Bruce Chen, LH Randy Johnson, LH
(0-0, NA) (1-0, 1.50)
2B B Roberts SS D Jeter
3B M Mora 3B A Rodriguez
SS M Tejada RF G Sheffield
RF S Sosa LF H Matsui
DH J Lopez DH R Sierra
LF B Surhoff C J Posada
CF L Matos 1B J Giambi
1B C Gomez CF B Williams
C G Gil 2B R Sanchez
Game starts in less than an hour at 1:05, available on WNUV and YES.
Let's size up this pitching matchup. Bruce Chen has a career record of 22-20 with 432 strikeouts in 501 major league innings. Randy Johnson is 247-128 liftetime, with 4,167 strikeouts in 3,347 innings pitched. Randy Johnson has a moustache, and Bruce Chen does not. Johnson is 6'10", while Chen is a mere 6'1".
This is one of those days we're going to need home runs.
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