GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: AL: TAMPA BAY (55-81) at NY YANKEES (76-60)

AL: TAMPA BAY at NY YANKEES

<div class="pre">AL AT NY YANKEES - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: J Giambi at first base.
SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 0 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: TAMPA BAY 8
NY YANKEES 2 TOP, 9TH

DUE UP FOR TAMPA BAY: C Pena (.275, 2-FOR-3, HR, 3 RBI)</div>

 

AL: TAMPA BAY at NY YANKEES

<div class="pre">AL AT NY YANKEES - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: G Norton hit for J Gomes.
SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, D YOUNG ON FIRST, B UPTON ON SECOND, 2 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: TAMPA BAY 8
NY YANKEES 2 TOP, 9TH

DUE UP FOR TAMPA BAY: G Norton (.221, 3 HR, 17 RBI)</div>

 

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<div class="pre">AL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
TAMPA BAY 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 3 0 8 14 1
NY YANKEES 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 8 1 (BOT 9)

CURRENT PITCHERS: TAM - DAN WHEELER
NYY - JOSE VERAS

DUE UP FOR NY YANKEES: J DAMON (.259, 0-FOR-3, BB)
D JETER (.322, 0-FOR-4)
B ABREU (.285, 2-FOR-4, RBI)</div>

 

AL: TAMPA BAY at NY YANKEES

<div class="pre">TAMPA BAY (8) VS NY YANKEES (2) - MID 9TH - IN PROGRESS

TAMPA BAY ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
A Iwamura 3b 5 1 2 2 0 2 1 .282
C Crawford lf 4 2 1 0 1 0 0 .314
C Pena 1b 4 1 2 3 1 1 0 .274
B Upton cf 3 0 0 1 1 2 2 .313
D Young rf 4 0 2 0 1 1 0 .296
B Harris 2b 5 0 2 0 0 1 3 .286
J Gomes dh 4 0 0 0 0 3 4 .246
a-G Norton ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .219
J Wilson ss 4 1 2 1 0 0 3 .268
D Navarro c 4 3 3 1 0 0 1 .215

Totals 38 8 14 8 4 11 16

a-struck out swinging for J Gomes in the 9th.

BATTING: 2B - J Wilson (12, A Pettitte). 3B - C Pena (1, A Pettitte). HR - D
Navarro (7, 3rd inning off A Pettitte 0 on, 1 Out), C Pena (34, 7th inning off
A Pettitte 2 on, 1 Out), J Wilson (2, 8th inning off E Ramirez 0 on, 2 Out), A
Iwamura (6, 8th inning off E Ramirez 1 on, 2 Out). SF - B Upton. RBI - D
Navarro (35), B Upton (70), C Pena 3 (96), J Wilson (21), A Iwamura 2 (24).
2-out RBI - J Wilson, A Iwamura 2. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - G
Norton 1, J Wilson 2, B Upton 1. Team LOB - 8.

BASERUNNING: SB - C Crawford (46, 3rd base off A Pettitte/J Posada). Picked
Off - B Harris (1st base, A Pettitte).

FIELDING: E - J Wilson (14, ground ball). DP: 1 (A Iwamura-B Harris-C Pena).



NY YANKEES ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Damon lf 3 1 0 0 1 2 2 .259
D Jeter ss 4 0 0 0 0 3 4 .322
B Abreu rf 4 0 2 1 0 2 3 .285
A Rodriguez 3b 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 .306
H Matsui dh 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .300
J Posada c 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 .329
R Cano 2b 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 .298
A Phillips 1b 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 .292
W Betemit 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .184
a-J Giambi ph-1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .255
M Cabrera cf 4 0 2 1 0 0 2 .297

Totals 32 2 8 2 2 8 22

a-flied out to left for W Betemit in the 8th.

BATTING: 2B - B Abreu (26, J Hammel); M Cabrera (21, J Hammel). 3B - B Abreu
(5, G Balfour). RBI - M Cabrera (60), B Abreu (90). 2-out RBI - B Abreu.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - W Betemit 1, A Rodriguez 2, B Abreu
3, M Cabrera 1. GIDP - A Phillips. Team LOB - 10.

