The Pennant Race - 9/26

The Mets may very well have saved their season last night. Heavy rains could have an affect on this weekend's series with the Marlins, but the Mets would have been in even deeper water, or something else, had they not won last night's game with the Cubs. Trailing 6-3, the Mets rallied back and then won the game in the bottom of the 9th when Carlos Beltran's line drive ticked off the end of the glove of a diving Micah Hoffpauir at 1st base. Jose Reyes raced home with the winning run in a 7-6 victory. It overshadowed a big game by Hoffpauir, who was playing in just his 31st big league game. The rookie homered twice, doubled, and drove in 5 runs.

The Mets bullpen, for once, was key, holding the Cubs over the final 2.2 innings after a shaky start from Pedro Martinez. It kept the Shea inhabitants in a tie with the Milwaukee Brewers, who also won in dramatic fashion, for the wildcard lead, and moved them to within one game of the idle Phillies in the NL East. Martinez left to a standing ovation, which he admittedly realized could be his last.

Knowing that the Mets had already won, the Brewers were locked in a 1-1 battle with the Pirates. The key to the 10th inning win came down to one at-bat. With two men aboard and two outs, Dale Sveum sent up Craig Counsell to pinch-hit for Bill Hall. Rookie Jesse Chavez walked him, meaning he had to face Ryan Braun. Moments later Bernie Brewer was going nuts, as was the rest of Miller Park, as Braun hit a walk off grand slam. Kudos to the Brewers pitchers, all eight of them, that held the Pirates to one run.

Bullpens were huge in the White Sox-Twins game last night as well. The White Sox built up a 6-1 and looked like they would remain in first place in the AL Central, but the Twins rallied against the Chicago pen, while their own relievers shut down the White Sox after the 4th inning.

An RBI triple by Carlos Gomez and a run scoring double by Denard Span cut the White Sox lead in half in the fourth. Down 6-4 in the eighth inning, the two struck again. Gomez's RBI single off of Bobby Jenks narrowed the deficit to a run, and moments later Span tripled to score Gomez and knot the game at 6-6. In the 10th, Nick Punto drew a one out walk, moved to second on Gomez's ground out, and advanced to third on Jenks' wild pitch. After Span was intentionally walked, Alexi Casilla singled home Punto with the game winner and vaulted the Twins into first place by a half-game.

The Dodgers clinched the NL West when the Cardinals pounded the Diamondbacks 12-3 Thursday afternoon, but held off celebrating until after they lost last night's game with the Padres, 7-5. Joe Torre and Manny Ramirez made the difference with this bunch, which took advantage of a collapsing Dbacks squad.

The Red Sox moved back to within 2 games of the Rays with a 6-1 win over the Indians. Jon Lester and three relievers combined on a 2-hitter and Kevin Youkilis hit his 28th home run. Meanwhile, the Rays fell to the Tigers, 7-5, as Scott Kazmir was tagged for four of the five home runs Detroit hit. Rookie Armando Galarraga won his 13th game for the Tigers.


News and Notes

The Padres clung to their slim playoff hopes with an 8-6 win over the Reds. Roy Oswalt won his 17th game. Oswalt went 8-2, 1.70 in his last 10 starts.

Vlad Guerrero's 3-run home run yesterday gave him at least 90 RBI for the 10th time in his career.

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Yankees vs. Rangers - July 1

First game of July and the Yankees find themselves 6.5 games behind the Tampa Rays in the AL East and 5 games behind the Boston Red Sox in the AL Wild Card race. They also have a two game losing streak that has dropped them back to 5 games over .500 (44-39). Joba Chamberlain (2-2, 2.03) will attempt to turn things around tonight when he faces veteran Kevin Millwood (5-4, 5.08).

Chamberlain has never faced any member of the Rangers. Millwood is 1-4, 4.82 in 6 career starts against the Yankees.

Yankees vs. Millwood

Abreu 14-39 (.359) 1 HR 4 RBI
Cabrera 4-9 (.444)
Cano 4-10 (.400) 1 RBI
Damon 3-15 (.200) 1 RBI
Giambi 5-11 (.455) 2 HR 3 RBI
Jeter 5-19 (.263) 2 RBI
Moeller 0-4
Molina 1-9 (.111)
Posada 1-10 (.100)
Rodriguez 6-14 (.429) 1 HR 2 RBI


Tonight's lineups courtesy of Peter Abraham, including Derek Jeter taking a rare night off:

Damon DH
Gardner LF
Abreu RF
Rodriguez 3B
Giambi 1B
Posada C
Cano 2B
Betemit SS
Cabrera CF

As expected, A-Rod said he will not participate in this year's Home Run Derby. No word if Madonna will.

