The Rangers’ Cliff Lee, who beat the Yankees twice in the World Series last year while with the Phillies, threw eight shutout innings Monday, allowing just two hits. And he would pitch Game 7, something the Yankees simply don’t want to see.

Cliff Lee remained perfect in the postseason, striking out 13 New York Yankees in eight scoreless innings to give the Texas Rangers a 2-1 lead in the American League Championship Series. Tonight Cliff Lee will face the Yankees for the 15th, and perhaps final, time in his career.

This presents the Yankees with their toughest challenge to date in the 2010 postseason. They’ve faced quality lefties in Francisco Liriano and C.J. Wilson previously.

Austin Kearns

According to FOX Sports Austin Ryan Kearns a Major League Baseball right fielder for the New York Yankees was draw from Friday’s game. He’ll likely get some starts against lefties in place of either Brett Gardner or Curtis Granderson.

The Yankees are on the verge of completing a trade that would send Kearns to New York, Sports Illustrated’s Jon Heyman reports.