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On Deck is The Fanhouse's look at the day's most intriguing baseball matchups

Boston Red Sox (37-17) vs. New York Yankees (23-30)-ESPN 8:05PM Est.

How many more injuries will the Yankees suffer today at the hands of Mike Lowell? Lowell knocked Doug Mientkiewicz out after colliding with him at first base yesterday. Mientkiewicz suffered a concussion, cervical sprain, and a broken bone in his wrist and has been placed on the disabled list. He wasn't Lowell's only victim, as Robinson Cano received a Lowell shoulder to his midsection while he tried to break up a double play in the fourth inning. The Yankees also found out they lost Roger Clemens for another two weeks as his groin is fatigued. I'm not sure what that has to do with baseball, Rog. Just take some damn Cialis and get out there. Also, if you're a big fan of this rivalry, you'll definetely want to watch tonight as these two teams won't meet again until the end of August.

Milwaukee Brewers (31-25) vs. Florida Marlins (27-29)-2:05PM Est.

This game provides one of the day's better pitching matchups as Dontrelle Willis will face off against Ben Sheets. Willis is 7-3 on the season thanks to a lot of run support, and the Marlins have won nine of the twelve games in which he's started this season. He's also had a lot of success against the Brewers in his career, going 3-1 with a 2.57 ERA. Sheets hasn't had much success against the Fish, going 2-4 despite an ERA of 3.42. If the Brewers can win today, it will be their first series victory since they swept the Nationals back on May 9th. Of course, they play in the NL Central, so it's not like losing games will cost you your division lead or anything.

Pittsburgh Pirates (24-31) vs. Los Angeles Dodgers (32-23)-1:35PM Est.

Brad Penny will look to continue his dominance so far this season. Penny is 7-1 with a 2.06 ERA, and comes into today's game without giving up a run in his last 13.1 innings pitched. The last time Penny started a game at PNC Park it was last year's All-Star Game, in which he continually hit 101 on the radar gun. I don't think he'll have to throw a hard against the Pirates to get the job done. It should also be noted that Penny is yet to give up a home run this season in 70 innings. He's the only pitcher who's thrown more than 40 innings this season that can say that. Tom Gorzelanny starts for the Pirates.

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