Phillies at Yankees: June 22nd to June 24th

Monday and Tuesday 7:05, Wednesday 1:05
Yankee Stadium - New York, NY

Phillies 24-47, 5th Place in the N.L. East, 13 1/2 games behind the Nationals
Yankees 38-31, 2nd Place in the A.L. East, 1 game behind the Rays

Phillies Probables:  Kevin Correia (0-1, 1.69), Sean O'Sullivan (1-5, 4.79), Cole Hamels (5-5, 2.96)
Yankees Probables:  Michael Pineda (8-3, 3.54), CC Sabathia (3-7, 5.31), Adam Warren (5-4, 3.62)

At the Ballpark:  The Yankees have give-aways scheduled for all three games against the Phillies.  Tonight is Alzheimer's Awareness night with the first 18,000 fans receiving a Yankees hat.  Tomorrow night's give-away is a collectible Yankees cup and the first 18,000 fans on Sunday will receive a Dunkin' Donuts gift card.

Phillies Leaders
Average:  Ben Revere - .282
Runs:  Ben Revere - 34
Home Runs:  Ryan Howard - 13
RBIs:  Ryan Howard - 34
Stolen Bases:  Ben Revere - 17

Wins:  Cole Hamels - 5
ERA:  Cole Hamels - 2.96
Strikeouts:  Cole Hamels - 103
Saves:  Jonathan Papelbon - 13

Yankees Leaders
Average:  Alex Rodriguez - .282
Runs:  Brett Gardner - 49
Home Runs:  Mark Teixeira - 18
RBIs:  Mark Teixeira - 49
Stolen Bases:  Brett Gardner - 15

Wins:  Michael Pineda - 8
ERA:  Michael Pineda - 3.54
Strikeouts:  Michael Pineda - 87
Saves:  Andrew Miller - 17

1985 Topps #636

1985 Topps #284

1985 Topps Appreciation:  On June 30, 1984, the Phillies traded Marty Bystrom to the Yankees for Shane Rawley and Keigh Hughes.  Bystrom had been a hero for the 1980 World Champions, going 5-0 with a 1.50 ERA in the crucial month of September.  But injuries seemingly derailed his career and he'd never quite recapture the glory he found in September 1980.

This deal is one of the few from the early 1980s that actually worked out in the Phillies favor.  Rawley was one of the team's most reliable starting pitchers between the lean years of 1984 and 1988.  Over 145 games, he went 59-48 and made the All-Star team in 1986.