BASERUNNING: SB - M Cabrera (12, 2nd base off J Hammel/D Navarro), J Damon
(21, 2nd base off J Hammel/D Navarro), A Rodriguez (21, 2nd base off S
Dohmann/D Navarro).

FIELDING: E - A Pettitte (1, throw). Outfield assists - J Damon (J Wilson at
Home).


----------------------------------------------------
TAMPA BAY - 001 001 330 -- 8
NY YANKEES - 000 010 10 -- 2
----------------------------------------------------

TAMPA BAY ip h r er bb so hr era
J Hammel 5 5 1 1 0 7 0 6.95
S Dohmann 1 1/3 0 1 1 2 0 0 2.35
G Balfour 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 2.25
D Wheeler 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.61

NY YANKEES ip h r er bb so hr era
A Pettitte 6 1/3 11 5 5 2 7 2 3.82
E Ramirez 1 1/3 3 3 3 0 3 2 7.11
J Veras 1 1/3 0 0 0 2 1 0 0.00

J Hammel pitched to 1 batter in the 6th.

HBP - A Phillips (by J Hammel); A Rodriguez (by J Hammel). Pitches-strikes: J
Hammel 97-62; S Dohmann 29-14; G Balfour 29-22; D Wheeler 13-8; A Pettitte
119-77; E Ramirez 21-16; J Veras 17-8. Ground balls-fly balls: J Hammel 4-4; S
Dohmann 1-3; G Balfour 0-2; D Wheeler 0-2; A Pettitte 4-6; E Ramirez 0-1; J
Veras 2-1. Batters faced: J Hammel 22; S Dohmann 6; G Balfour 6; D Wheeler 2; A
Pettitte 30; E Ramirez 7; J Veras 6.

UMPIRES: HP--Doug Eddings. 1B--Mike Everitt. 2B--Dana Demuth. 3B--Kerwin
Danley.

Weather: 75 degrees, sunny. Wind: 6 mph, out to left.</div>

 

AL: TAMPA BAY at NY YANKEES

<div class="pre">AL AT NY YANKEES - PITCHING CHANGE
TAM: GARY GLOVER (5-4, 5.54) STARTING THE 9TH
CURRENT SCORE: TAMPA BAY 8, NY YANKEES 2

DUE UP FOR NYYANKEES: J DAMON (.259, 0-FOR-3)</div>

 

AL: TAMPA BAY at NY YANKEES

<div class="pre">AL AT NY YANKEES - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: G Glover relieved D Wheeler.
SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 0 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: TAMPA BAY 8
NY YANKEES 2 BOTTOM, 9TH

DUE UP FOR NY YANKEES: J Damon (.259, 0-FOR-3)</div>

 

AL: TAMPA BAY at NY YANKEES

<div class="pre">AL FINAL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
TAMPA BAY 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 3 0 8 14 1
NY YANKEES 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 8 1 (FINAL)

BATTERIES: TAM - JASON HAMMEL, SCOTT DOHMANN (6TH), GRANT BALFOUR (7TH), DAN
WHEELER (8TH), GARY GLOVER (9TH) AND DIONER NAVARRO

NYY - ANDY PETTITTE, EDWAR RAMIREZ (7TH), JOSE VERAS
(8TH) AND JORGE POSADA

HOME RUNS: TAM - DIONER NAVARRO (7) OFF ANDY PETTITTE IN THE 3RD, 0 ON
CARLOS PENA (34) OFF ANDY PETTITTE IN THE 7TH, 2 ON
JOSH WILSON (2) OFF EDWAR RAMIREZ IN THE 8TH, 0 ON
AKINORI IWAMURA (6) OFF EDWAR RAMIREZ IN THE 8TH, 1 ON

NYY - NONE</div>

 

Hammel shuts down Yankees as Devil Rays pound Pettitte

<h3>TAMPA BAY 8, NY YANKEES 2</h3>By Doug Mittler
PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer


BRONX, New York (Ticker) -- Jason Hammel waited a long time forhis first major league win as a starter. The Tampa Bay DevilRays waited even longer for a victory over Andy Pettitte.

