Yanks at Indians(Lets kick The American Idles Butt)

The Yankees will go for three in a row this afternoon against the Indians. Phil "Franchise" Hughes will be on the mound looking for his third straight win against old friend Carl "American Idle" Pavano. The Yankees will also be looking to tie the major league record with 17 games in a row without an error. Here are the game notes and lineup as always via Peter Abraham and his Lohud Yankees Blog. The Yankees are 14-3 in their last 17 and have outscored their opponents 106-60 in those games. Jeter has a 13 game hitting streak and Teixeira a 12 game hitting streak. Big Tex has never had one longer then 12 games. Phil Hughes has faced the Indians once in the regular season. He allowed one run over six innings on Aug 1, 2007 at Progressive Field. The Yankees are 4-2 in the 6 games Phil has started since being called up on April 28. He has allowed 3 earned runs in his last 13 innings pitched. Jose Veras has allowed the first batter he faced to reach safely half the time, Wow that is bad, they got to do something with this guy. Shelly Duncan is hitting 304 with 18 homeruns and 47 rbi's in 39 games. Those are some big numbers, I would think he is more valuable then Angel Berroa, Berroa never plays and they could use another outfielder with Melky out and Damon banged up. Matsui is only a DH and Swisher has been struggling. Ramiro Pena is the backup and I think we are past the point of worrying about A-rod. Yankees lineup: Jeter(SS) Damon(LF) Tex(1B) A-rod(3B) Cano(2B) Matsui(DH) Swisher(RF) Gardner(CF) Cervelli(C)