Head-to-head

So all the Sox and Yankees hitters have returned to Spring Training (I think only two MLB'ers are in tomorrow's finals). Ortiz, like Pujols and Beltre, had a terrible last game. So now seems like a good time for a comparison of how reps from the two teams did:

Yankees hitters (Damon, Jeter, A-Rod, Bernie; 2006 salary $60M):
23-for-72 (.319), 7 BB, 11 R, 9 RBI, 2 HR

Red Sox hitters (Cora, Ortiz, Stern, Varitek; 2006 salary $18M):
13-for-51 (.254), 13 BB (8 by Ortiz!), 11 R, 15 RBI, 5 HR

Woohoo! Small sample sizes kick ass!