GAME THREAD: AL: NY YANKEES (43-43) at TAMPA BAY (34-54)

AL: NY YANKEES at TAMPA BAY

<div class="pre">AL AT TAMPA BAY - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: G Glover relieved C Fossum.
SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: NY YANKEES 4
TAMPA BAY 6 TOP, 8TH

DUE UP FOR NY YANKEES: A Phillips (.289, 0-FOR-3)</div>

 

AL: NY YANKEES at TAMPA BAY

<div class="pre">AL NY YANKEES AT TAMPA BAY
NOTE: THE HOME RUNS BY NEW YORK'S JORGE POSADA AND HIDEKI
MATSUI IN THE EIGHTH INNING WERE HIT BACK-TO-BACK.</div>

 

AL: NY YANKEES at TAMPA BAY

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

CURRENT PITCHERS: NYY - SCOTT PROCTOR
TAM - GARY GLOVER

DUE UP FOR TAMPA BAY: D NAVARRO (.174, 0-FOR-2, SF, 2 RBI)
J WILSON (.269, 1-FOR-3, 2 RBI)
A IWAMURA (.281, 0-FOR-4)</div>

 

AL: NY YANKEES at TAMPA BAY

<div class="pre">NY YANKEES (4) VS TAMPA BAY (6) - MID 8TH - IN PROGRESS

NY YANKEES ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Damon dh 2 1 1 1 1 0 2 .247
M Cabrera cf 4 0 1 0 0 2 3 .276
D Jeter ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 .331
A Rodriguez 3b 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 .317
J Posada c 3 1 2 1 1 1 1 .330
H Matsui lf 4 1 1 1 0 2 4 .273
A Phillips 1b 4 0 0 0 0 2 4 .283
K Thompson rf 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .176
a-B Abreu ph-rf 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 .271
M Cairo 2b 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .260
b-R Cano ph-2b 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .273

Totals 30 4 8 3 4 8 17

a-singled to center for K Thompson in the 7th; b-singled to deep right center
for M Cairo in the 7th.

BATTING: 2B - J Posada (27, S Kazmir). HR - J Posada (10, 8th inning off C
Fossum 0 on, 1 Out), H Matsui (12, 8th inning off C Fossum 0 on, 1 Out). SF - J
Damon. RBI - J Damon (28), J Posada (50), H Matsui (54). Runners left in
scoring position, 2 out - A Phillips 2, D Jeter 1. GIDP - D Jeter. Team LOB -
7.


TAMPA BAY ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
A Iwamura 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .281
C Crawford lf 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 .282
B Harris ss 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 .310
C Pena 1b 3 2 1 0 1 0 2 .288
D Young rf 4 2 3 1 0 1 1 .286
B Upton cf 0 0 0 1 3 0 1 .320
G Norton dh 3 1 1 0 1 0 3 .186
D Navarro c 2 0 0 2 0 1 3 .174
J Wilson 2b 3 0 1 2 0 0 3 .269

Totals 26 6 7 6 6 3 14

BATTING: 2B - D Young (20, R Clemens); C Crawford (22, M Myers). 3B - J Wilson
(1, R Clemens). SF - D Navarro , B Upton. RBI - B Upton (32), J Wilson 2 (6), D
Navarro 2 (15), D Young (49). 2-out RBI - J Wilson 2, D Young. Runners left in
scoring position, 2 out - G Norton 2, J Wilson 2, A Iwamura 1. Team LOB - 7.

BASERUNNING: SB - C Pena (1, 2nd base off R Clemens/J Posada), C Crawford
(24, 3rd base off S Proctor/J Posada).

FIELDING: E - D Young (7, throw). DP: 1 (J Wilson-C Pena).


