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Yanks give Pettitte start against O's in Game 2

Wallace Matthews, ESPN.com

The New York Yankees will send the winningest pitcher in postseason baseball history to the mound for Game 2 of the ALDS against the Baltimore Orioles

Mike Bauman, MLB.com

The New York Yankees and the Baltimore Orioles were 9-9 in the 2012 regular season. It is difficult to see from those numbers which team is the obvious Goliath, which is the natural David.

MLB.com

The Orioles will tab rookie starters Wei-Yin Chen and Miguel Gonzalez to start in Games 2 and 3, respectively, in the American League Division Series against the New York Yankees.

Paul Casella, MLB.com

Jason Hammel will make his first start in nearly a month on Sunday, as the Orioles will call on the right-hander for Game 1 of their American League Division Series clash against the Yankees in Baltimore.

Tyler Kepner, nytimes.com

During the Orioles' 14 straight seasons of missing the playoffs, their opponents in the A.L. division series, the Yankees, made it 13 times and won 18 postseason series.

nydailynews.com

A prominent member of the Yankees organization recently was sizing up the 2012 season, addressing a point about Derek Jeter’s day-to-day brilliance that he thought would be best made anonymously.

nydailynews.com

At 29, Robinson Cano is not only the Yankees’ “man” now, he’s also their “man” of the future. With A-Rod and Derek Jeter both in their late 30s, and Nick Swisher likely to be gone as a free agent this winter, the window of opportunity is rapid…

Brittany Ghiroli, MLB.com

The Orioles, who boarded a plane back to Baltimore following Friday's win, are expected to announce their Game 1 starter at Saturday's workout.

CNNSI.com

No controversy here, writes Ted Keith. Backed by a solid start from Joe Saunders, the amazing O's used a lot of small ball to eliminate the Rangers 5-1 and advance to the Division Series.

Mike Bauman, MLB.com

The central issue here becomes not whether this is an improbable meeting. The central issue is that there is reason to expect that Orioles vs. Yankees should be a terrific Division Series.

Associated Press, ESPN.com

Joe Saunders pitched effectively into the sixth inning, Adam Jones hit a tiebreaking sacrifice fly, and the Baltimore Orioles beat the two-time defending AL champion Texas Rangers 5-1 in the wild-card game playoff Friday night.