Let's try something a little bit new: Yankees-Angels "liveblog", anyone?

[nickgutierrez]

The Yankees and Angels (whose name I keep wanting to type as Angles, for some weird reason) are set to start game three of a four-game series at the New Yankee Stadium in a few minutes, so I thought I'd try something a little bit different.

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (9-13): Matt Palmer (1-0, 6.00 ERA)

at New York Yankees (13-10): C.C. Sabathia (1-2, 4.73 ERA)

Palmer is a 30 year old righthander who spent last season in the San Francisco Giants organization. He started three games for the Giants last year, going 0-2 with an ERA of 8.53. This season, he has started once, against the Tigers on Apr. 23, going six innings with five runs allowed, four earned.

I think we all know who Sabathia is - the huge lefty that signed a record-breaking contract with the Yanks this past offseason. He pitched a complete game his last time out, giving up four runs, all earned, over eight innings in a loss to the Tigers.

Lineups:

Angels:
Chone Figgens, DH
Gary Matthews Jr., RF
Howie Kendrick, 2B
Torii Hunter, CF
Mike Napoli, C
Kendry Morales, 1B
Juan Rivera, LF
Brandon Wood, 3B
Erick Aybar, SS

Casting a quick eye over last night's box score, looks like Bobby Abreu has the night off. Napoli moves behind the plate, after a night in the DH role, Figgens moves into the DH, and Brandon Wood gets the start at third.

Yankees
Derek Jeter, SS
Johnny Damon, LF
Mark Teixiera, 1B
Hideki Matsui, DH
Robinson Cano, 2B
Melky Cabrera, RF
Jose Molina, C
Ramiro Peña, 3B
Brett Gardiner, CF

Jorge Posada gets a fairly standard day off, after catching the previous night. Brett Gardiner takes over in the outfield for Nick Swisher, who is probably trying to recover feeling in one of his arms after getting hit on the funny bone by a wayward Jared Weaver fastball last night. He's in center, moving Melky Cabrera over to right. Obviously, Peña is in for the injured A-Rod.

Just a few minutes from gametime - the mlb.tv feed should kick in any minute now.