----------------------------------------------------
NY YANKEES - 001 000 12 -- 4
TAMPA BAY - 030 101 1 -- 6
----------------------------------------------------

NY YANKEES ip h r er bb so hr era
R Clemens 5 1/3 5 5 5 4 2 0 4.20
B Bruney 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.52
M Myers 1/3 1 1 1 0 1 0 2.87
S Proctor 2/3 1 0 0 2 0 0 3.54

TAMPA BAY ip h r er bb so hr era
S Kazmir 6 4 1 0 4 7 0 4.18
J Witasick 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 5.18
C Fossum 1 1/3 3 2 2 0 1 2 7.52
G Glover 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.24

J Witasick pitched to 1 batter in the 7th.

WP - R Clemens. Pitches-strikes: R Clemens 89-44; B Bruney 9-6; M Myers 9-5;
S Proctor 20-10; S Kazmir 117-71; J Witasick 9-4; C Fossum 18-14; G Glover 6-4.
Ground balls-fly balls: R Clemens 6-8; B Bruney 0-2; M Myers 0-0; S Proctor
0-2; S Kazmir 5-6; J Witasick 0-0; C Fossum 2-1; G Glover 0-2. Batters faced: R
Clemens 25; B Bruney 2; M Myers 2; S Proctor 5; S Kazmir 25; J Witasick 1; C
Fossum 7; G Glover 2.

UMPIRES: HP--Ed Rapuano. 1B--Ed Hickox. 2B--C.B. Bucknor. 3B--Joe West.

Weather: INDOORS.</div>

 

AL: NY YANKEES at TAMPA BAY

<div class="pre">AL AT TAMPA BAY - PITCHING CHANGE
NYY: LUIS VIZCAINO (4-2, 4.87) STARTING THE 8TH
CURRENT SCORE: NY YANKEES 4, TAMPA BAY 6

DUE UP FOR TAMPABAY: D NAVARRO (.174, 0-FOR-2, 2 RBI)</div>

 

AL: NY YANKEES at TAMPA BAY

<div class="pre">AL AT TAMPA BAY - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: L Vizcaino relieved S Proctor.
SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 0 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: NY YANKEES 4
TAMPA BAY 6 BOTTOM, 8TH

DUE UP FOR TAMPA BAY: D Navarro (.174, 0-FOR-2, 2 RBI)</div>

 

AL: NY YANKEES at TAMPA BAY

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

CURRENT PITCHERS: NYY - LUIS VIZCAINO
TAM - GARY GLOVER

DUE UP FOR NY YANKEES: R CANO (.273, 1-FOR-1)
J DAMON (.247, 1-FOR-2, BB, SF, RBI)
M CABRERA (.276, 1-FOR-4)</div>

 

AL: NY YANKEES at TAMPA BAY

<div class="pre">NY YANKEES (4) VS TAMPA BAY (6) - END 8TH - IN PROGRESS

NY YANKEES ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Damon dh 2 1 1 1 1 0 2 .247
M Cabrera cf 4 0 1 0 0 2 3 .276
D Jeter ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 .331
A Rodriguez 3b 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 .317
J Posada c 3 1 2 1 1 1 1 .330
H Matsui lf 4 1 1 1 0 2 4 .273
A Phillips 1b 4 0 0 0 0 2 4 .283
K Thompson rf 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .176
a-B Abreu ph-rf 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 .271
M Cairo 2b 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .260
b-R Cano ph-2b 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .273

Totals 30 4 8 3 4 8 17

a-singled to center for K Thompson in the 7th; b-singled to deep right center
for M Cairo in the 7th.

BATTING: 2B - J Posada (27, S Kazmir). HR - J Posada (10, 8th inning off C
Fossum 0 on, 1 Out), H Matsui (12, 8th inning off C Fossum 0 on, 1 Out). SF - J
Damon. RBI - J Damon (28), J Posada (50), H Matsui (54). Runners left in
scoring position, 2 out - A Phillips 2, D Jeter 1. GIDP - D Jeter. Team LOB -
7.


