BRONX Bombers hit FENWAY on BO SOX Terms as Boston leads the AL EAST by two games over RAYS...YANKS trying to stay close to AL WILD CARD..."WEEKEND BENDERS" AL East Usual Suspects w/ a Sunday Night Prime Time RUBBER Game

The New York Yankees come into Fenway as we go to press 8 1/2 behind the Carmines and six back in thew AL Wild Card with the Rays and Swingin' Athletics one and two. The Red Sox are trying to hold off the rays and it will be the head to head games in the division that will determine who is going to come out the AL East as the Division winner and the Wild Card. Don't forget about the O's as they sit right in the middle of the Rays and Yankees. Can the Bo Sox slow down the "Fonz" as he has been playing on the O-Zone Layer?

August 16, 2013 7:10pm ET
NYY Pettitte (7-9) vs BOS Doubront (8-5)

August 17, 2013 4:05pm ET
NYY Kuroda (11-7) vs BOS Lackey (7-10)

August 18, 2013 8:05pm ET
NYY Sabathia (10-10) vs BOS Dempster (6-8)

Pettitte, Kuroda, and Sabathia going for the Yanks as that's how the Rotation played out. Yankees are playing good Hardball as they took it on the chin Thursday but they hammered the Halos most of that series.

The Bo Sox have to be worried about Lackey and Dempster but they might be better than Pettitte and Sabathia at this point as they have both struggled for the yanks for the most part. Neither Team I think is deep enough to make it in October Hardball but we will see how it plays out.

Hitting Leaders in this Three-Piece...

BRONX Bombers

2B Cano .300 avg 22 HR 75 RBI 63 Runs
1B Overbay .250 avg  13 HR 50 RBI
CF Gardner .271 avg 63 Runs  
RF Soriano .296 7 HR 22 RBI (4 HR and 13 RBI this week combined in just two games)


BO SOX

DH Big Papi .324 avg 24 HR 75 RBI
CF Ellsbury 73 Runs
1B Napoli .245 avg 15 HR 69 RBI
2B Pedroia .293 66 Runs

Note: Schedule and Numbers from MLB.com