Both came Sunday when Hammel pitched five effective innings andCarlos Pena hit a three-run homer - one of four homers for theDevil Rays - in an 8-2 victory over the New York Yankees.

The Yankees lost two of three games to the last-place Devil Raysafter sweeping a three-game series from the Boston Red Sox.New York (76-61) leads Seattle (73-62) by two games in theAmerican League wild card race and opens a three-game serieswith the Mariners here on Monday afternoon.


Dioner Navarro, Josh Wilson and Akinori Iwamura also homered forthe Devil Rays, who defeated Pettitte for the first time sinceSeptember 16, 1998. Pettitte had won his last 12 decisionsagainst the Devil Rays and fell to 13-2 against them in hiscareer.


Hammel (2-4) won once in relief earlier this season and finallyearned a win in his 18th major league start, the longeststart-of-career drought since Mike Mohler was winless in 20starts from 1993 to 1997.


The 24-year-old righthander left after hitting Alex Rodriguezwith a pitch to lead off the sixth and allowed one run and fivehits without a walk and seven strikeouts.


Pettitte (12-8) had won his last six starts and lost for thefirst time since July 27 at Baltimore. The lefthander allowedfive runs and 11 hits in 6 1/3 innings.


Navarro and Carl Crawford singled in the seventh before Penabelted a 2-1 pitch from Pettitte over the right field fence forhis third homer of the series to give Tampa Bay a 5-1 lead.

Pena has 34 homers this season, tying the franchise record heldby Jose Canseco (1999) and Aubrey Huff (2003).


Scott Dohmann replaced Hammel and retired Wilson Betemit withtwo runners on to end the sixth.


Grant Balfour allowed an RBI triple to Bobby Abreu in theseventh. Gary Glover, the fifth Tampa Bay pitcher, worked theninth for the Devil Rays, who have won eight of their last 10games.


The Devil Rays took a 2-1 lead in the sixth on a sacrifice flyby B.J. Upton.


Navarro hit his seventh homer in the third to open the scoring,and the Yankees tied it in the fifth on an RBI double by MelkyCabrera. Hammel kept it a 1-1 game by striking out Abreu withtwo outs and runners on second and third.


Wilson hit a solo homer and Iwamura hit a two-run shot in theeighth off Edwar Ramirez to break open the game.


Yankees first baseman Andy Phillips suffered a contusion to theright wrist when he was hit by a pitch from Hammel in the fifth.

 

AL: TAMPA BAY at NY YANKEES

<div class="pre">AL FINAL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
TAMPA BAY 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 3 0 8 14 1
NY YANKEES 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 8 1 (FINAL)

BATTERIES: TAM - JASON HAMMEL, SCOTT DOHMANN (6TH), GRANT BALFOUR (7TH), DAN
WHEELER (8TH), GARY GLOVER (9TH) AND DIONER NAVARRO

NYY - ANDY PETTITTE, EDWAR RAMIREZ (7TH), JOSE VERAS
(8TH) AND JORGE POSADA


WP - JASON HAMMEL (2-4)
LP - ANDY PETTITTE (12-8)
SAVE - NONE

HOME RUNS: TAM - DIONER NAVARRO (7) OFF ANDY PETTITTE IN THE 3RD, 0 ON
CARLOS PENA (34) OFF ANDY PETTITTE IN THE 7TH, 2 ON
JOSH WILSON (2) OFF EDWAR RAMIREZ IN THE 8TH, 0 ON
AKINORI IWAMURA (6) OFF EDWAR RAMIREZ IN THE 8TH, 1 ON

NYY - NONE


TIME: 3:44 ATT: 53,957

PROBABLES: SEA - FELIX HERNANDEZ (10-7, 4.08)
NYY - ROGER CLEMENS (6-5, 4.15)

PROBABLES: BAL - KURT BIRKINS (1-1, 8.00)
TAM - JAMES SHIELDS (10-8, 4.10)</div>

 

AL: TAMPA BAY at NY YANKEES

<div class="pre">TAMPA BAY (8) VS NY YANKEES (2) - FINAL

TAMPA BAY ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
A Iwamura 3b 5 1 2 2 0 2 1 .282
C Crawford lf 4 2 1 0 1 0 0 .314
C Pena 1b 4 1 2 3 1 1 0 .274
B Upton cf 3 0 0 1 1 2 2 .313
D Young rf 4 0 2 0 1 1 0 .296
B Harris 2b 5 0 2 0 0 1 3 .286
J Gomes dh 4 0 0 0 0 3 4 .246
a-G Norton ph-dh 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .219
J Wilson ss 4 1 2 1 0 0 3 .268
D Navarro c 4 3 3 1 0 0 1 .215

Totals 38 8 14 8 4 11 16

a-struck out swinging for J Gomes in the 9th.