According to the NY Post, Hideki Matsui may start taking BP soon.

"He came in today and he looked great. Keeping him off it really helped," said manager Joe Girardi. "[Trainer] Gene Monahan came up to me and said he looks tremendous and we talked about him taking BP in a couple of days. So I think the actual rest where he wasn't traveling to the ballpark and taking BP and trying to test it I think really helped calm it down."

The Post's Kevn Kiernan also has a piece on how Jose Reyes should watch Derek Jeter to learn how to conduct himself on the field.

Mark Feinsand of the News has some more info on Brett Gardner. Joe Girardi said Gardner is "here to play". Of course after Saturday's game he said Kei Igawa was going to be part of the bullpen. He was sent down before the next game.

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Perez Leaves Yankees Left Out

Oliver Perez has always had the ability to be a successful pitcher in the major leagues. But whether it be his head, his arm, his heart, who knows what else, he has always had trouble keeping it together. Sandy Koufax one minute, Steve Trout the next. But not when Perez pitches against the Yankees. He dominated them once again yesterday at Shea Stadium as the Mets salvaged the finale of the three games played at home.

In an attempt to offset the left-handed throwing Perez, Joe Girardi stacked the lineup with right-handers. What that meant was Jorge Posada at 1st base, .225 hitting Jose Molina behind the plate, rookie Justin Christian in right field, and Wilson Betemit (.259 against lefties) at 2nd base. Throw in a pitcher who can't hit and you can see it wasn't a strong lineup.

You would assume that the Yankees lefties struggled against Perez, but that was not true with the exception of Johnny Damon, who started in left field and was 1-8, and Bobby Abreu who sat on the bench with an o-10. However, Robinson Cano, who has been hot lately, was 4-10 against Perez, while Jason Giambi had a hit in just 2 at-bats. No matter how you slice it, things didn't work out.

Perez limited the Yankees to just 3 hits over 7 innings, while striking out 8. His lone mistake was a solo home run hit by Betemit in his final inning of work. Darrell Rasner, meanwhile, continued to struggle.

He worked out of a 2-on, 2-out jam in the 1st inning, but the Mets broke through in the 2nd. Endy Chavez and Brian Schneider put together back to back 1-out singles, and Perez sacrificed them up a base. Luis Castillo hit a slow chopper up the middle and just beat Derek Jeter's throw to 1st for a 1-0 lead. Rasner retired David Wright on a chopper to Alex Rodriguez to escape further trouble.

In the 3rd, Carlos Delgado hit a tremendous solo home run off of the scoreboard in center field for a 2-0 lead. It was Delgado's first hit since his 9 RBI outburst in the first game on Friday.

The Yankees had a chance in the 4th, when Derek Jeter single with one out and moved to 2nd base on a wild pitch. But Perez struck out A-Rod swinging and retired Posada on a ground out to Castillo at 2nd.

Rasner was gone after 5 and Dave Robertson came on for his major league debut. He became the 3rd Yankee, along with Joba Chamberlain and Ian Kennedy, to reach the majors after being drafted in 2006. He struck out his first batter, Perez, but gave up back to back singles to Reyes and Castillo and wild pitched them into scoring position. Wright delivered Reyes with a sac fly before Robertson retired Beltran on an inning ending fly out.

Pedro Feliciano retired the Yankees in order in the 8th and then it was up to Billy Wagner to close things out. Jeter lead off with a single and moved to 2nd base on a wild pitch, but he would be left there. A-Rod just missed one, hitting a deep fly that Chavez caught at the edge of the warning track in left-center, well short of the 358-ft sign. Posada then grounded out and Betemit struck out looking to seal the deal.


News and Notes

Oliver Perez is now 5-1, 2.61 in 6 career starts against the Yankees. He's struck out 31 batters in 41.1 innings pitched.

Jose Reyes had a tantrum when Carlos Delgado couldn't handle his throw on a Melky Cabrera ground out. The ball should have been caught, but Reyes was charged with the error. In a great act of immaturity, Reyes slammed his glove down. Anyone else think Reyes may be elsewhere next year?