TAMPA BAY ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
A Iwamura 3b 5 0 0 0 0 1 1 .279
C Crawford lf 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 .282
B Harris ss 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 .310
C Pena 1b 3 2 1 0 1 0 2 .288
D Young rf 4 2 3 1 0 1 1 .286
B Upton cf 0 0 0 1 3 0 1 .320
G Norton dh 3 1 1 0 1 0 3 .186
D Navarro c 3 0 0 2 0 1 3 .173
J Wilson 2b 4 0 1 2 0 1 3 .265

Totals 29 6 7 6 6 4 14

BATTING: 2B - D Young (20, R Clemens); C Crawford (22, M Myers). 3B - J Wilson
(1, R Clemens). SF - D Navarro , B Upton. RBI - B Upton (32), J Wilson 2 (6), D
Navarro 2 (15), D Young (49). 2-out RBI - J Wilson 2, D Young. Runners left in
scoring position, 2 out - G Norton 2, J Wilson 2, A Iwamura 1. Team LOB - 7.

BASERUNNING: SB - C Pena (1, 2nd base off R Clemens/J Posada), C Crawford
(24, 3rd base off S Proctor/J Posada).

FIELDING: E - D Young (7, throw). DP: 1 (J Wilson-C Pena).


----------------------------------------------------
NY YANKEES - 001 000 12 -- 4
TAMPA BAY - 030 101 10 -- 6
----------------------------------------------------

NY YANKEES ip h r er bb so hr era
R Clemens 5 1/3 5 5 5 4 2 0 4.20
B Bruney 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.52
M Myers 1/3 1 1 1 0 1 0 2.87
S Proctor 2/3 1 0 0 2 0 0 3.54
L Vizcaino 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4.76

TAMPA BAY ip h r er bb so hr era
S Kazmir 6 4 1 0 4 7 0 4.18
J Witasick 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 5.18
C Fossum 1 1/3 3 2 2 0 1 2 7.52
G Glover 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.24

J Witasick pitched to 1 batter in the 7th.

WP - R Clemens. Pitches-strikes: R Clemens 89-44; B Bruney 9-6; M Myers 9-5;
S Proctor 20-10; L Vizcaino 12-8; S Kazmir 117-71; J Witasick 9-4; C Fossum
18-14; G Glover 6-4. Ground balls-fly balls: R Clemens 6-8; B Bruney 0-2; M
Myers 0-0; S Proctor 0-2; L Vizcaino 1-1; S Kazmir 5-6; J Witasick 0-0; C
Fossum 2-1; G Glover 0-2. Batters faced: R Clemens 25; B Bruney 2; M Myers 2; S
Proctor 5; L Vizcaino 3; S Kazmir 25; J Witasick 1; C Fossum 7; G Glover 2.

UMPIRES: HP--Ed Rapuano. 1B--Ed Hickox. 2B--C.B. Bucknor. 3B--Joe West.

Weather: INDOORS.</div>

 

AL: NY YANKEES at TAMPA BAY

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

BATTERIES: NYY - ROGER CLEMENS, BRIAN BRUNEY (6TH), MIKE MYERS (7TH), SCOTT
PROCTOR (7TH), LUIS VIZCAINO (8TH) AND JORGE POSADA

TAM - SCOTT KAZMIR, JAY WITASICK (7TH), CASEY FOSSUM
(7TH), GARY GLOVER (8TH) AND DIONER NAVARRO

HOME RUNS: NYY - JORGE POSADA (10) OFF CASEY FOSSUM IN THE 8TH, 0 ON
HIDEKI MATSUI (12) OFF CASEY FOSSUM IN THE 8TH, 0 ON

TAM - NONE</div>

 

AL: NY YANKEES at TAMPA BAY

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

BATTERIES: NYY - ROGER CLEMENS, BRIAN BRUNEY (6TH), MIKE MYERS (7TH), SCOTT
PROCTOR (7TH), LUIS VIZCAINO (8TH) AND JORGE POSADA

TAM - SCOTT KAZMIR, JAY WITASICK (7TH), CASEY FOSSUM
(7TH), GARY GLOVER (8TH) AND DIONER NAVARRO


WP - SCOTT KAZMIR (6-6)
LP - ROGER CLEMENS (2-4)
SAVE - GARY GLOVER (2)

