average is 280 and now they get Jorge Posada back which will help even more. The Yankees team era is 5.01 which is the lowest it has been since April 16th. The Yankees have gone 14 games without making an error, I think the alltime record is 17 games but i have to check on that. Mo hasn't pitched since Sunday, so it would be nice to get him into a game. Derek Jeter has a 11 game hitting streak, Mark Teixeira a 10. Brett Gardner is 13 of his last 31 and Robbie Cano is 17 of his last 42. Yankees lineup: Jeter(SS) Damon(LF) Tex(1B) A-rod(3B) Cano(2B) Posada(C) Matsui(DH) Swisher(RF) Gardner(CF)