It's sounding more and more like Hideki Matsui may need knee surgery.


June 29, 2008

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
NY Yankees	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1	4	0
NY Mets	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	X		3	12	1

NY Yankees	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Damon, LF	4	0	1	0	0	3	0	.316
Jeter, SS	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	.284
Rodriguez, 3B	4	0	0	0	0	1	2	.322
Posada, 1B	4	0	0	0	0	1	2	.287
Betemit, 2B	4	1	1	1	0	2	1	.266
Cabrera, CF	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.246
Molina, C	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	.225
Christian, RF	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200
Rasner, P	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000
a-Moeller, PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.254
Robertson, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
b-Giambi, PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.262
Ramirez, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Totals	32	1	4	1	0	10	7
a-Flied out for Rasner in the 6th. b-Flied out for Robertson in the 8th.
BATTING HR: Betemit (4, 7th inning off Perez, 0 on, 2 out). TB: Damon; Jeter 2; Betemit 4. RBI: Betemit (12). 2-out RBI: Betemit. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Posada; Molina; Betemit. Team LOB: 4. FIELDING PB: Molina (6). DP: (Betemit-Jeter-Posada).

NY Yankees	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Rasner (L, 4-6)	5.0	8	2	2	3	3	1	4.42
Robertson	2.0	4	1	1	0	1	0	4.50
Ramirez	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.46

NY Mets	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Reyes, SS	4	1	2	0	1	0	0	.296
Castillo, 2B	5	0	3	1	0	1	1	.260
Wright, 3B	3	0	0	1	0	0	5	.285
Beltran, CF	3	0	0	0	1	1	2	.270
Delgado, 1B	4	1	1	1	0	0	2	.231
Tatis, 1B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.256
Church, RF	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	.304
Chavez, LF	4	1	3	0	0	0	1	.242
Schneider, C	3	0	1	0	1	0	3	.260
Perez, P	2	0	0	0	0	2	2	.182
Feliciano, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
a-Anderson, PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.198
Wagner, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Totals	33	3	12	3	3	4	16
a-Flied out for Feliciano in the 8th.
BATTING HR: Delgado (14, 3rd inning off Rasner, 0 on, 1 out). TB: Reyes 2; Castillo 3; Delgado 4; Church 2; Chavez 3; Schneider. RBI: Castillo (26), Delgado (45), Wright (64). 2-out RBI: Castillo. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Delgado; Wright 2; Perez; Beltran. S: Perez. SF: Wright. GIDP: Schneider. Team LOB: 11. FIELDING E: Reyes (11, throw).

NY Mets IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA Perez (W, 6-5) 7.0 3 1 1 0 8 1 4.98 Feliciano (H, 8) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.78 Wagner (S, 18) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1.91

WP: Robertson, Perez, Wagner. IBB: Schneider (by Rasner). Pitches-strikes: Rasner 102-59, Robertson 33-22, Ramirez 13-9, Perez 106-72, Feliciano 17-13, Wagner 14-9. Ground outs-fly outs: Rasner 5-7, Robertson 2-3, Ramirez 0-3, Perez 4-9, Feliciano 0-2, Wagner 1-1. Batters faced: Rasner 26, Robertson 9, Ramirez 3, Perez 25, Feliciano 3, Wagner 4. Umpires: HP: Mike DiMuro. 1B: Mike Estabrook. 2B: Larry Vanover. 3B: Mike Everitt. Weather: 88 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 11 mph, R to L. T: 3:00. Att: 56,277.

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Around the Horn - 5/30

Joe Torre was back in the city so nice they named it twice. But it wasn't at Yankee Stadium and the Yankees weren't playing. Torre took his Dodger blue to Shea and got pummeled by David Wright and the Mets, 8-4. Wright belted a couple of home runs off of Brad Penny to help the Mets win their 3rd. Jose Reyes has reached base safely in 29 straight games.

The Giants completed a very unexpected 3-game sweep of the Diamondbacks with a 4-3 win. The Giants tied the game in the 8th on Fred Lewis' bases loaded walk and went ahead for good in the top of the 9th on Randy Winn's home run. Barry Zito came up with arguably his best start of the season (6 IP 3 ER 6 H 3 BB 5 K) while Randy Johnson allowed 2 runs and struck out 9 in 7 innings.

