Tonight the Yankees have another edition of Sunday Night Baseball on ESPN, this time vs. the Los Angeles Dodgers.  I'm expecting a full-out pitchers deul this evening.

Andy Pettitte takes the mound for the New York Yankees.  So far this season he is 9-2 with a 2.48 ERA.  As we are always reminded, Pettitte is trying to keep going what is one of his best starts to a season in his career.  He has consistenlty pitched through the seventh inning in each of his last six starts and looks to continue that tonight, or possibly go furthur.  In his career against the Dodgers he is 2-0 with a 3.33 ERA in four starts.  The last time Pettitte faced them was in 2006.

Pettitte is coming off a fantatic start against the Arizona Diamondbacks.  Yankees fans consider Pettitte's win on June 22 payback for the 2001 World Series.  He pitched seven innings and gave up seven hits and only two runs.  He also struck out seven.  Pettitte also had a nice night at the plate by getting a single.  I bring this up because we are still in a National League park.

When Clayton Kershaw pitched on Tuesday against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, he had a one-hitter going through five innings.  He then gave up a three run home run to Bobby Abreu.  A few walks led up to that home run, a category Kershaw leads the National League in.  Before that game he has won six of his last seven starts.