Yanks at Cleveland(CC Returns)

CC Sabathia gets the start tonight as the Yankees take on the Cleveland Indians at Progressive Field or whatever it is called now. It will be interesting to see how he gets recieved, he did get traded although he turned down a deal the year before to stay in Cleveland. Here are the pregame notes and lineup as always from Peter Abraham of the Journal News. The Yankees have the best road record in the AL at 14-11. Derek Jeter has hit safely in 12 straight games and Mark Teixeira in 11 straight. Derek Jeter has also led off the yankees half of the first with a hit in 5 straight games. He has hit safely while leading off in 7 of the last 8 games. The Yankees have gone 15 straight games without an error which ties several teams for the second longest streak in major league history. The record is 17 straight which was set by the Red Sox from June 11-30, 2006. The Elias Sports Bureau had this information. The Yankees are 15-5 with A-rod in the lineup. They also now resemble their real lineup for the first time in a long time with Matsui and Posada also playing. Robinson Cano struck out last night for the first time in 54 plate appearances. The Yankees pitching has been the story, in their last 16 games they have gone 148 innings, 132 hits, 54 earned runs, 64 walks and 115 strikeouts. The team era is 3.28 in that span. CC is 3-0 with a 1.74 era in his last 4 starts. He did lost to Cleveland earlier in the year and this is his first time back to Cleveland. Derek Jeter needs 3 more runs scored to become only one of four active players to have 1,500 runs scored. The others are A-rod, Ken Griffey Jr and Gary Sheffield. Ruth, Gehrig and Mantle are the only Yankees that have ever done it. The Yankees are 12-6 in their last 18 games against Cleveland. Yankees Lineup: Jeter(SS) Damon(LF) Tex(1B) A-rod(3B) Cano(2B) Posada(C) Matsui(DH) Swisher(RF) Gardner(CF)