HOME RUNS: NYY - JORGE POSADA (10) OFF CASEY FOSSUM IN THE 8TH, 0 ON
HIDEKI MATSUI (12) OFF CASEY FOSSUM IN THE 8TH, 0 ON

TAM - NONE


TIME: 3:09 ATT: 29,803

PROBABLES: NYY - CHIEN-MING WANG (9-4, 3.36)
TAM - ANDY SONNANSTINE (1-3, 5.36)</div>

 

AL: NY YANKEES at TAMPA BAY

<div class="pre">NY YANKEES (4) VS TAMPA BAY (6) - FINAL

NY YANKEES ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Damon dh 3 1 1 1 1 0 2 .246
M Cabrera cf 5 0 1 0 0 2 3 .275
D Jeter ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 .331
A Rodriguez 3b 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 .317
J Posada c 3 1 2 1 1 1 1 .330
H Matsui lf 4 1 1 1 0 2 4 .273
A Phillips 1b 4 0 0 0 0 2 4 .283
K Thompson rf 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .176
a-B Abreu ph-rf 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 .271
M Cairo 2b 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .260
b-R Cano ph-2b 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .272

Totals 33 4 8 3 4 8 17

a-singled to center for K Thompson in the 7th; b-singled to deep right center
for M Cairo in the 7th.

BATTING: 2B - J Posada (27, S Kazmir). HR - J Posada (10, 8th inning off C
Fossum 0 on, 1 Out), H Matsui (12, 8th inning off C Fossum 0 on, 1 Out). SF - J
Damon. RBI - J Damon (28), J Posada (50), H Matsui (54). Runners left in
scoring position, 2 out - A Phillips 2, D Jeter 1. GIDP - D Jeter. Team LOB -
7.


TAMPA BAY ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
A Iwamura 3b 5 0 0 0 0 1 1 .279
C Crawford lf 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 .282
B Harris ss 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 .310
C Pena 1b 3 2 1 0 1 0 2 .288
D Young rf 4 2 3 1 0 1 1 .286
B Upton cf 0 0 0 1 3 0 1 .320
G Norton dh 3 1 1 0 1 0 3 .186
D Navarro c 3 0 0 2 0 1 3 .173
J Wilson 2b 4 0 1 2 0 1 3 .265

Totals 29 6 7 6 6 4 14

BATTING: 2B - D Young (20, R Clemens); C Crawford (22, M Myers). 3B - J Wilson
(1, R Clemens). SF - D Navarro , B Upton. RBI - B Upton (32), J Wilson 2 (6), D
Navarro 2 (15), D Young (49). 2-out RBI - J Wilson 2, D Young. Runners left in
scoring position, 2 out - G Norton 2, J Wilson 2, A Iwamura 1. Team LOB - 7.

BASERUNNING: SB - C Pena (1, 2nd base off R Clemens/J Posada), C Crawford
(24, 3rd base off S Proctor/J Posada).

FIELDING: E - D Young (7, throw). DP: 1 (J Wilson-C Pena).


----------------------------------------------------
NY YANKEES - 001 000 120 -- 4
TAMPA BAY - 030 101 10x -- 6
----------------------------------------------------

NY YANKEES ip h r er bb so hr era
R Clemens (L, 2-4) 5 1/3 5 5 5 4 2 0 4.20
B Bruney 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.52
M Myers 1/3 1 1 1 0 1 0 2.87
S Proctor 2/3 1 0 0 2 0 0 3.54
L Vizcaino 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4.76

TAMPA BAY ip h r er bb so hr era
S Kazmir (W, 6-6) 6 4 1 0 4 7 0 4.18
J Witasick 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 5.18
C Fossum 1 1/3 3 2 2 0 1 2 7.52
G Glover (S, 2) 1 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.12

J Witasick pitched to 1 batter in the 7th.

