The Yankees pounded Tigers’ pitching in the first two games of the series/season, and they showed up to the park today looking to complete the sweep. Phil Hughes gets his first start of the new campaign, his first chance to show us if he really intends to throw his changeup more than once out of every 50 pitches. Detroit has two lefties (Brennan Boesch & Don Kelly) and two switch-hitters (Ramon Santiago & Victor Martinez) in the lineup, so he’ll certainly have plenty of opportunities to throw it. He’s also got that new cutter-slider hybrid to show off. Stephen already told you everything you need to know about Max Scherzer this morning, so I’ll spare you the details. Here’s the starting nine…
Brett Gardner, LF
Derek Jeter, SS
Mark Teixeira, 1B
Alex Rodriguez, 3B
Robbie Cano, 2B
Nick Swisher, RF
Jorge Posada, DH
Curtis Granderson, CF
Russell Martin, C
Phil Hughes, SP
First pitch is scheduled for 1:05pm, and the game can be seen on YES. Enjoy.
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