Jason Varitek got run on by Tampa to the tune of eight steals, six coming from Carl Crawford to tie the Major League record.  The catcher was 7-for-25 (28%) on steal attempts entering yesterday’s action, now enters the two-game Yankee series 7-for-33 (21%).  Carl Crawford has 17 SBs this year in 17 attempts.
Game 1: Lester vs. Hughes
Game 2: Beckett vs. Chamberlain
Yanks will then take on the Rays for tw0-games, then it’s the O’s for Friday-Saturday-Sunday.  Kinda strange schedule, but whatever!