WP - R Clemens. Pitches-strikes: R Clemens 89-44; B Bruney 9-6; M Myers 9-5;
S Proctor 20-10; L Vizcaino 12-8; S Kazmir 117-71; J Witasick 9-4; C Fossum
18-14; G Glover 16-11. Ground balls-fly balls: R Clemens 6-8; B Bruney 0-2; M
Myers 0-0; S Proctor 0-2; L Vizcaino 1-1; S Kazmir 5-6; J Witasick 0-0; C
Fossum 2-1; G Glover 2-3. Batters faced: R Clemens 25; B Bruney 2; M Myers 2; S
Proctor 5; L Vizcaino 3; S Kazmir 25; J Witasick 1; C Fossum 7; G Glover 5.

UMPIRES: HP--Ed Rapuano. 1B--Ed Hickox. 2B--C.B. Bucknor. 3B--Joe West.

T--3:09. Att--29,803.
Weather: INDOORS</div>

 

AL: NY YANKEES at TAMPA BAY

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
AL
NY YANKEES 4
TAMPA BAY 6 FINAL</div>

 

AL: NY YANKEES at TAMPA BAY

<div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
NY YANKEES (4) AT TAMPA BAY (6) - HOW THEY SCORED
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

TAMPA BAY 2ND: C Pena singled to right. D Young doubled to deep left,
C Pena to third. B Upton hit sacrifice fly to center, C Pena scored. G Norton
walked. D Navarro struck out looking. J Wilson tripled to deep center,
D Young and G Norton scored. A Iwamura flied out to right. (3 Runs, 3 Hits,
0 Errors) NY YANKEES 0, TAMPA BAY 3.

NY YANKEES 3RD: K Thompson struck out looking. M Cairo walked. J Damon
grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, M Cairo out at second. M Cabrera
singled to right, J Damon scored, M Cabrera to second on throwing error by
right fielder D Young. D Jeter grounded out to second. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 1 Error)
NY YANKEES 1, TAMPA BAY 3.

TAMPA BAY 4TH: D Young singled to right. D Young to second on wild pitch
by R Clemens. B Upton walked. G Norton grounded out to first, D Young to
third, B Upton to second. D Navarro grounded out to third, D Young scored,
B Upton to third. J Wilson grounded out to shortstop. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
NY YANKEES 1, TAMPA BAY 4.

TAMPA BAY 6TH: C Pena walked. D Young struck out swinging, C Pena stole
second. B Upton walked. G Norton singled to right, C Pena to third, B Upton
to second. B Bruney relieved R Clemens. D Navarro hit sacrifice fly to right,
C Pena scored, B Upton to third. J Wilson popped out to second. (1 Run, 1 Hit,
0 Errors) NY YANKEES 1, TAMPA BAY 5.

NY YANKEES 7TH: J Witasick relieved S Kazmir. B Abreu hit for K Thompson.
B Abreu singled to center. R Cano hit for M Cairo. C Fossum relieved J Witasick.
C Fossum inherited a 1-0 count. R Cano singled to deep right center, B Abreu to
third. J Damon hit sacrifice fly to right, B Abreu scored. M Cabrera struck out
swinging. D Jeter grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, R Cano out at
second. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) NY YANKEES 2, TAMPA BAY 5.

TAMPA BAY 7TH: B Abreu in right field. R Cano at second base. M Myers
relieved B Bruney. A Iwamura struck out looking. C Crawford doubled to deep
left. S Proctor relieved M Myers. C Crawford stole third. B Harris walked.
C Pena popped out to shortstop. D Young singled to center, C Crawford scored,
B Harris to third. B Upton walked, D Young to second. G Norton popped out to
third. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) NY YANKEES 2, TAMPA BAY 6.

