Red Sox at Yankees

The New York Yankees open a 3 game series with the Red Sox tonight at 7 on MY9 and MLB network. Joba Chamberlain gets the start against Jon Lester. This is the last series of the year, Boston holds a 9-6 lead and they wont see each other again unless they meet in the ALCS. Here are the pregame notes and lineup via Peter Abraham. Boston is 21-8 since Aug 23, their magic number to clinch the wildcard is 3 and they say the will celebrate in Yankee stadium if they clinch it. The Yankees magic number is 5 so they would need a sweep to clinch the division and most likely homefield advantage. Joba is 1-4 with a 8.25 era in his last 9 starts. Opponents are hitting 327 with a 409 obp against him in that time. Brian Cashman just recently said he needs to earn his way onto the postseason roster although Joe Girardi says he will be on it. It would be beneficial for him to pitch well starting tonight. The Yankees hope to get him through 6 innings tonight. Jon Lester was 3-5 with a 6.07 era in his first 11 starts of the season. He is 11-2 with a 2.13 era since then. He is 3-0 with a 3.11 era in 7 career starts against the Yankees. Robinson Cano is 19 of his last 48 and Mark Teixeira was 10 of 23 with 6xbh and 6 rbi's on the roadtrip. Yankees lineup: Jeter(SS) Damon(LF) Tex(1B) A-rod(3B) Matsui(DH) Posada(C) Cano(2B) Swisher(RF) Cabrera(CF)