Rangers at Yankees

The New York Yankees will try to even this three game series tonight at 7:10PM on the Yes network and ESPN 2. Andy Pettitte will be taking the mound. The Yankees start tonight with a 6 game lead on the Boston Red Sox in the AL East. Here are the pregame notes and lineup via Peter Abrahams Lohud Yankees Blog. Robinson Cano hit his 20th homerun last night making it 6 Yankees which matches the 1961 and 2004 teams, Derek Jeter and Jorge Posada have a chance to make it 7 or 8 Yankees. Derek Jeter snapped a streak of 113 plate appearances without a walk when he walked last night. Jeter has multiple hit games in 11 of his last 13 games. Hideki Matsui has 17 rbi's over his last 8 games. 8 of his last 13 hits have been for extra bases. 7 of them are homers. Andy Pettitte will be the 3rd starter in the playoffs. He is 2-1 with 2.82 era since the all star break. Over 44 2/3 innings he has allowed only 38 hits and struck out 47. Yankees Lineup: Jeter(SS) Swisher(RF) Tex(1B) A-rod(3B) Matsui(DH) Posada(C) Cano(2B) Hairston(LF) Cabrera(CF)