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The Yankees will finish the 2009 regular season with starting pitcher A.J. Burnett on the mound. Burnett will pitch in the last game of a three game series against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. The game is at Tropicana Field in Tampa Bay.

The Yankees are set to begin the American League East divisional playoffs this coming up week. The Yankees are suffering some problems lately, especially in the area of starting pitchers, as starting pitcher CC Sabathia got rocked by the Devil Rays on Friday night, and Andy Pettitte losing on Saturday. The focus right now for Manager Joe Girardi is to tune up his starting pitchers and work out the kinks before the beginning of the divisional championship series coming up. The Yankees are set to face either the Detroit Tigers, or the Minnesota Twins depending on the outcome of the American League Central tie between the two teams.

Burnett, who is currently 12-9 on the season, is getting a chance to post his third solid outing against Tampa Bay. Burnett currently has an earned run average of 4.10, and if he comes out victorious today it will give him career win number 100.

Tampa Bay is scheduled to start right handed pitcher Wade Davis , who has never pitched in a game against New York. Davis , a 24 year old, is two wins and one loss with an earned run average of 3.45. He gave up one run and seven hits in seven innings of work on Tuesday in this win against Baltimore Tuesday night.

Between the two teams this year, New York has won ten of seventeen total match ups in the 2009 season. The Yankees will have a tough road to the World Series, but need to focus mainly on the starting pitchers who they expect to play in the Division series. They also need to focus on the talent of their great closer Mariano Rivera, a power hand closer, maybe the best in baseball, for the chance of winning games in the postseason.

Yankees manager Joe Girardi has been using his starters recently to get them ready and do some fine tuning on their skills to prepare or the postseason race ahead of them. The three main pitchers Girardi will be using in the postseason will be A.J. Burnett
CC Sabathia, and Andy Pettitte, all three have great experience and talent so it should be a great playoff season for the Yankees.

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New York Yankee 3rd baseman Alex Rodriguez carried his team Sunday night to a victory over the Tampa Bay Devil Rays with seven runs batted in, all seven coming in the sixth inning as the Yankees rallied to beat the Devil Rays 10-2. Rodriguez belted two deep shots in the sixth inning to give the slugging 3rd baseman 30 home runs and 100 runs batted in for the season.

Only a couple of days earlier before the Yankees 162nd win, Rodriguez was joking around with closing pitcher Mariano Rivera saying he probably wouldn’t reach the 30 homerun and 100 run batted in marks for which would be 13th season to do so in the 3rd baseman’s outstanding career.

The victory today gave the Yankees the momentum they needed to start the postseason off right. Winning a 103 games this year gave the Yankees the best record that have had since reaching 104 wins in the 2002 season. The most notable moment for tonights games was the two long blast by Rodriguez with his remarkable 7 rbi inning.

The Rodriguez 3 run homerun in the sixth inning set a franchise record 243rd season homerun for the Yankees, a record which has not been beaten since the 2004 season. Soon after he hit the three run shot, Rodriguez then came back up to bat with the bases loaded and put the ball in the bleachers again giving him his 18th career grand slam which ties slugger Mark McGwire’s all time homerun hits with 583 for his career, and with plenty of time to still give chase for the record left in Rodriguez’s career.

Rodriguez had missed 28 games this year coming back from hip surgery and put up spectacular number for the Yankees. Rodriguez having been a key player for the Yankees for the past few years has earned his spot in the history books of the Yankees and Major League baseball putting up seven runs batted in and two homeruns in one inning. Not too many players in the history of baseball have ever been able to pull a feat like that. But Rodriguez is one of the highest paid players for a reason, because of talent like it took to put up an outing like that in one inning.

The Yankees are set to start off the postseason and face either the Detroit Tigers or the Minnesota Twins in the American League Division playoffs. Rodriguez will be one of the big keys to the Yankees success in the postseason.

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On September 27, the New York Yankees completed the third game in the series against the Boston Red Sox giving the Yankees the American League East Championship. The Yankees won all three games sweeping the Red Sox.

The Yankees, whose record is 102-58, came back from losing 2-1 and rallied to beat the red sox with a final score of 4-2. Mark Texiera hit a homerun in the 8th inning to help give New York the win and the ability to clench the American League East title. With the win the Yankees will have home field advantage throughout the 2009 Major League Playoffs.

The Yankees have had an outstanding season putting up over one hundred wins, with the one hundredth one coming against the Red Sox, Andy Pettitte was the winning pitcher in the game for the Yankees. This is the first division title the Yankees have won since the 2006 season. The Yankees have improved over last year missing the playoffs.

As soon as the last out was recorded the players immediately donned the hats that stated that the Yankees were now the American League East division champions. As team captain and short stop Derek Jeter lead his team of the field, crowd stood and gave the Yankees a standing ovation for their accomplishments throughout the season and earning the title of division champions.

In the locker room is where the real celebration began as champaign began to spray as the players shook hands and congratulated each other on their victory. The Yankees have been at the top of the division since late July and have continued to dominate major league baseball putting up over a 100 wins with only 58 losses. For the final week of the season the starting players will most likely be getting a break and the management can start to figure out the rotation the Yankees will use throughout the playoff drive.

It has not been determined yet who will be facing off against the Yankees, but most likely will be the winner of the close race of the American League Center, either the Detroit Tigers or the Minnesota Twins.

Winning the American League East division this year gives the Yankees their 16th division title win since 1969, which ties the mark of the Atlanta Braves who also have 16 division titles since 1969.

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