NY YANKEES 8TH: A Rodriguez grounded out to third. J Posada homered to
left. H Matsui homered to center. G Glover relieved C Fossum. A Phillips
flied out to right. B Abreu flied out to center. (2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)
NY YANKEES 4, TAMPA BAY 6.</div>

 

AL: NY YANKEES at TAMPA BAY

<div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
NY YANKEES (4) AT TAMPA BAY (6) - EVENT LOG
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Ny Yankees Starting Lineups -- J Damon DH, M Cabrera CF, D Jeter SS,
A Rodriguez 3B, J Posada C, H Matsui LF, A Phillips 1B, K Thompson RF, M Cairo 2B,
R Clemens RHP.

Tampa Bay Starting Lineups -- A Iwamura 3B, C Crawford LF, B Harris SS, C Pena 1B,
D Young RF, B Upton CF, G Norton DH, D Navarro C, J Wilson 2B, S Kazmir LHP.

Umpires -- Ed Rapuano (HP), Ed Hickox (1B), C.B. Bucknor (2B), Joe West (3B).


Gametime Weather: INDOORS.


NY YANKEES 1ST: J Damon reached on infield single to shortstop. M Cabrera
struck out swinging. D Jeter grounded into double play, second to first,
J Damon out at second.(0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) NY YANKEES 0, TAMPA BAY 0.

TAMPA BAY 1ST: A Iwamura flied out to left. C Crawford popped out to
shortstop. B Harris flied out to center. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
NY YANKEES 0, TAMPA BAY 0.

NY YANKEES 2ND: A Rodriguez walked. J Posada struck out swinging.
H Matsui grounded into fielder's choice to first, A Rodriguez out at second.
A Phillips struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) NY YANKEES 0, TAMPA BAY 0.

TAMPA BAY 2ND: C Pena singled to right. D Young doubled to deep left,
C Pena to third. B Upton hit sacrifice fly to center, C Pena scored. G Norton
walked. D Navarro struck out looking. J Wilson tripled to deep center,
D Young and G Norton scored. A Iwamura flied out to right. (3 Runs, 3 Hits,
0 Errors) NY YANKEES 0, TAMPA BAY 3.

NY YANKEES 3RD: K Thompson struck out looking. M Cairo walked. J Damon
grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, M Cairo out at second. M Cabrera
singled to right, J Damon scored, M Cabrera to second on throwing error by
right fielder D Young. D Jeter grounded out to second. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 1 Error)
NY YANKEES 1, TAMPA BAY 3.

TAMPA BAY 3RD: C Crawford flied out to center. B Harris grounded out to
third. C Pena grounded out to shortstop. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
NY YANKEES 1, TAMPA BAY 3.

NY YANKEES 4TH: A Rodriguez flied out to center. J Posada doubled to
right. H Matsui struck out swinging. A Phillips flied out to left. (0 Runs,
1 Hit, 0 Errors) NY YANKEES 1, TAMPA BAY 3.

TAMPA BAY 4TH: D Young singled to right. D Young to second on wild pitch
by R Clemens. B Upton walked. G Norton grounded out to first, D Young to
third, B Upton to second. D Navarro grounded out to third, D Young scored,
B Upton to third. J Wilson grounded out to shortstop. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
NY YANKEES 1, TAMPA BAY 4.

NY YANKEES 5TH: K Thompson flied out to left. M Cairo flied out to right.
J Damon walked. M Cabrera fouled out to first. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
NY YANKEES 1, TAMPA BAY 4.

TAMPA BAY 5TH: A Iwamura lined out to third. C Crawford grounded out to
second. B Harris popped out to first. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) NY YANKEES 1,
TAMPA BAY 4.

NY YANKEES 6TH: D Jeter flied out to center. A Rodriguez reached on
infield single to shortstop. J Posada walked, A Rodriguez to second. H Matsui
struck out looking. A Phillips struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
NY YANKEES 1, TAMPA BAY 4.

TAMPA BAY 6TH: C Pena walked. D Young struck out swinging, C Pena stole
second. B Upton walked. G Norton singled to right, C Pena to third, B Upton
to second. B Bruney relieved R Clemens. D Navarro hit sacrifice fly to right,
C Pena scored, B Upton to third. J Wilson popped out to second. (1 Run, 1 Hit,
0 Errors) NY YANKEES 1, TAMPA BAY 5.