The Pirates pounded the Reds 7-2 behind a big night from starter Phil Dumatrait. The lefty allowed 1 unearned run, 2 hits, and struck out 9 in 7 innings.

Kyle Lohse out pitched Roy Oswalt in the Cardinals 3-2 win over the Astros. Albert Pujols belted his 13th home run for the Cards while Carlos Lee and Lance Berkman went deep for Houston. Berkman's home run tied him with Chase Utley for the major's lead with 17.

Jody Gerut's 3-run home run in the bottom of the 8th gave the Padres a 5-2 win over the Nationals. Padres pitcher Chris Young, who was hit in the head by a liner off the bat of Albert Pujols last week, will need surgery on his septum and there is concern about a small skull fracture he suffered.

The Cubs 4th straight win sent the Rockies to their 4th straight loss. Derek Lee homered for the 2nd straight night to help the Cubs to an 8-4 victory.

The Braves pounded the Brewers 8-1. Mark Texeira homered and drove in 4 and Jose Campillo won his 2nd big league game. He also drove in 2 runs. Rafael Soriano returned to the Braves bullpen after 45 days on the DL.

Jesse Litsch has been flying under the radar for much of the season, but certainly not in Toronto. The Blue Jays starter improved to 7-1, 3.18 in the Jays 12-0 trouncing of the A's. Rod Barajas, who will be getting the bulk of playing time with Greg Zaun on the DL, capitalized on his chances with a 3-hit, 3 RBI day.

John Danks improved to 4-4 in the White Sox 5-1 win over the Rays. Joe Crede and Paul Konerko homered in a battle between division leaders.

Kevin Slowey pitched a complete game as the Twins sent the Royals down to their 11th straight loss, 5-1. Carlos Gomez was 4-5 with 2 RBI.

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Mets Sink Wang and Yankees 11-2

Chien-Ming Wang set the first 9 Mets down in order last night as if he were toying with them. One ground out after another. Even when Jose Reyes lead off the 4th inning with a double it seemed like no big deal. Wang got Marlon Anderson to hit a comebacker and Reyes was nailed trying to go to 3rd Base. If Yankee Stadium had a roof over it, it would have collapsed at that moment. The Mets jumped all over Wang (6-2) en route to an 11-2 blow out that sent the Yankees to their 8th loss in the last 11 games.

The Yankees bats continued to make every pitcher, especially left-handers, look like hall of fame candidates. They managed just 3 hits against Oliver Perez (4-3), who channels Sandy Koufax every time he faces the Yankees (4-1, 2.88).

So back to the 4th inning we go, Marlon Anderson on 1st with one out. David Wright singled and Carlos Beltran walked to the load the bases. Inning ending double play coming up, right? Very wrong. Jason Giambi made a beautiful diving stop of Ryan Church's grounder to the right side, but instead of getting the sure out at 1st he made an off-balance, on one knee, throw to 2nd. And we all know how he throws. Derek Jeter's diving stop kept the ball from going into the outfield, but everyone was safe and the Mets were on the board.

Moises Alou tried to check his swing on a hanging Wang pitch, and got an oops punch hit into right field for a 2-run single and a 3-0 Mets lead. The umpires then gave Wang and the Yankees a temporary break. Carlos Delgado drilled a shot to left field that hit the base of the foul pole and ricocheted in the seats in foul territory. 3rd Base ump Mike Reilly wasn't sure what he saw and consulted with the other umpires who ruled a foul ball. Willie Randolph vehemently argued to no avail, and eventually bench Jerry Manuel was tossed from the game by home plate ump Bob Davidson. Delgado ended up singling to right for a 4-0 lead before Wang finally wangled out of the inning.

The Yankees took advantage of the break and got right back in the ball game on Hideki Matsui's 2-run home run in the bottom of the 4th, his 6th of the season. But the Yankees would manage just 1 hit the rest of the game and Wang and reliever Ross Ohlendorf would continue the pitching implosion.

Church extended the lead to 5-2 with a solo home run in the 6th and then the Mets busted the game open in the 8th. Having thrown only 94 pitches after 7 innings, Joe Girardi decided to stick with his starter. It was a mistake. Wright lead off the 8th with a double, moved to 3rd on a ground out and scored on Alou's sacrifice fly after an intentional walk to Church. Girardi finally gave Wang the hook, but Ohlendorf provided no relief. Before the inning was over Brian Schneider and Luis Castillo had stroked RBI singles and Reyes hammered the final nail in the coffin with a 3-run home run.

