He faced Texas once this year, back on April 16 where he was also opposed by Wilson. Sabathia came out on the winning end of a 5-1 Yankee victory, going six innings and giving up one run on three hits while striking out nine. He’s had a fair amount of success against the Rangers in his career, carrying an 8-3 record and a 4.29 ERA into Friday’s matchup...........decent not dominating.............
What stats are you reading...better yet, what are you smoking???
1) CC pitched them ONE game back in APRIL. That constitutes "domination???" His history against them is average at best.
2) Wison was 2-1 against them, the loss in APRIL, the wins in August and September
3) Rangers hit lefties .288 their last 10 outings, .266 overall. Yanks have the last 10 edge, but .267 overall.
4) Better than what??
~T~
Sabathia's career ERA vs. Texas is 4.29, BUT....here's how the players that CURRENTLY play for Texas fare against him:
So, with the exception of Young and maybe Kinsler, it's not far off to say that he HAS dominated the current Rangers' hitters. Most of those inflated numbers have come against past Texas players who are no longer there. I like the Yanks tonight too. BOL.
- Andrus (0/2)
- Cantu (1/12, 4 K's)
- Cruz (0/5, 3 K's)
- Francoeur (2/12, 1 RBI, 3 K's)
- Guerrero (3/17, 1 HR, 3 RBI's, 3 K's)
- Hamilton (1/10, 4 K's)
- Kinsler (2/9, 2 HR's, 4 RBI's)
- Molina (1/19, 1 RBI, 4 K's)
- Murphy (1/6, 1 K)
- Young (12/34, 4 2B's, 5 RBI's, 8 K's)