NY YANKEES 7TH: J Witasick relieved S Kazmir. B Abreu hit for K Thompson.
B Abreu singled to center. R Cano hit for M Cairo. C Fossum relieved J Witasick.
C Fossum inherited a 1-0 count. R Cano singled to deep right center, B Abreu to
third. J Damon hit sacrifice fly to right, B Abreu scored. M Cabrera struck out
swinging. D Jeter grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, R Cano out at
second. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) NY YANKEES 2, TAMPA BAY 5.

TAMPA BAY 7TH: B Abreu in right field. R Cano at second base. M Myers
relieved B Bruney. A Iwamura struck out looking. C Crawford doubled to deep
left. S Proctor relieved M Myers. C Crawford stole third. B Harris walked.
C Pena popped out to shortstop. D Young singled to center, C Crawford scored,
B Harris to third. B Upton walked, D Young to second. G Norton popped out to
third. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) NY YANKEES 2, TAMPA BAY 6.

NY YANKEES 8TH: A Rodriguez grounded out to third. J Posada homered to
left. H Matsui homered to center. G Glover relieved C Fossum. A Phillips
flied out to right. B Abreu flied out to center. (2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)
NY YANKEES 4, TAMPA BAY 6.

TAMPA BAY 8TH: L Vizcaino relieved S Proctor. D Navarro grounded out to
first. J Wilson struck out looking. A Iwamura flied out to right. (0 Runs,
0 Hits, 0 Errors) NY YANKEES 4, TAMPA BAY 6.

NY YANKEES 9TH: R Cano grounded out to first. J Damon grounded out to
second. M Cabrera flied out to left. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) NY YANKEES 4,
TAMPA BAY 6.</div>

 

Kazmir leads Devil Rays over Yankees

<h3>TAMPA BAY 6, NY YANKEES 4</h3>ST. PETERSBURG, Florida (Ticker) -- While growing up inHouston, Scott Kazmir was a huge fan of Roger Clemens. OnFriday, he defeated his idol.


Kazmir tossed six solid innings and Dioner Navarro and JoshWilson each knocked in two runs as the Tampa Bay Devil Raysposted a 6-4 victory over the New York Yankees in the secondcontest of a four-game set on Friday.


Delmon Young had three hits and an RBI for Tampa Bay, whichreached Clemens early to set the tone and bounce back from itsseries-opening loss Thursday.


In the process, Kazmir ended his winless streak at home thatspanned 14 starts while keeping the 44-year-old Clemens winlesson the road this season.


Kazmir's last home victory came on July 3, 2006 vs. Boston.Against the Yankees, the lefthander (6-6) allowed an unearnedrun and four hits, walking four and striking out seven.

Three relievers combined to work the final three frames,including Gary Glover, who picked up his second save with 1 2/3scoreless innings.


Kazmir's strikeout of Andy Phillips in the sixth, which strandedrunners at first and second, was the 500th of his 83-startcareer.


Clemens (2-4) allowed a season-high five runs and five hits in 51/3 innings.


In his last two starts, Clemens had allowed only two earned runsin 16 frames. On Friday, he left with one out in the sixth,the bases loaded and the Yankees trailing, 4-1.


Reliever Brian Bruney immediately allowed a sacrifice fly byNavarro, which staked Tampa Bay to a 5-1 advantage.

Johnny Damon's sacrifice fly pulled the Yankees with three runsin the seventh, but Young answered for Tampa Bay with abroken-bat RBI single off Scott Proctor in the bottom of theinning.


Back-to-back home runs by All-Star Jorge Posada and HidekiMatsui closed the Yankees' deficit to 6-4, but the Devil Rays'shaky bullpen was able to hold on.


The Yankees entered the game trailing the first-place Boston RedSox by 10 games in the American League East Division. New Yorkhoped to build some momentum from Thursday's win and takeadvantage of its favorable schedule, which presents the next 28games against teams with sub-.500 records.


