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Game 145: Yankees (77-68) @ Orioles (77-67), 7:05pm

Back in 1996 Andy Pettitte sold his soul to the devil in exchange for always pitching well against the Orioles. Shame for him they got bad two years later.

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When I was reading Mark's lineup post and saw that Michael Morse has the highest OPS against Andy Pettitte of all the Orioles, my immediate thought was that it made sense since he's only been an Oriole for a few weeks. He hasn't been subject to the curse of Andy Pettitte that has afflicted the Orioles for nearly over fifteen years.

Mark also said that we shouldn't look at Scott Feldman's numbers against the current Yankees, so of course I had to. And since I can't unsee the horribleness, I'm bringing you along with me:

PA AB H 2B HR BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
Ichiro Suzuki 44 39 10 0 0 5 2 .256 .341 .256 .597
Lyle Overbay 26 24 8 2 0 2 2 .333 .385 .417 .801
Derek Jeter 22 20 6 0 2 2 2 .300 .364 .600 .964
Curtis Granderson 18 14 6 2 3 3 3 .429 .500 1.214 1.714
Vernon Wells 18 14 7 0 2 4 1 .500 .611 1.071 1.683
Robinson Cano 16 16 5 1 0 0 0 .313 .313 .375 .688
Alex Rodriguez 14 13 4 0 1 1 4 .308 .357 .538 .896
Brett Gardner 10 8 3 1 0 1 2 .375 .500 .500 1.000
Mark Reynolds 9 7 4 0 1 1 1 .571 .667 1.000 1.667
Alfonso Soriano 3 3 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000
Chris Stewart 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Total 183 160 53 6 9 19 19 .331 .407 .550 .957
Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Play Index Tool Used
Generated 9/11/2013.

So...he totally owns Robinson Cano. Other than that, you probably should hold on to your butt from the moment the game begins.


Lineup

BALTIMORE ORIOLES NEW YORK YANKEES
1. Brian Roberts (S) 2B 1. Brett Gardner (L) CF
2. Manny Machado (R) 3B 2. Alex Rodriguez (R) DH
3. Chris Davis (L) 1B 3. Robinson Cano (L) 2B
4. Adam Jones (R) CF 4. Alfonso Soriano (R) LF
5. Danny Valencia (R) DH 5. Curtis Granderson (L) RF
6. Matt Wieters (S) C 6. Mark Reynolds (R) 3B
7. J.J. Hardy (R) SS 7. Lyle Overbay (L) 1B
8. Michael Morse (R) RF 8. Brendan Ryan (R) SS
9. Nate McLouth (L) LF 9. Chris Stewart (R) C

Nick Markakis is at the park after his wife gave birth to their third child earlier today. He's still not in the lineup, at least not yet.