BATTING: 2B - J Wilson (12, A Pettitte). 3B - C Pena (1, A Pettitte). HR - D
Navarro (7, 3rd inning off A Pettitte 0 on, 1 Out), C Pena (34, 7th inning off
A Pettitte 2 on, 1 Out), J Wilson (2, 8th inning off E Ramirez 0 on, 2 Out), A
Iwamura (6, 8th inning off E Ramirez 1 on, 2 Out). SF - B Upton. RBI - D
Navarro (35), B Upton (70), C Pena 3 (96), J Wilson (21), A Iwamura 2 (24).
2-out RBI - J Wilson, A Iwamura 2. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - G
Norton 1, J Wilson 2, B Upton 1. Team LOB - 8.

BASERUNNING: SB - C Crawford (46, 3rd base off A Pettitte/J Posada). Picked
Off - B Harris (1st base, A Pettitte).

FIELDING: E - J Wilson (14, ground ball). DP: 1 (A Iwamura-B Harris-C Pena).



NY YANKEES ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Damon lf 4 1 0 0 1 2 2 .258
D Jeter ss 5 0 0 0 0 3 4 .322
B Abreu rf 5 0 2 1 0 2 3 .284
A Rodriguez 3b 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 .306
H Matsui dh 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .300
J Posada c 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 .329
R Cano 2b 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 .298
A Phillips 1b 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 .292
W Betemit 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .184
a-J Giambi ph-1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .255
M Cabrera cf 4 0 2 1 0 0 2 .297

Totals 35 2 8 2 2 8 22

a-flied out to left for W Betemit in the 8th.

BATTING: 2B - B Abreu (26, J Hammel); M Cabrera (21, J Hammel). 3B - B Abreu
(5, G Balfour). RBI - M Cabrera (60), B Abreu (90). 2-out RBI - B Abreu.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - W Betemit 1, A Rodriguez 2, B Abreu
3, M Cabrera 1. GIDP - A Phillips. Team LOB - 10.

BASERUNNING: SB - M Cabrera (12, 2nd base off J Hammel/D Navarro), J Damon
(21, 2nd base off J Hammel/D Navarro), A Rodriguez (21, 2nd base off S
Dohmann/D Navarro).

FIELDING: E - A Pettitte (1, throw). Outfield assists - J Damon (J Wilson at
Home).


----------------------------------------------------
TAMPA BAY - 001 001 330 -- 8
NY YANKEES - 000 010 100 -- 2
----------------------------------------------------

TAMPA BAY ip h r er bb so hr era
J Hammel (W, 2-4) 5 5 1 1 0 7 0 6.95
S Dohmann (H, 3) 1 1/3 0 1 1 2 0 0 2.35
G Balfour 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 2.25
D Wheeler 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.61
G Glover 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.45

NY YANKEES ip h r er bb so hr era
A Pettitte (L, 12-8) 6 1/3 11 5 5 2 7 2 3.82
E Ramirez 1 1/3 3 3 3 0 3 2 7.11
J Veras 1 1/3 0 0 0 2 1 0 0.00

J Hammel pitched to 1 batter in the 6th.

HBP - A Phillips (by J Hammel); A Rodriguez (by J Hammel). Pitches-strikes: J
Hammel 97-62; S Dohmann 29-14; G Balfour 29-22; D Wheeler 13-8; G Glover 17-11;
A Pettitte 119-77; E Ramirez 21-16; J Veras 17-8. Ground balls-fly balls: J
Hammel 4-4; S Dohmann 1-3; G Balfour 0-2; D Wheeler 0-2; G Glover 1-2; A
Pettitte 4-6; E Ramirez 0-1; J Veras 2-1. Batters faced: J Hammel 22; S Dohmann
6; G Balfour 6; D Wheeler 2; G Glover 3; A Pettitte 30; E Ramirez 7; J Veras 6.