However, Tampa Bay jumped on Clemens for three runs in thesecond. B.J. Upton, who was activated from the 15-day disabledlist earlier in the day, lifted a sacrifice fly and Wilson addeda two-run triple.


Young, whose throwing error in the third allowed a run, hadthree of Tampa Bay's seven hits.

 

Kazmir leads Devil Rays over Yankees

<h3>TAMPA BAY 6, NY YANKEES 4</h3>ST. PETERSBURG, Florida (Ticker) -- While growing up inHouston, Scott Kazmir was a huge fan of Roger Clemens. OnFriday, he defeated his idol.


Kazmir tossed six solid innings and Dioner Navarro and JoshWilson each knocked in two runs as the Tampa Bay Devil Raysposted a 6-4 victory over the New York Yankees in the secondcontest of a four-game set on Friday.


Delmon Young had three hits and an RBI for Tampa Bay, whichreached Clemens early to set the tone and bounce back from itsseries-opening loss Thursday.


In the process, Kazmir ended his winless streak at home thatspanned 14 starts while keeping the 44-year-old Clemens winlesson the road this season.


"That was icing on the cake," said Kazmir, who never had seenClemens pitch in person. "He's a future Hall of Famer. We wereable to put him in some tough situations."


Kazmir's last home victory came on July 3, 2006 vs. Boston.Against the Yankees, the lefthander (6-6) allowed an unearnedrun and four hits, walking four and striking out seven.

"This is a relief," Kazmir said. "It's been a long stretch.Hopefully, we can build off this."


Three relievers combined to work the final three frames,including Gary Glover, who picked up his second save with 1 2/3scoreless innings.


"Five outs, tremendous job," Tampa Bay manager Joe Maddon said."Glover was very sharp. He did a great job."


Kazmir's strikeout of Andy Phillips in the sixth, which strandedrunners at first and second, was the 500th of his 83-startcareer.


"It came at the right time," Kazmir said.


Clemens (2-4) allowed a season-high five runs and five hits in 51/3 innings.


"He just couldn't get comfortable tonight and get in a goodrhythm," Yankees manager Joe Torre said. "He just wasn't goodtonight."


In his last two starts, Clemens had allowed only two earned runsin 16 frames. On Friday, he left with one out in the sixth,the bases loaded and the Yankees trailing, 4-1.


Reliever Brian Bruney immediately allowed a sacrifice fly byNavarro, which staked Tampa Bay to a 5-1 advantage.

Johnny Damon's sacrifice fly pulled the Yankees within threeruns in the seventh, but Young answered for Tampa Bay with abroken-bat RBI single off Scott Proctor in the bottom of theinning.


Back-to-back home runs by All-Star Jorge Posada and HidekiMatsui closed the Yankees' deficit to 6-4, but the Devil Rays'shaky bullpen was able to hold on.


"Even going into the ninth, I felt we had a shot," Torre said."The given is, we have to pitch. Giving up six runs is a lot.We didn't score enough and they did."


The Yankees entered the game trailing the first-place Boston RedSox by 10 games in the American League East Division. New Yorkhoped to build some momentum from Thursday's win and takeadvantage of its favorable schedule, which presents the next 28games against teams with sub-.500 records.


However, Tampa Bay jumped on Clemens for three runs in thesecond. B.J. Upton, who was activated from the 15-day disabledlist earlier in the day, lifted a sacrifice fly and Wilson addeda two-run triple.


"I can't say enough about Clemens and what he's done in hiscareer," said Wilson, whose triple was the first of his career."It's something special to get a triple. It might be the onlytime I get to face him, and to get a hit is pretty cool."

"The second inning is what killed us," Clemens said. "I wasaggressive in the zone early. We swung the bats well late.Hopefully, that will carry over into [Saturday]. Three runs,that's too much wiggle room for these guys."


Young, whose throwing error in the third allowed a run, hadthree of Tampa Bay's seven hits.