Burnett has been pitching well and the Yanks offense has been hot but will they be able to beat King Felix ?
Burnett should look out for : Chone Figgins, Figgins has hit .417 against Burnett. Outside of Figgins and Ichiro not many Mariners have faced Burnett.
Hernandez should look out for : Nick Swisher. Swish has hit .263 against the king along with three long balls. Much to my surprise many of the Yankees have decent numbers against Hernandez.
Sat: LHP Jason Vargas (9-5, 3.15) vs RHP Javier Vazquez (9-9, 4.89)
Not to often do you get two pitchers with a last name starting with a V pitching against each other. I hadn't realize how well Vargas had been pitching this year especially since the Mariners have well for lack of a better term sucked this year. Vazquez has had a few rough outing, and seems to have the good ol' El Duque dead arm.
Vazquez should look out for : Franklin Gutierrez. Franklin has hit .333 with one home run against Javy.
Vargas should look out for : Robinson Cano : Cano is 3-3 against Vargas, most Yankees only have faced his two or three times. Kearns has seen Vargas the most,six at bats.
Sun: LHP Luke French (2-3, 4.02) vs LHP C.C. Sabathia (16-5, 3.12)
Looks to be the biggest mismatch of the series, CC will look for 17 wins.
Sabathia should look out for : Ichiro Suzuki. Ichiro has hit CC well, but then again who hasn't he hit well ? Against the big lefty, the smaller lefty batter has hit .348 and two home runs.
French should look out for : Robinson Cano and Mark Teixieria. Again not many Yankees have seen French a lot but Cano is 4-6 (.667) and Tex is hitting .500 with a home run.
As always its dangerous to look at the match ups and say a game is an easy win for the Yanks. At first glace the last two games of the series may look like easy wins, but with Javy having a dead arm and the Yankees lack of success against pitchers they haven't seen much of you never know.Remember as John Sterling says "You cant predict baseball".
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