Mariners at Yankees

The New York Yankees take on the Seattle Mariners tonight from the stadium with Andy Pettitte taking on Jarrod Washburn. Here are the pregame notes and lineup from Peter Abraham of the Journal News. The Yankee are at 12 games over 500 which is their high water mark of the season. The Mariners have lost 9 straight in the Bronx. Melky Cabrera has 31 rbi's with 12 of them either tying or giving the Yankees the lead in the seventh or beyond. Johnny Damon is 9 of his last 21 with 6 rbi's and 4 extra base hits. Mark Teixeira is really struggling going 13 of his last 59 with no homeruns and 6 rbi's. He has gone 60 at bats without a homerun. Phil Coke has gone 12 1/3 innings in his last 14 appearances with 5 hits, 1 earned run, 3 walks and 14 strikeouts and Phil Hughes has gone 8 games, 13 innings with 5 hits, 2 earned runs, 3 walks and 16 strikeouts. MO has gone 8 1/3 innings in his last 8 outings with 2 hits, 1 earned run, 1 walk and 12 strikeouts. The Yankees have scored 45 runs over their last 49 innings, prior to that that they had scored 18 runs in 67 innings. The Yankees have a 2.56 era in their last 14 games and opponents are only hitting 207 against them. Ramiro Pena was optioned down to AAA as expected and will get some time in CF to be more versatile. Yankees Lineup: Jeter(SS) Damon(LF) Tex(1b) A-rod(DH) Posada(C) Cano(2B) Swisher(RF) Cabrera(CF) Ransom(3B)