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Yankee Stadium
1:05PM EDT
Wang (1-0)
Pitching matchup
NYY: RHP Chien-Ming Wang (1-0, 2.57 ERA)
Wang will make his second start of the season on Sunday after earning the win in New York's season opener on Tuesday. Wang held the Blue Jays to two runs on six hits in six innings, retiring nine of the final 10 batters he faced in the shortest game (2:31) at Yankee Stadium since Sept. 2, 2006, vs. the Twins. Wang was 5-1 with a 3.38 ERA in six Sunday starts in 2007, winning his final two.
TB: RHP James Shields (1-0, 2.57 ERA)
Shields pitched the Rays' season opener on Monday in Baltimore and beat Jeremy Guthrie, 6-2, walking three and striking out two after overcoming two first-inning runs. The oldest (26) of the Rays' five starters, Shields signed a four-year, $11.25 million deal with the club in January. He has never defeated the Yankees in five career starts, faring 0-4 with an 8.58 ERA. He is 0-2 with a 10.57 ERA in three career starts at Yankee Stadium.
Tidbits
Giambi left Saturday's game with a sore left groin and will be reexamined on Sunday. ... Melky Cabrera has completed his two-game suspension and is available for the Yankees. Duncan will begin serving his suspension on Sunday. ... Abreu has hit safely in all five games this April (.389, 7-for-18). He batted .253 (23-for-91) last April. ... The Rays' Elliot Johnson collected his first Major League hit on Saturday, a single off Andy Pettitte in the fourth inning. ... Joe Pepitone pulled the ceremonial MetLife Countdown Lever at Yankee Stadium on Saturday. There are now 76 regular season games remaining to be played at the current Yankee Stadium.
Prediction::: Yankees defeat Rays 6-2
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