Rays at Yankees(Yanks go for the sweep)

The Yankees will be trying for a four-game series sweep tonight. They have won 12 of 15 overall and have the best record in baseball. Here are the pregame notes and lineup via Peter Abraham. Tampa Bay has lost a season-high seven straight games. They have fallen to 17.5 games out of first and 8.5 games out in the wild card. Joba Chamberlain has a 7.96 ERA in his last six games with opponents hitting .330 against him. In 26 innings he has allowed 37 hits and walked 17. Derek Jeter is in a 0-12 slump but if it wasn't for the record and the Yankees huge lead no one would even really notice. They are going overboard for this record but I guess there really isn't any other drama, this isn't even drama though, he will get it eventually. The Yankees will be looking to go 41 games over .500 for the first time since Sept. 30, 2004 when they were 100-59. Alex Rodriguez 11 of his last 24 with nine RBI. The Yankees have allowed four runs on 17 hits and struck out 30 over 27 innings in this series. The Sandman has allowed one run in his last 31 innings. The Yankees are 61-1 when leading after six innings. The Yankees are 48-20 at home, winning 22 of the last 26. The Yankees are 39-13 since the All-Star break. That’s their best record since the 1938 team was 40-12. Yankees Lineup: Jeter(SS) Damon(LF) Tex(1B) A-rod(3B) Matsui(DH) Swisher(RF) Cano(2B) Gardner(CF) Molina(C) Peter Abraham wrote earlier on his blog that when he got to the park Francisco Cervelli was out there early, this was at 2:30 this afternoon working on things with Tony Pena. This is great to see, hopefully he will succeed, I think the Yankees are teaching these young guys the right way and it is great to see the new players being passed the torch by the older players.