New York Yankees vs. Tampa Bay Rays - Box Score - September 04, 2008 - ESPN

Scores for Sep 4, 2008

Final

Series: Game 3 of 3

NY Yankees won 2-1

Game 1: Tuesday, September 2
NY Yankees	7	Final
Tampa Bay	2	Final
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Game 2: Wednesday, September 3
NY Yankees	8	Final
Tampa Bay	4	Final
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Game 3: Thursday, September 4
NY Yankees	5	Final
Tampa Bay	7	Final
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Yankees 5

(75-65, 35-34 away)

Rays 7

(85-53, 53-21 home)

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7:10 PM ET, September 4, 2008

Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
NYY	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	7	0
TB	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	-	7	14	0

W: S. Kazmir (12-6)

L: D. Rasner (5-10)

S: D. Wheeler (11)

New York Yankees
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
J Damon LF	4	1	0	0	1	1	2	.313
D Jeter SS	4	1	1	3	1	1	0	.294
A Rodriguez 3B	3	1	1	1	2	0	2	.315
X Nady RF	4	0	1	0	1	1	1	.289
J Giambi DH	4	0	0	0	0	1	3	.247
I Rodriguez C	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	.281
R Cano 2B	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	.267
C Ransom 1B	3	1	3	1	1	0	0	.750
B Gardner CF	3	0	0	0	0	3	3	.182
a-H Matsui PH	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	.302
Totals	34	5	7	5	6	10	13
a-struck out swinging for B Gardner in the 9th
BATTING 2B: C Ransom (2, S Kazmir); I Rodriguez (19, J Hammel) HR: D Jeter (9, 9th inning off J Hammel 2 on, 2 Out); A Rodriguez (32, 9th inning off J Hammel 0 on, 2 Out) RBI: C Ransom (6), D Jeter 3 (66), A Rodriguez (91) 2-out RBI: D Jeter 3, A Rodriguez Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: A Rodriguez 1, J Giambi 1 Team LOB: 8
BASERUNNING SB: A Rodriguez (17, 2nd base off S Kazmir/D Navarro)
FIELDING Outfield Assist: B Gardner (D Navarro at Home).

New York Yankees
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
D Rasner (L, 5-10)	1.1	6	5	5	2	1	0	43-25	5.43
A Aceves	5.0	5	1	1	2	4	1	97-61	1.29
C Britton	1.2	3	1	1	2	0	0	31-19	3.93
Totals	8.0	14	7	7	6	5	1	171-105
PITCHING WP: D Rasner IBB: W Aybar (By C Britton) Batters faced: D Rasner 12; A Aceves 22; C Britton 9 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: D Rasner 1-2; A Aceves 2-9; C Britton 0-4 Game Scores: D Rasner 21

Tampa Bay Rays
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
A Iwamura 2B	5	2	2	1	0	2	3	.279
B Upton CF	3	1	1	1	1	0	2	.272
C Pena 1B	2	0	0	0	3	1	1	.246
C Floyd DH	5	0	2	0	0	1	4	.279
W Aybar 3B	4	1	2	3	1	0	3	.250
E Hinske LF	4	1	1	0	0	0	2	.252
J Ruggiano LF	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	.193
D Navarro C	5	1	4	0	0	0	3	.297
G Gross RF	3	1	1	1	1	0	2	.249
J Bartlett SS	3	0	1	1	0	1	3	.279
Totals	35	7	14	7	6	5	26
BATTING 2B: G Gross (10, D Rasner); D Navarro (23, A Aceves); C Floyd (12, C Britton) 3B: A Iwamura (7, C Britton) HR: W Aybar (9, 4th inning off A Aceves 0 on, 2 Out) RBI: G Gross (35), J Bartlett (26), A Iwamura (41), W Aybar 3 (26), B Upton (64) SF: J Bartlett, B Upton 2-out RBI: W Aybar 3 Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: E Hinske 1, W Aybar 1, B Upton 2, D Navarro 2 Team LOB: 12

Tampa Bay Rays
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
S Kazmir (W, 11-6)	6.0	1	0	0	5	7	0	98-56	2.99
T Miller	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	15-12	4.38
C Bradford	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	12-10	2.12
J Hammel	0.2	4	5	5	1	1	2	20-13	4.71
D Wheeler (S, 11)	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1-1	2.58
Totals	9.0	7	5	5	6	10	2	146-92
PITCHING Batters faced: S Kazmir 24; T Miller 4; C Bradford 4; J Hammel 7; D Wheeler 1 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: S Kazmir 6-5; T Miller 0-1; C Bradford 0-3; J Hammel 0-1; D Wheeler 0-1 Game Scores: S Kazmir 72

Scoring Summary

			NYY	TB
	2nd	G Gross doubled to right, E Hinske scored, D Navarro to third.	0	1
	2nd	J Bartlett hit sacrifice fly to center, D Navarro scored, G Gross to third.	0	2
	2nd	A Iwamura singled to center, G Gross scored.	0	3
	2nd	W Aybar singled to right, A Iwamura and B Upton scored, C Pena to second.	0	5
	4th	W Aybar homered to right.	0	6
	8th	B Upton hit sacrifice fly to center, A Iwamura scored.	0	7
	9th	C Ransom singled to center, I Rodriguez scored, C Ransom to second advancing on throw.	1	7
	9th	D Jeter homered to right center, C Ransom and J Damon scored.	4	7
	9th	A Rodriguez homered to left.	5	7
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Game Notes

ALEX RODRIGUEZ'S HOME RUN IN THE NINTH INNING WAS THE 550TH OF HIS CAREER.
DEREK JETER AND ALEX RODRIGUEZ HIT BACK-TO-BACK HOME RUNS IN THE TOP OF THE NINTH INNING.