Yankees, Joe Girardi hopeful they have shaken Orioles confidence with Game 1 victory

Joe Girardi just spoke with the beat writers about a variety of subjects leading into tonight's ALDS Game 2 against the Orioles. With the Yankees holding a 1-0 lead in the series afater Sunday night's 7-2 victory, Girardi will switch up his lineup against Baltimore lefthander Wei-Yin Chen.
Here are a few snippets from the meeting:
Q: Eduardo Nunez is in the lineup tonight against the lefthander. This is why he's on your roster?
Girardi: "Yeah, He's done a good job in these situations and he's been swinging the bat well against lefthanders. So we'll put him in there."
Q: What does it say that you have a Number 8 hitter with 43 home runs in Curtis Granderson?
Girardi: "Our lineup's deep now. We've got guys back. Against the lefty, we've decided to put him in the eighth spot. This is a guy who's produced a lot of runs for us, and we feel our lineup is pretty deep."
Q: Overall, how do you like the way your team has looked against lefthanders recently? The numbers indicate you've been improving.
Girardi: "I think Tex makes a big difference in that. Ichiro had a great month against lefties in September. Swish is starting to hit lefthanders again. Alex has hit them all year. Jete hits them. And Russell has started to swing the bat, which helps."

Q: How encouraging is it that Mark Teixeira and Nick Swisher, two guys who've struggled in recent postseasons, had good nights last night?
Girardi: "Really encouraging. I talked about for them, it wouldn’t be in their heads unless they got off to slow starts and people started asking them about it. I think it's really encouraging."
Q: Was Teixeira running hard out of the box on the ball he hit off the wall? Were you surprised he was thrown out at second?
Girardi: "He hit it hard. Davis has a great arm. But Tex was running."

Q: How about Ichiro Suzuki getting thrown out trying to steal third for the first out of the first inning. Was he going on his own?
Girardi: "Yeah, you've got to be safe. That's the bottom line. He knows. I could see it when he came in. he understands the game. He's played a long time I could see it on his face. I didn't want to put anything on top of it. If you can get there, go ahead. But sometimes players make reads that aren't as good as others."
Q: Do you think your team may have shaken the Orioles confidence, beating them in a game that was close, and beating their closer Jim Johnson?
Girardi: "You hope so. Because those are the games they've won this year. A lot of them in extra innings. They've been resilient and he has had some saves he didn't convert. So I don't expect it to change him much. Hopefully for us it does, but I don't expect it to."
Q: How do you feel about sending Andy Pettitte to the mound tonight?
Girardi: "It's why he came back. To pitch in these situations. We know he's done well and he won't be overwhelmed. So it's comforting."
Q: Think he will pitch again next year?
Girardi: "I wouldn't be surprised."