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 Saturday, August 23 Oriole Park at Camden Yards | 7:05 PM ET
NYY Carl Pavano, RHP (0-0, -.--)
Yankees (69-60) 		  @   BAL Jeremy Guthrie, RHP (10-9, 3.15)
Orioles (61-67)

Scouting Report:
Yankees: Pavano will start for the Yankees on Saturday, set to complete his return to the Major Leagues after undergoing season-ending Tommy John surgery last year. Pavano is in the final year of a four-year, $39.95 million contract with the Yankees, which has been marred by various injuries. Pavano has appeared in just 19 games with New York since the beginning of his deal, including two starts last April before he was shut down for the season, and underwent surgery on June 5.

Orioles: Guthrie did not get the win for the first time in four starts his last time out, an eventual 6-3 loss to the Red Sox, but the right-hander did not pitch poorly and walked away with a no-decision. Guthrie struggled in the second inning -- allowing two solo homers in the frame -- but he was able to pull himself together and get through seven for his 19th quality start of the season. Guthrie now leads the league in that category and has given up just six runs in his last five starts. He is 1-1 this season against the Yankees, allowing three earned runs in the loss and just one in the victory.


 Sunday, August 24 Tickets Oriole Park at Camden Yards | 1:35 PM ET
NYY Darrell Rasner, RHP (5-9, 4.93)
Yankees (69-60) 		  @   BAL Daniel Cabrera, RHP (8-8, 4.98)
Orioles (61-67)

Scouting Report:
Yankees: Rasner will get another turn through the Yankees' rotation on Sunday, when he wraps up the club's three-game series at Camden Yards. The 27-year-old was sharp on Tuesday at Rogers Centre in Toronto, holding the Blue Jays scoreless through six innings on three hits before Adam Lind sent a 3-2 cutter over the right-field wall to send Rasner to a 6 2/3-inning no-decision. Rasner's record is deceiving, as the Yankees have burned him with a lack of run support numerous times. Still, he is winless in his past six appearances. He is 1-2 with a 2.37 ERA in three starts vs. Baltimore this year.

Orioles: Cabrera allowed six earned runs over 4 1/3 innings in his last start, the latest in a string of unsuccessful outings for the right-hander. Cabrera has now allowed six earned runs in four of his last seven starts, a stretch that dates back to July 19. Cabrera allowed the Red Sox offense to jump on him early, scoring three runs in the first two innings, and then was unable to keep the game close after his own offense put up two runs in the third. His night was finished after allowing three runs and then a walk in the top of the fifth. Cabrera has pitched very well against the Yankees, though, going 3-0 while allowing seven combined earned runs in 20 innings.


 Tuesday, August 26 Tickets Yankee Stadium | 7:05 PM ET
BOS Tim Wakefield, RHP (7-8, 3.67)
Red Sox (74-55) 		  @   NYY Andy Pettitte, LHP (13-9, 4.17)
Yankees (69-60)

Scouting Report:
Red Sox: With the tingling and numbness in his right arm still an issue, Josh Beckett will be skipped against the Yankees, leaving a vacancy that will likely be filled by Wakefield, who pitched a side session on Saturday and was pronounced ready to start on Tuesday. The knuckleballer has been on the disabled list since Aug. 7 with tightness in his right shoulder and is expected to be activated in time to face the Yankees on Tuesday. In his two starts before going on the disabled list, Wakefield had gone 1-0 with a 0.73 ERA over 12 1/3 innings. In his career against the Yankees, the 16-year veteran is 9-17 with a 5.14 ERA.

Yankees: Pettitte picked up his 13th win of the season and his first since July 26 with seven innings of one-run ball on Wednesday at the Rogers Centre, holding the Blue Jays to just Alex Rios' run-scoring single in the sixth inning. Pettitte has given up five hits or fewer in 11 of his 27 appearances this season. He is 1-1 with a 5.06 ERA in two starts against the Red Sox this season, having beaten them on July 26 at Fenway Park with six innings of three-run ball, though only one was earned.


 Wednesday, August 27 Tickets Yankee Stadium | 7:05 PM ET
BOS Paul Byrd, RHP (8-11, 4.61)
Red Sox (74-55) 		  @   NYY Sidney Ponson, RHP (7-4, 4.67)
Yankees (69-60)

Scouting Report:
Red Sox: Byrd did not have his best stuff against the Blue Jays in his last start but was still able to collect the win; he allowed four runs on six hits over six innings. The right-hander walked two and struck out four to collect his first win as a member of the Red Sox. The right-hander was acquired from Cleveland in a trade on Aug. 12. Against the Yankees in his career, Byrd is 2-5 with a 4.90 ERA.

Yankees: Ponson had his worst outing of the season on Thursday at Toronto, lasting just two-plus innings and allowing seven runs on eight hits. Ponson had little command, uncharacteristic of his '08 Yankees tenure so far, and threw pitches over the heart of the plate. The seven runs allowed were his most since he did so on July 27 at Boston, a game he was similarly despondent after.