#43 RA Dickey
9-13
4.43ERA
116 K
vs
#19 Masahiro Tanaka
11-4
3.12ERA
146 K
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Yankees Lineup
LF Gardner
CF Ellsbury
C Sanchez
3B Headley
SS Gregorius
2B Castro
DH Romine
RF Judge
1B Austin
Jays Lineup
2B Travis
DH Bautista
3B Donaldson
1B Encarnacion
LF Saunders
CF Pillar
RF Upton
C Thole
SS Barney
http://m.mlb.com/news/article/20160904199478636/playoff-hopeful-jays-yanks-to-clash-in-bronx/?game_pk=448923
By Bryan Hoch / MLB.com | @BryanHoch | September 4th, 2016
The Blue Jays have felt right at home in The Bronx of late, and the American League East leaders will hope to continue that on Monday as they send knuckleballer R.A. Dickey to the hill, opening a three-game series with Masahiro Tanaka and the Yankees at Yankee Stadium.
Toronto has won 15 of its last 22 meetings with the Yankees in New York, a setting in which the Yankees used to dominate their neighbors from the north. The Blue Jays have won nine of 12 contests against the Yankees overall this season, including five straight in late May.
For the Yanks, Labor Day brings another pivotal matchup as they cling to hope in the AL Wild Card race, 3 1/2 games back. Tanaka draws the call for the home team and will attempt to remain unbeaten for the sixth consecutive start.
Three things to know about this game:
• Tanaka has enjoyed success against most of Toronto's lineup, but Edwin Encarnacion is a notable exception. Encarnacion is 8-for-19 (.421) with two doubles, a home run and two RBIs against the right-hander. Meanwhile, Dickey is 0-2 against the Yankees this season.
• Josh Donaldson has been swinging a hot bat. The reigning AL MVP entered Sunday's series finale against the Rays batting .378 (17-for-45) with six homers and 12 RBIs during a 12-game hitting streak.
• The Yankees' Gary Sanchez was named the AL Player of the Month and the AL Rookie of the Month for August, becoming the first catcher ever to pick up both honors. The promising 23-year-old worked a walk in his second at-bat on Sunday at Baltimore and has reached base safely in 19 straight games.
GDT record 1-0