News and Notes

The Yankees had another Oh-fer with men in scoring position, not that they had many in scoring position last night.

Both Derek Jeter and Robinson Cano stole their first bases of the season.

Chien-Ming Wang is 0-2 with one no decision after starting 6-0. Of course his first loss and the no decision were due to lack of run support.

Jeter and Hideki Matsui were the only Yankees in the lineup with a batting average above .200.

After a very good start, Melky Cabrera is 11-58 (.190); his averaged has dropped 44 points to .255.

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Pitching Derails Subway Series Opener

If you were told before today's game that Johan Santana (5-2) would allow 3 home runs, you'd probably feel pretty positive about the Yankees chances, especially with a veteran, Andy Pettitte, on the mound. But it was the Mets taking advantage of a poor inning by Pettitte (3-5) and a bad job by the Yankees bullpen to win the opener of the weekend series, 7-4.

The Yankees had taken a quick 2-0 lead in the 1st inning when Derek Jeter belted a 2-run home run off the facing of the upper deck in left, but the middle innings caused Pettitte trouble once again. The left-hander has struggled in the 4th through the 6th innings, especially of late, and today was no different.

After allowing 2 harmless hits through the first 3 innings, Pettitte gave up 3 straight singles to start the 3rd. Carlos Beltran picked up an RBI after his single to left scored Ryan Church and moved David Wright up to 2nd with no one out. Pettitte then got into further trouble by walking Moises Alou to load the bases.

Pettitte looked he might escape further trouble after he retired Carlos Delgado on a pop out to Jeter and got a call 3rd strike on a 3-2 pitch to Damion Easley that appeared to be out of the strike zone. Easley argued with home plate ump Mike Reilly to no avail, but it may have influenced Brian Schneider's at-bat. Schneider appeared to take a called 3rd strike to end the inning, but much to Pettitte's amazement Reilly called it a ball. The call came back to haunt Pettitte, who then walked Schneider to force in the tying run. Luis Castillo then gave the Mets the lead for good with an infield single before Pettitte retired Jose Reyes on a pop out.

As Pettitte began to struggle, Mets starter Johan Santana breezed. He retired the Yankees on just 6 pitches in each of the 4th and 5th innings, which meant Pettitte had to get right back out there. As Santana set the Yankees down with ease, the Mets added some big tack on runs against the Yankees pen.

Kyle Farnsworth, who has been very reliable of late, reverted back to his old form in the 7th inning. Reyes lead off the inning by ripping a hanging cutter into the right field seats for his 3rd home run of the year. After a walk to Church, Wright crushed one the other way for a 2-run homer, his 8th, to give the Mets a 6-2 lead.

The Yankees finally chipped away at Santana on solo home runs Jason Giambi and Bobby Abreu to cut the Mets lead to 6-4. When Jeter followed Abreu's home run with a 2-out double in the 8th, Willie Randolph immediately sent for closer Billy Wagner for a potential 4-out save. Wagner retired Hideki Matsui on an inning ending ground out to Castillo to get out of the 8th.

The Mets got one more big run off Joba Chamberlain in the 9th when Beltran tripled just out of the reach of a diving Melky Cabrera and came home on Delgado's 2-out single.

The Yankees had one last gasp in the bottom of the 9th when Giambi and Robinson Cano got a pair of cheap singles to bring the tying run to the plate. But Cabrera flew out, Shelly Duncan fouled out to Schneider, and Morgan Ensberg went down swinging on a 3-2 pitch.

News and Notes

Alex Rodriguez got closer to returning by playing in an extended spring training game. He homered in 4 at-bats.

Derek Jeter's 3 hits gave him a .386 average against the Mets, the highest opposing average against the Shea residents.

Billy Wagner has not been scored upon in 17 innings this season. Today's save tied him with Jeff Reardon for 6th on the all-time list with 367.

Weird stat of the day - Jason Giambi became the first player since Matt Diaz in 2005 to hit a pinch-hit home run off of Santana after being behind in the count 0-2.

Moises Alou was playing the first game of his career at Yankee Stadium after 17 years.

