Game 54- Yankees vs. PawSox, May 28, 2008

The PawSox can reclaim a portion of first place in the IL North Division with a win tonight (7:05pm) against the Scranton/Wilkes Barre Yankees at McCoy. Kei Igawa (3-4, 3.83 ERA) starts for SWB. He’ll be opposed by Davern Hansack (2-5, 5.55 ERA) for the PawSox.

Here is a brief look at tonight's match-up:

Scranton/Wilkes Barre Yankees (33-20)

The Yankees took back sole possession of first place after last night's exciting 9-8 win. They are a game up on Pawtucket and 1.5 games ahead of third place Syracuse.

Igawa makes his tenth start for the Yankees tonight. Over his last four starts he is 1-2 with an ERA of 4.96. He received a no decision last Friday against Indianapolis where he pitched 6 innings, giving up three runs on five hits.

Pawtucket Red Sox (32-21)

The PawSox take the best home record into tonight's third game of the four game series. They have not lost back to back games at home since the beginning of the season.

Despite falling behind by an 8-0 score last night, Manager Ron Johnson was pleased at how the team battled back.

Hansack will start for the ninth time this season. He is coming off a lost last week against Rochester, where he threw 5 1/3 innings yielding four runs on seven hits.