New York Yankees

Ibanez OK with being out of lineup

October, 11, 2012

10/11/12

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By Ian Begley | ESPNNewYork.com

Raul Ibanez said he has no problem with being left out of the Yankees' starting nine for Game 4.

"I'm here to help the team win however I can, so that's what I'm going to do," Ibanez said before first pitch of the Yankees-O's game on Thursday.

Some speculated Ibanez would start on Thursday after hitting the game-tying and game-winning home runs in Game 3.

Ibanez has strong numbers -- .348 (8-for-23), two homers, six RBIs -- against Orioles starter Joe Saunders. But with Derek Jeter dealing with a foot injury, Joe Girardi elected to go with Jeter at DH.

So Ibanez will again be a weapon off the bench for the Yankees manager.

Wednesday night was just another example of how clutch Ibanez has been this year. Eleven of his 21 homers (postseason included) have come in the seventh inning or later. He also entered the postseason red-hot, hitting .405 (15-for-37) with four homers and nine RBIs in the Yankees' final 11 regular season games.

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UPCOMING GAMES

	W-L	HM	AW	STK	L10
NYY	29-18	15-9	14-9	W1
TAM	24-23	14-9	10-14	L2

	W-L	HM	AW	STK	L10
NYY	29-18	15-9	14-9	W1
TAM	24-23	14-9	10-14	L2

	W-L	HM	AW	STK	L10
NYY	29-18	15-9	14-9	W1
NYM	17-27	9-15	8-12	L3

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TEAM LEADERS

BA LEADER

Robinson Cano

BA	HR	RBI	R
.291	13	34	26

OTHER LEADERS

RBI

OPS

.902

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 W 9 - 4	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	29	18	0.0	204	176
Boston	29	20	1.0	239	203
Baltimore	26	22	3.5	242	224
Tampa Bay	24	23	5.0	226	220
Toronto	20	28	9.5	209	250

MLB

Final R H E
Yankees 9 11 0
Rays 4 7 0
Suspended R H E
Braves 5 7 2
Mets 5 9 0

Final	R	H	E
Yankees	9	11	0
Rays	4	7	0

Suspended	R	H	E
Braves	5	7	2
Mets	5	9	0

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