Royals head to Bronx to face (Scranton) Yankees

Lineups via PeteAbe

YANKEES (100-56)
Gardner CF
Cabrera RF
Damon LF
Posada DH
Cano 2B
Hinske 3B
Miranda 1B
Cervelli C
Pena SS

Pitching: RHP Chad Gaudin (1-0, 3.71).

ROYALS (64-92)
Maier LF
Betancourt SS
Butler 1B
Jacobs DH
Callaspo 2B
Teahen RF
Olivo C
Gordon 3B
Anderson CF

Pitching: RHP Luke Hochevar (7-11, 5.98).

TIME/TV: 7:05, YES.

Weather Update:

Empire State of Mind: That was the planned headline for the game when the Yankees clinched home-field advantage, but since it happened the same day they clinched, we went with Wake Me Up When September Ends.

Lineup Notes:Girardi is taking full advantage of having everything clinched by resting Jeter, A-Rod, Teixeira, Matsui, Swisher, and giving Posada a half-day off. Cano is obviously in there, because it must be written into his contract that he has to play every inning of every game as he rarely gets a day off and is almost never taken out when the game is out of hand.