UMPIRES: HP--Doug Eddings. 1B--Mike Everitt. 2B--Dana Demuth. 3B--Kerwin
Danley.

T--3:44. Att--53,957.
Weather: 75 degrees, sunny. Wind: 6 mph, out to left.</div>

 

AL: TAMPA BAY at NY YANKEES

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
AL
TAMPA BAY 8
NY YANKEES 2 FINAL</div>

 

AL: TAMPA BAY at NY YANKEES

<div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
TAMPA BAY (8) AT NY YANKEES (2) - HOW THEY SCORED
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

TAMPA BAY 3RD: J Wilson grounded out to second. D Navarro homered to left.
A Iwamura popped out to second. C Crawford grounded out to second. (1 Run,
1 Hit, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 1, NY YANKEES 0.

NY YANKEES 5TH: R Cano grounded out to second. A Phillips hit by pitch.
M Cabrera doubled to deep right, A Phillips scored, M Cabrera to third advancing
on throw. J Damon safe at first on error by shortstop J Wilson. D Jeter flied
out to right. J Damon stole second. B Abreu struck out swinging. (1 Run,
1 Hit, 1 Error) TAMPA BAY 1, NY YANKEES 1.

TAMPA BAY 6TH: W Betemit at first base. C Crawford walked. C Crawford safe
at second on throwing error by pitcher A Pettitte. C Pena walked, C Crawford
stole third. B Upton hit sacrifice fly to right, C Crawford scored. D Young
singled to right center, C Pena to second. B Harris reached on infield single
to third, C Pena to third, D Young to second. J Gomes struck out swinging.
J Wilson grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, B Harris out at second.
(1 Run, 2 Hits, 1 Error) TAMPA BAY 2, NY YANKEES 1.

TAMPA BAY 7TH: D Navarro singled to right center. A Iwamura struck out
looking. C Crawford singled to center, D Navarro to second. C Pena homered to
right, D Navarro and C Crawford scored. E Ramirez relieved A Pettitte. B Upton
struck out swinging. D Young struck out swinging. (3 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors)
TAMPA BAY 5, NY YANKEES 1.

NY YANKEES 7TH: M Cabrera grounded out to first. J Damon walked.
G Balfour relieved S Dohmann. D Jeter struck out swinging. B Abreu tripled
to deep center, J Damon scored. A Rodriguez flied out to left. (1 Run, 1 Hit,
0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 5, NY YANKEES 2.

TAMPA BAY 8TH: B Harris lined out to shortstop. J Gomes struck out
swinging. J Wilson homered to left. D Navarro singled to right. A Iwamura
homered to right, D Navarro scored. J Veras relieved E Ramirez. C Crawford
grounded out to first. (3 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 8, NY YANKEES 2.</div>

 

AL: TAMPA BAY at NY YANKEES

<div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
TAMPA BAY (8) AT NY YANKEES (2) - EVENT LOG
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Tampa Bay Starting Lineups -- A Iwamura 3B, C Crawford LF, C Pena 1B, B Upton CF,
D Young RF, B Harris 2B, J Gomes DH, J Wilson SS, D Navarro C, J Hammel RHP.

Ny Yankees Starting Lineups -- J Damon LF, D Jeter SS, B Abreu RF, A Rodriguez 3B,
H Matsui DH, J Posada C, R Cano 2B, A Phillips 1B, M Cabrera CF, A Pettitte LHP.

Umpires -- Doug Eddings (HP), Mike Everitt (1B), Dana Demuth (2B),
Kerwin Danley (3B).

Gametime Weather: 75 degrees, Sunny, wind out to left at 6 mph.


TAMPA BAY 1ST: A Iwamura struck out swinging. C Crawford grounded out to
second. C Pena tripled to deep center. B Upton lined out to center. (0 Runs,
1 Hit, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 0, NY YANKEES 0.

