1:05 PM ET, August 17, 2008
Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York
W: M. Mussina (16-7)
L: B. Bannister (7-12)
Final
NY Yankees won 2-1
| Game 1: Friday, August 15 | ||
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| Kansas City | 4 | Final |
| NY Yankees | 3 | |
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| Game 2: Saturday, August 16 | ||
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| Kansas City | 2 | Final in 13 |
| NY Yankees | 3 | |
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| Game 3: Sunday, August 17 | ||
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| Kansas City | 6 | Final |
| NY Yankees | 15 | |
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1:05 PM ET, August 17, 2008
Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York
W: M. Mussina (16-7)
L: B. Bannister (7-12)
| Kansas City Royals | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG | ||
| D DeJesus CF-LF | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .293 | ||
| M Aviles SS-2B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .317 | ||
| M Teahen LF-RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .249 | ||
| J Guillen RF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .253 | ||
| b-M Maier PH-CF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .345 | ||
| B Butler DH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .266 | ||
| A Gordon 3B | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .255 | ||
| R Gload 1B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .272 | ||
| J Buck C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .220 | ||
| E German 2B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .226 | ||
| a-T Pena PH-SS | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .162 | ||
| Totals | 35 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 10 | |||
| a-grounded to first for E German in the 7th b-grounded to first for J Guillen in the 8th | ||||||||||
| BATTING 2B: B Butler (16, M Mussina); J Buck (20, M Mussina) HR: R Gload (3, 9th inning off C Britton 1 on, 1 Out) RBI: B Butler 2 (41), A Gordon (51), M Aviles (32), R Gload 2 (33) SF: A Gordon GIDP: M Aviles Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: R Gload 1 Team LOB: 4 | ||||||||||
| FIELDING E: J Buck (6, throw) DP: 2 (E German-R Gload, E German-M Aviles-R Gload). | ||||||||||
| Kansas City Royals | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | PC-ST | ERA | |
| B Bannister (L, 7-12) | 1.0 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 65-37 | 5.96 | |
| J Newman | 4.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 67-37 | 4.50 | |
| J Fulchino | 3.0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 41-26 | 10.24 | |
| Totals | 8.0 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 173-100 | ||
| PITCHING HBP: D Jeter (By J Fulchino) Batters faced: B Bannister 16; J Newman 16; J Fulchino 14 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: B Bannister 1-2; J Newman 2-7; J Fulchino 4-3 Game Scores: B Bannister -10 | ||||||||||
| New York Yankees | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG | ||
| J Damon DH-LF | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .313 | ||
| D Jeter SS | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .295 | ||
| W Betemit SS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .261 | ||
| B Abreu RF | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | .289 | ||
| J Christian RF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | ||
| A Rodriguez 3B | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .313 | ||
| B Traber P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
| C Britton P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
| J Giambi 1B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .251 | ||
| a-C Ransom PH-3B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | ||
| X Nady LF-1B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .312 | ||
| R Cano 2B | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .266 | ||
| J Molina C | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .227 | ||
| B Gardner CF | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .192 | ||
| Totals | 38 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 14 | |||
| a-homered to left for J Giambi in the 7th | ||||||||||
| BATTING 2B: J Molina (17, B Bannister); B Abreu (31, J Fulchino) 3B: B Gardner (1, B Bannister) HR: A Rodriguez (28, 1st inning off B Bannister 2 on, 1 Out); X Nady (7, 1st inning off B Bannister 0 on, 2 Out); J Giambi (24, 2nd inning off B Bannister 3 on, 0 Out); C Ransom (1, 7th inning off J Fulchino 1 on, 2 Out) RBI: A Rodriguez 5 (77), X Nady (18), J Molina (13), B Gardner (9), J Giambi 4 (72), B Abreu (80), C Ransom 2 (2) 2-out RBI: X Nady, J Molina, B Gardner, A Rodriguez 2, B Abreu, C Ransom 2 GIDP: B Abreu Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: B Gardner 1, J Damon 1, J Giambi 2 Team LOB: 7 | ||||||||||
| BASERUNNING SB: J Damon (21, 2nd base off B Bannister/J Buck); D Jeter (9, 2nd base off B Bannister/J Buck) | ||||||||||
| FIELDING DP: 1 (D Jeter-R Cano-J Giambi). | ||||||||||
| New York Yankees | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | PC-ST | ERA | |
| M Mussina (W, 16-7) | 6.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 97-67 | 3.35 | |
| B Traber | 2.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23-16 | 5.65 | |
| C Britton | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 24-17 | 4.63 | |
| Totals | 9.0 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 144-100 | ||
| PITCHING WP: B Traber Batters faced: M Mussina 23; B Traber 8; C Britton 6 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: M Mussina 9-4; B Traber 4-1; C Britton 0-2 Game Scores: M Mussina 53 | ||||||||||
| KC | NYY | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | B Butler doubled to left, D DeJesus and M Aviles scored, J Guillen to third. | 2 | 0 | |
| 1st | A Gordon hit sacrifice fly to center, J Guillen scored, B Butler to third. | 3 | 0 | |
| 1st | A Rodriguez homered to left center, J Damon and D Jeter scored. | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st | X Nady homered to right. | 3 | 4 | |
| 1st | J Molina doubled to deep left, R Cano scored. | 3 | 5 | |
| 1st | B Gardner tripled to deep right, J Molina scored. | 3 | 6 | |
| 2nd | J Giambi homered to right, D Jeter, B Abreu and A Rodriguez scored. | 3 | 10 | |
| 3rd | A Rodriguez singled to left, J Damon scored, A Rodriguez out stretching at second. | 3 | 11 | |
| 7th | B Abreu doubled to deep center, D Jeter scored. | 3 | 12 | |
| 7th | A Rodriguez singled to left, B Abreu scored. | 3 | 13 | |
| 7th | C Ransom homered to left, A Rodriguez scored. | 3 | 15 | |
| 8th | M Aviles grounded out to second, D DeJesus scored. | 4 | 15 | |
| 9th | R Gload homered to right, A Gordon scored. | 6 | 15 | |
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| Stadium | Yankee Stadium, Bronx, NY |
| Attendance | 54,114 (107.6% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 3:07 |
| Weather | 80 degrees, partly cloudy |
| Wind | 7 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Laz Diaz, First Base - Scott Barry, Second Base - Kerwin Danley, Third Base - Wally Bell |
