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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