Devil Rays 9
(55-80, 24-42 away)
Yankees 1
(75-60, 44-25 home)
7:05 PM ET, August 31, 2007
Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York
W: A. Sonnanstine (4-9)
L: P. Hughes (2-3)
Final
Tampa Bay leads 1-0 (as of 8/31)
| Game 1: Friday, August 31 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay | 9 | Final |
| NY Yankees | 1 | |
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| Game 2: Saturday, September 1 | ||
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| Tampa Bay | 6 | Final |
| NY Yankees | 9 | |
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| Game 3: Sunday, September 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay | 8 | Final |
| NY Yankees | 2 | |
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(55-80, 24-42 away)
(75-60, 44-25 home)
7:05 PM ET, August 31, 2007
Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York
W: A. Sonnanstine (4-9)
L: P. Hughes (2-3)
| Tampa Bay Devil Rays | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG | ||
| A Iwamura 3B | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | .284 | ||
| C Crawford LF | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .313 | ||
| C Pena 1B | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .274 | ||
| B Upton CF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | .313 | ||
| D Young RF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .293 | ||
| B Harris 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .285 | ||
| G Norton DH | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .222 | ||
| D Navarro C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .209 | ||
| J Wilson SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .264 | ||
| Totals | 36 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 21 | |||
| BATTING 2B: A Iwamura (16, P Hughes); B Upton (21, C Britton); C Crawford (33, B Bruney) HR: C Pena 2 (33, 5th inning off P Hughes 0 on, 0 Out; 6th inning off C Britton 0 on, 1 Out); G Norton (3, 9th inning off B Bruney 0 on, 0 Out) RBI: C Crawford 2 (73), D Young 2 (71), C Pena 2 (92), G Norton 2 (17) S: B Harris, D Navarro SF: D Young Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: B Harris 4, A Iwamura 2, C Crawford 2 Team LOB: 10 | ||||||||||
| BASERUNNING SB: C Crawford (44, 2nd base off P Hughes/J Posada) | ||||||||||
| FIELDING E: C Pena (7, ground ball) | ||||||||||
| Tampa Bay Devil Rays | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | PC-ST | ERA | |
| A Sonnanstine (W, 6-10) | 8.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 104-73 | 5.88 | |
| G Balfour | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15-9 | 2.40 | |
| Totals | 9.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 119-82 | ||
| PITCHING Batters faced: A Sonnanstine 27; G Balfour 4 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: A Sonnanstine 10-9; G Balfour 3-0 Game Scores: A Sonnanstine 81 | ||||||||||
| New York Yankees | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG | ||
| J Damon DH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .260 | ||
| D Jeter SS | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .325 | ||
| a-W Betemit PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .191 | ||
| B Abreu RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .285 | ||
| A Rodriguez 3B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .305 | ||
| b-S Duncan PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .286 | ||
| H Matsui LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .303 | ||
| J Posada C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .328 | ||
| J Giambi 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .256 | ||
| R Cano 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .301 | ||
| M Cabrera CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .294 | ||
| Totals | 30 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | |||
| a-grounded to third for D Jeter in the 9th b-grounded to second for A Rodriguez in the 9th | ||||||||||
| BATTING RBI: A Rodriguez (125) Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: J Posada 1 Team LOB: 3 | ||||||||||
| FIELDING E: R Cano (12, catch) PB: J Posada. | ||||||||||
| New York Yankees | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | PC-ST | ERA | |
| P Hughes (L, 5-3) | 4.1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 94-59 | 5.65 | |
| C Britton | 2.2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 45-29 | 3.52 | |
| B Bruney | 2.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 29-17 | 3.47 | |
| Totals | 9.0 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 168-105 | ||
| PITCHING Batters faced: P Hughes 24; C Britton 13; B Bruney 9 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: P Hughes 3-6; C Britton 3-4; B Bruney 3-2 Game Scores: P Hughes 31 | ||||||||||
| TB | NYY | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TB | 1st | C Crawford singled to center, A Iwamura scored. | 1 | 0 |
| TB | 3rd | D Young hit sacrifice fly to right, A Iwamura scored, C Pena scored, B Upton to third on error by second baseman R Cano. | 3 | 0 |
| 4th | A Rodriguez singled to center, D Jeter scored, A Rodriguez to second advancing on throw. | 3 | 1 | |
| TB | 5th | C Pena homered to right. | 4 | 1 |
| TB | 5th | G Norton singled to left, B Upton scored, D Young to third. | 5 | 1 |
| TB | 6th | C Pena homered to right. | 6 | 1 |
| TB | 8th | C Crawford doubled to deep left center, A Iwamura scored. | 7 | 1 |
| TB | 8th | D Young grounded out to shortstop, C Crawford scored, C Pena to second. | 8 | 1 |
| TB | 9th | G Norton homered to right. | 9 | 1 |
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| Stadium | Yankee Stadium, Bronx, NY |
| Attendance | 53,275 (105.9% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 2:55 |
| Weather | 78 degrees, cloudy |
| Wind | 12 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Dana Demuth, First Base - Kerwin Danley, Second Base - Doug Eddings, Third Base - Mike Everitt |