NY YANKEES 1ST: J Damon struck out swinging. D Jeter struck out swinging.
B Abreu doubled to deep right. A Rodriguez struck out swinging. (0 Runs,
1 Hit, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 0, NY YANKEES 0.

TAMPA BAY 2ND: D Young fouled out to first. B Harris singled to center.
B Harris picked off first. J Gomes struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
TAMPA BAY 0, NY YANKEES 0.

NY YANKEES 2ND: H Matsui singled to center. J Posada singled to center,
H Matsui to second. R Cano grounded into fielder's choice to first, J Posada
out at second, H Matsui to third. A Phillips grounded into double play, third
to second to first, R Cano out at second. (0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)
TAMPA BAY 0, NY YANKEES 0.

TAMPA BAY 3RD: J Wilson grounded out to second. D Navarro homered to left.
A Iwamura popped out to second. C Crawford grounded out to second. (1 Run,
1 Hit, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 1, NY YANKEES 0.

NY YANKEES 3RD: M Cabrera reached on infield single to second. J Damon
struck out swinging, M Cabrera stole second. D Jeter struck out swinging.
B Abreu struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 1, NY YANKEES 0.

TAMPA BAY 4TH: C Pena struck out swinging. B Upton struck out swinging.
D Young reached on infield single to second. B Harris struck out swinging.
(0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 1, NY YANKEES 0.

NY YANKEES 4TH: A Rodriguez fouled out to first. H Matsui flied out to
left. J Posada popped out to third. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 1,
NY YANKEES 0.

TAMPA BAY 5TH: J Gomes flied out to right. J Wilson doubled to right.
D Navarro flied out to center. A Iwamura singled to left, J Wilson thrown out
at home. (0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 1, NY YANKEES 0.

NY YANKEES 5TH: R Cano grounded out to second. A Phillips hit by pitch.
M Cabrera doubled to deep right, A Phillips scored, M Cabrera to third advancing
on throw. J Damon safe at first on error by shortstop J Wilson. D Jeter flied
out to right. J Damon stole second. B Abreu struck out swinging. (1 Run,
1 Hit, 1 Error) TAMPA BAY 1, NY YANKEES 1.

TAMPA BAY 6TH: W Betemit at first base. C Crawford walked. C Crawford safe
at second on throwing error by pitcher A Pettitte. C Pena walked, C Crawford
stole third. B Upton hit sacrifice fly to right, C Crawford scored. D Young
singled to right center, C Pena to second. B Harris reached on infield single
to third, C Pena to third, D Young to second. J Gomes struck out swinging.
J Wilson grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, B Harris out at second.
(1 Run, 2 Hits, 1 Error) TAMPA BAY 2, NY YANKEES 1.

NY YANKEES 6TH: A Rodriguez hit by pitch. S Dohmann relieved J Hammel.
H Matsui flied out to right. J Posada flied out to right. A Rodriguez stole
second. R Cano walked. W Betemit flied out to left. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
TAMPA BAY 2, NY YANKEES 1.

TAMPA BAY 7TH: D Navarro singled to right center. A Iwamura struck out
looking. C Crawford singled to center, D Navarro to second. C Pena homered to
right, D Navarro and C Crawford scored. E Ramirez relieved A Pettitte. B Upton
struck out swinging. D Young struck out swinging. (3 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors)
TAMPA BAY 5, NY YANKEES 1.

NY YANKEES 7TH: M Cabrera grounded out to first. J Damon walked.
G Balfour relieved S Dohmann. D Jeter struck out swinging. B Abreu tripled
to deep center, J Damon scored. A Rodriguez flied out to left. (1 Run, 1 Hit,
0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 5, NY YANKEES 2.

TAMPA BAY 8TH: B Harris lined out to shortstop. J Gomes struck out
swinging. J Wilson homered to left. D Navarro singled to right. A Iwamura
homered to right, D Navarro scored. J Veras relieved E Ramirez. C Crawford
grounded out to first. (3 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 8, NY YANKEES 2.

NY YANKEES 8TH: H Matsui flied out to center. J Posada singled to left.
R Cano singled to left, J Posada to second. J Giambi hit for W Betemit.
D Wheeler relieved G Balfour. J Giambi flied out to left. M Cabrera lined
out to left. (0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 8, NY YANKEES 2.

