Game 33: Mariners at Yankees

                                     May 12th, 2012, 4:05 ET, Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York 

The Yankees and Mariners will play Game 2 of 3 today on Yogi Berra's 87th birthday.

Here are the lineups.

Mariners (15-19)
Dustin Ackley, 2B
John Jaso, C
Ichiro Suzuki, RF
Jesus Montero, DH
Kyle Seager, 3B
Mike Card, LF
Justin Smoak, 1B
Michael Saunders, CF
Munenori Kawasaki, SS

Pitching: Hector Noesi RHP (2-3, 6.30 ERA this season)

Yankees (18-14)
Derek Jeter, DH
Curtis Granderson, CF
Alex Rodriguez, 3B
Robinson Cano, 2B
Mark Teixeira, 1B
Nick Swisher, RF
Raul Ibanez, LF
Russell Martin, C
Jayson Nix, SS

Pitching: Phil Hughes RHP (2-4, 6.67 ERA this season)

Enjoy the game.

Yanks' Take Opener Against Mariners

Hiroki Kuroda delivers a pitch in the first inning of Friday's game. (Getty Images)

The Yankees and Mariners kicked off a 3 game set tonight in the Bronx. The Yankees had a tough task to answer with facing the Mariners ace, Felix Hernandez.

The Yankees were able to jump on Hernandez early when they put up a run in the 1st inning. Hiroki Kuroda, the Yankees starter also allowed a run in the 1st inning.

Kuroda was able to pick up the win tonight by going 7 strong innings. He allowed 2 runs on 6 hits. He struck out 2 and walked 3.

The Yankees lost the lead in the 6th inning when ex-Yankee Jesus Montero hit a home run to right field, but their lead wouldn't last long. In the bottom half of the 6th inning, Raul Ibanez hit a 3 run shot off of Felix to give the Yankees a 4-2 lead.

Andruw Jones would give the Yankees some breathing room when he added a 2 run shot to increase their lead to 6-2.

Robinson Cano's bat looks to be heating up as he picked up 4 hits tonight. That was the 19th time in his career that he has had 4 hits in one game.

The Yankees and Mariners have a start time of 4:05 tomorrow for game 2 of this 3 game series.

Game 32: Mariners at Yankees

                                 May 11th, 2012, 7:05 ET, Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York 

The Yankees and Mariners will kick off a 3 game set tonight in the Bronx.

Here are the lineups.

Mariners (15-18)
Dustin Ackley, 2B
Brendan Ryan, SS
Ichiro Suzuki, RF
Jesus Montero, C
Kyle Seager, 3B
John Jaso, DH
Justin Smoak, 1B
Mike Carp, LF
Michael Saunders, CF

Pitching: Felix Hernandez RHP (3-1, 1.89 ERA this season)

Yankees (17-14)
Derek Jeter, SS
Curtis Granderson, CF
Alex Rodriguez, 3B
Robinson Cano, 2B
Mark Teixeira, 1B
Nick Swisher, RF
Raul Ibanez, LF
Eric Chavez, DH
Russell Martin, C

Pitching: Hiroki Kuroda RHP (2-4, 3.75 ERA this season)

Enjoy the game.

Yanks' Option Nunez to Triple-A; Activate Chavez

The Yankees have made some roster moves at the end of their series finale against the Tampa Bay Rays on Thursday. The Yankees have announced that they will option infielder Eduardo Nunez to Triple-A.

Eduardo Nunez has been struggling defensively and that was the reason why he was sent down.

Nunez has has made 4 errors this season on 66 chances this season.

Eric Chavez has been activated from the disabled list. Chavez was on the 7-day concussion disabled list with concussion like symptoms.

Sabathia Powers Yankees to Victory

C.C. Sabathia reacts after striking out B.J. Upton. (Getty Images)

C.C. Sabathia had done what Joe Girardi and the Yankees could have hoped. Sabathia was lights out tonight to secure the series win.

Sabathia allowed 2 runs, all unearned on 7 hits. He struck out 10 and walked 1. He threw 119 pitches and out of those 119, 81 were thrown for strikes.

C.C. was backed up by the Yankees offense that jumped on David Price. Curtis Granderson homered in the 2nd inning to cut the Rays lead to 2-1. The Yankees would tie the game later that inning on a Chris Stewart RBI single to plate Eduardo Nunez.

Robinson Cano would break the tie in the 5th inning with a 2 run shot to left center. Alex Rodriguez would be next and he hit a double to center field. After a Mark Teixeira walk and Curtis Granderson double play ball, Andruw Jones would drive in Alex Rodriguez with a double of his own to increase their lead to 5-2.

That would be all that C.C. Sabathia would need to notch his 5th win of the season.

The Yankees and Mariners will start a 3 game set tomorrow night in the Bronx.

As always, lineups will be posted before the game.