Game 1 Lineups: Swisher protecting Cano

October, 7, 2012

10/07/12

3:37

PM ET

By Andrew Marchand | ESPNNewYork.com

Nothing unexpected from Joe Girardi and the Yankees, the only thing of note is that Nick Swisher will be Robinson Cano's protection, not Mark Teixeira. Here they are:

Yankees
Derek Jeter, SS
Ichiro Suzuki, LF
Alex Rodriguez, 3B
Robinson Cano, 2B
Nick Swisher, RF
Mark Teixeira, 1B
Curtis Granderson, CF
Russell Martin, C
Raul Ibanez, DH

CC Sabathia, P

Orioles
Nate McLouth, LF
J.J. Hardy, SS
Adam Jones, CF
Matt Wieters, C
Mark Reynolds, 1B
Chris Davis, DH
Lew Ford, RF
Manny Machado, 3B
Robert Andino, 2B

Jason Hammel, P

Andrew Marchand is a senior writer for ESPNNewYork. He also regularly contributes to SportsCenter, Baseball Tonight, ESPNews, ESPN New York 98.7 FM and ESPN Radio. He joined ESPN in 2007 after nine years at the New York Post. Follow Andrew on Twitter »

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UPCOMING GAMES

	W-L	HM	AW	STK	L10
NYY	28-18	15-9	13-9	L2
TAM	24-22	14-8	10-14	L1

	W-L	HM	AW	STK	L10
NYY	28-18	15-9	13-9	L2
TAM	24-22	14-8	10-14	L1

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NYY	28-18	15-9	13-9	L2
TAM	24-22	14-8	10-14	L1

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TEAM LEADERS

BA LEADER

Robinson Cano

BA	HR	RBI	R
.289	13	33	26

OTHER LEADERS

RBI

OPS

.891

ERA

2.67

MAY 2013

Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
			1 HOU W 5 - 4	2	3 OAK L 0 - 2	4 OAK W 4 - 2
5 OAK L 4 - 5	6	7 @COL L 0 - 2	8 @COL W 3 - 2	9 @COL W 3 - 1	10 @KC W 11 - 6	11 @KC W 3 - 2
12 @KC W 4 - 2	13 @CLE L 0 - 1	14 SEA W 4 - 3	15 SEA L 2 - 12	16 SEA L 2 - 3	17 TOR W 5 - 0	18 TOR W 7 - 2
19 TOR 0 - 0	20 @BAL W 6 - 4	21 @BAL L 2 - 3	22 @BAL L 3 - 6	23	24 @TB 7:10 PM ET	25 @TB 4:10 PM ET
26 @TB 1:40 PM ET	27 @NYM 7:10 PM ET	28 @NYM 7:00 PM ET	29 NYM 7:05 PM ET	30 NYM 7:05 PM ET	31 BOS 7:05 PM ET

Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
						1 BOS 7:15 PM ET
2 BOS 8:00 PM ET	3 CLE 7:00 PM ET	4 CLE 7:05 PM ET	5 CLE 1:05 PM ET	6 @SEA 10:10 PM ET	7 @SEA 10:10 PM ET	8 @SEA 4:10 PM ET
9 @SEA 4:10 PM ET	10	11 @OAK 10:05 PM ET	12 @OAK 10:05 PM ET	13 @OAK 3:35 PM ET	14 @LAA 10:05 PM ET	15 @LAA 7:15 PM ET
16 @LAA 3:00 PM ET	17	18 LAD 7:05 PM ET	19 LAD 7:05 PM ET	20 TB 7:05 PM ET	21 TB 7:05 PM ET	22 TB 1:05 PM ET
23 TB	24	25 TEX 7:05 PM ET	26 TEX 7:05 PM ET	27 TEX 1:05 PM ET	28 @BAL 7:05 PM ET	29 @BAL 7:15 PM ET
30 @BAL 1:35 PM ET

Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
	1 @MIN 8:10 PM ET	2 @MIN 8:10 PM ET	3 @MIN 8:10 PM ET	4 @MIN 2:10 PM ET	5 BAL 7:05 PM ET	6 BAL 1:05 PM ET
7 BAL 1:05 PM ET	8 KC 7:05 PM ET	9 KC 7:05 PM ET	10 KC 7:05 PM ET	11 KC 1:05 PM ET	12 MIN 7:05 PM ET	13 MIN 1:05 PM ET
14 MIN 1:05 PM ET	15	16	17	18	19 @BOS 7:10 PM ET	20 @BOS 4:05 PM ET
21 @BOS 8:00 PM ET	22 @TEX 8:05 PM ET	23 @TEX 8:05 PM ET	24 @TEX 8:05 PM ET	25 @TEX 2:05 PM ET	26 TB 7:05 PM ET	27 TB 1:05 PM ET
28 TB 1:05 PM ET	29	30 @LAD 10:10 PM ET	31 @LAD 10:10 PM ET

TEAM	W	L	GB	RS	RA
NY Yankees	28	18	0.0	195	172
Boston	28	19	0.5	228	190
Baltimore	25	21	3.0	226	206
Tampa Bay	24	22	4.0	222	211
Toronto	19	27	9.0	191	234

MLB

Final R H E
Yankees 3 7 0
Orioles 6 14 0
Final R H E
Reds 7 12 1
Mets 4 9 0

Final	R	H	E
Yankees	3	7	0
Orioles	6	14	0

Final	R	H	E
Reds	7	12	1
Mets	4	9	0

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