TAMPA BAY 9TH: J Giambi at first base. C Pena grounded out to second.
B Upton walked. D Young walked, B Upton to second. B Harris flied out to
center. G Norton hit for J Gomes. G Norton struck out swinging. (0 Runs,
0 Hits, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 8, NY YANKEES 2.

NY YANKEES 9TH: G Glover relieved D Wheeler. J Damon flied out to left.
D Jeter grounded out to shortstop. B Abreu flied out to left. (0 Runs, 0 Hits,
0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 8, NY YANKEES 2.</div>

 

Hammel shuts down Yankees as Devil Rays pound Pettitte

<h3>TAMPA BAY 8, NY YANKEES 2</h3>By Doug Mittler
PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer


BRONX, New York (Ticker) -- Jason Hammel waited a long time forhis first major league win as a starter. The Tampa Bay DevilRays waited even longer for a victory over Andy Pettitte.

Both came Sunday when Hammel pitched five effective innings andCarlos Pena hit a three-run homer - one of four homers for theDevil Rays - in an 8-2 victory over the New York Yankees.

The Yankees lost two of three games to the last-place Devil Raysafter sweeping a three-game series from the Boston Red Sox. NewYork (76-61) leads Seattle (73-62) by two games in the AmericanLeague wild card race and opens a three-game series with theMariners here on Monday afternoon.


"I don't think it matters who we play," Yankees shortstop DerekJeter said. "Everyone is going to play us tough."

Dioner Navarro, Josh Wilson and Akinori Iwamura also homered forthe Devil Rays, who defeated Pettitte for the first time sinceSeptember 16, 1998. Pettitte had won his last 12 decisionsagainst the Devil Rays and fell to 13-2 against them in hiscareer.


Hammel (2-4) won once in relief earlier this season and finallyearned a win in his 18th major league start, the longeststart-of-career drought since Mike Mohler was winless in 20starts from 1993 to 1997.


"I figured it had to take a full moon or something," saidHammel, who celebrated his 25th birthday. "It was afantasy-type win. It was all working together."


The 24-year-old righthander left after hitting Alex Rodriguezwith a pitch to lead off the sixth and allowed one run and fivehits without a walk and seven strikeouts.


Pettitte (12-8) had won his last six starts and lost for thefirst time since July 27 at Baltimore. The lefthander allowedfive runs and 11 hits in 6 1/3 innings.


Navarro and Carl Crawford singled in the seventh before Penabelted a 2-1 pitch from Pettitte over the right field fence forhis third homer of the series to give Tampa Bay a 5-1 lead.

"I felt great. I wanted to be out there," said Pettitte, who<div class="pre">threw 119 pitches. "It was a situation where I didn't make the</div>pitch I wanted to."


Pena has 34 homers this season, tying the franchise record heldby Jose Canseco (1999) and Aubrey Huff (2003).


"(Pena) had good at-bats all series," Devil Rays manager JoeMaddon said. "He's always been a disciplined hitter."

Wilson hit a solo homer and Iwamura hit a two-run shot in theeighth off Edwar Ramirez to break open the game.


Iwamura's homer came with a substitute bat after Yankees managerJoe Torre had the infielder's bat confiscated by the umpires onSaturday in a battle of gamesmanship.


"I didn't really think about that," Iwamura said through aninterpreter. "I don't know when my bat is coming back."

Scott Dohmann replaced Hammel and retired Wilson Betemit withtwo runners on to end the sixth.


Grant Balfour allowed an RBI triple to Bobby Abreu in theseventh. Gary Glover - the fifth Tampa Bay pitcher - worked theninth for the Devil Rays, who have won eight of their last 10games.


The Devil Rays took a 2-1 lead in the sixth on a sacrifice flyby B.J. Upton.


Navarro hit his seventh homer in the third to open the scoring,and the Yankees tied it in the fifth on an RBI double by MelkyCabrera. Hammel kept it a 1-1 game by striking out Abreu withtwo outs and runners on second and third.


Yankees first baseman Andy Phillips suffered a contusion to theright wrist when he was hit by a pitch from Hammel in the fifth.