May 17, 2008

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
NY Mets	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	0	1		7	13	0
NY Yankees	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		4	9	0

NY Mets	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Reyes, SS	5	1	2	1	0	1	3	.263
Church, RF	4	2	1	0	1	2	2	.309
Wright, 3B	5	2	3	2	0	0	0	.279
Beltran, CF	5	2	3	1	0	1	1	.259
Alou, LF	3	0	1	0	1	1	1	.342
Chavez, LF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.178
Delgado, 1B	5	0	2	1	0	2	6	.228
Easley, DH	4	0	0	0	0	3	5	.222
a-Anderson, PH-DH	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	.237
Schneider, C	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	.307
Castillo, 2B	3	0	1	1	1	0	0	.261
Totals	38	7	13	7	4	11	19
a-Struck out for Easley in the 9th.
BATTING 3B: Beltran (3, Chamberlain). HR: Reyes (3, 7th inning off Farnsworth, 0 on, 0 out), Wright (8, 7th inning off Farnsworth, 1 on, 0 out). TB: Reyes 5; Church; Wright 6; Beltran 5; Alou; Delgado 2; Castillo. RBI: Beltran (24), Schneider (13), Castillo (9), Reyes (15), Wright 2 (34), Delgado (18). 2-out RBI: Schneider; Castillo; Delgado. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Beltran; Reyes 2; Delgado. Team LOB: 9. BASERUNNING SB: Wright (6, 2nd base off Pettitte/Moeller), Beltran (5, 3rd base off Pettitte/Moeller). CS: Alou (1, 2nd base by Pettitte/Moeller), Castillo (1, 3rd base by Ramirez/Moeller). PO: Alou (1st base by Pettitte). FIELDING Outfield assists: Church (Damon at home), Beltran (Jeter at 2nd base).

NY Mets	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Santana (W, 5-2)	7.2	7	4	4	2	5	3	3.30
Wagner (S, 9)	1.1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0.00

NY Yankees	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Damon, LF	3	1	1	0	1	1	0	.257
Abreu, RF	4	1	2	1	0	1	1	.287
Jeter, SS	4	1	3	2	0	0	1	.314
Matsui, DH	4	0	0	0	0	1	2	.306
Giambi, 1B	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	.193
Cano, 2B	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	.208
Cabrera, CF	3	0	0	0	1	0	2	.262
Gonzalez, 3B	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	.257
a-Duncan, S, PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.194
Moeller, C	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	.243
b-Ensberg, PH	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	.214
Totals	34	4	9	4	2	6	12
a-Popped out for Gonzalez in the 9th. b-Struck out for Moeller in the 9th.
BATTING 2B: Abreu (9, Santana), Jeter (6, Santana). HR: Jeter (2, 1st inning off Santana, 1 on, 1 out), Giambi (8, 7th inning off Santana, 0 on, 0 out), Abreu (5, 8th inning off Santana, 0 on, 2 out). TB: Damon; Abreu 6; Jeter 7; Giambi 5; Cano. RBI: Jeter 2 (21), Giambi (21), Abreu (25). 2-out RBI: Abreu. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Moeller; Matsui 2; Ensberg. Team LOB: 5. FIELDING DP: (Moeller-Gonzalez). Pickoffs: Pettitte (Alou at 1st base).

NY Yankees	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Pettitte (L, 3-5)	6.0	7	3	3	2	7	0	4.42
Farnsworth	1.0	3	3	3	1	1	2	4.05
Ramirez	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0.00
Chamberlain	1.0	2	1	1	0	2	0	2.95

HBP: Alou (by Pettitte).
Pitches-strikes: Santana 100-67, Wagner 21-15, Pettitte 116-73,
Farnsworth 29-17, Ramirez 13-8, Chamberlain 23-16.
Ground outs-fly outs: Santana 9-7, Wagner 1-2, Pettitte 3-7,
Farnsworth 1-1, Ramirez 0-1, Chamberlain 1-0.
Batters faced: Santana 30, Wagner 6, Pettitte 27, Farnsworth 7,
Ramirez 4, Chamberlain 5.
Inherited runners-scored: Wagner 1-0.
Umpires: HP: Mike Reilly. 1B: Bob Davidson. 2B: Alfonso Marquez. 3B: Andy Fletcher.
Weather: 71 degrees, sunny.
Wind: 15 mph, Out to RF.
T: 3:08.
Att: 55,093.

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