Vegas Update - Day 1 - 4:45 EST

Dodgers GM Ned Colletti denied an earlier report that LA and the Yankees were discussing a Robinson Cano-Matt Kemp deal. Colletti is also unhappy about the progress, or lack thereof, in negotiating with Manny Ramirez and his agents. NY Post

The Dodgers may have some good news shortly though according to Yahoo Sports' Tim Brown who says that the team is close to a new pact with Casey Blake.

Greg Maddux made it official, announcing his retirement today after 19 seasons in the bigs.

The NY Post's Joel Sherman feels that a Jake Peavy to the Cubs deal could still get done this week. We wonder if the Cubs ownership filing for bankruptcy will affect that. According to LoHud's Pete Abraham, Padres GM Kevin Towers reiterated that Peavy wants no part of the Yankees or any other AL team. We have two words for you Jake. I think you can guess what they are.

The Baltimore Sun's local rumor of the day is a possible deal of catcher Ramon Hernandez to the Reds.

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Vegas Update - Day 1 - 1:15 EST

Jon Heyman of SI believes the Brewers are willing to offer CC Sabathia a 6-year, $120 million contract that offers an opt out option after 2 years.

Dave Lennon of Newsday says that Mets GM Omar Minaya has meetings set up for today with free agent closers Brian Fuentes and Trevor Hoffman. The Mets are believed to have already made an offer to K-Rod. Dan Graziano of the Ledger also reported that the Mets spoke to the Blue Jays about B.J. Ryan.

Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports reports that the Astros are willing to listen to offers for shortstop Miguel Tejada. The Twins, Dodgers, Angels, and Giants would be interested. K-Ros also reports that Yankees and Dodgers are talking Robinson Cano-Matt Kemp as they have in the past. We're against dealing Cano right now.

The St. Pete Times says the two Florida teams may be working a deal. The Rays would send Andy Sonnanstine or Edwin Jackson and Jason Bartlett to the Marlins for Jeremy Hermida.

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The Daily Yankeeland - 11/25

Robinson Cano's season was one of the biggest disappointments of 2007. It came on the heels of a bad 1st half in 2006 and has Yankees management concerned. Apparently it has Cano worried too. Yankees hitting coach Kevin Long recently spent time in the Dominican Republic with the inconsistent basemen and came away impressed. Here's what he told the NY Post.

"I was as impressed with what he looks like as I have ever been in my whole life," hitting coach Kevin Long said of Cano yesterday after spending six days last week in the Dominican Republic with the second baseman who led the list of Yankees disappointments last season.

"He hired a personal trainer from New Jersey who is kicking his [butt], and he looks great," Long said. "His body fat is at 11 percent, his stomach is cut."

"He works on hitting and doing agility drills for two hours, rests and goes to the weight room for three hours," Long said of Cano, who enters the second-year of a four-year, $30 million deal. "There isn't a whole lot of heavy lifting. It's more cardio and light weights."

Newsday's Wally Matthews thinks no word from CC Sabathia means he doesn't want to be a Yankee.

It's been a pleasure not having to hear anything about Roger Clemens or Brian McNamee, but they're back in the news. Word is federal agents have collected DNA samples to help determine if Clemens perjured himself in front of Congress. (Isn't that like trying to con a con man?)

Sunday was the last official tour of the current Yankee Stadium. It was bittersweet for those who took part.

The Yankees 2009 Spring Training schedule has been announced.

Going to a Bar-Mitvah or Jewish wedding? Wear a Yankees Yarmulke!

The Trenton Thunder were the first recipients of the Team of the Year award from "This Year in Minor League Baseball".

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89-73

What an incredibly underwhelming season. The Yankees dropped game #162 last night, 4-3, to the Red Sox in 10 innings. The Yankees rallied to tie the game in the ninth, but Jose Veras couldn't get out of a bases loaded jam in the tenth. Jonathan Van Every singled home the game winner, some 48 hours, OK, not that long on, after the day began.

Sidney Ponson was impressive in his final start, allowing a run on four hits through six innings. Boston went ahead 3-1 in the eighth, against Darrell Rasner, on Sean Casey's 2-run single. But a sac fly by Juan Miranda (his first major league RBI) and a 2-out single by Robinson Cano tied the game in the ninth against David Aardsma. Red Sox pitcher Devern Hansack picked up his second major league win, and his first in two years.

One of the biggest story this season was of course, the transformation of Joba Chamberlain from reliever to starter and then back again due to injury. Looks like more of the same for next year.

Joe Girardi is already talking about next year's goals as if we didn't know what they were already.

Mike Mussina's 20th win yesterday, and number 270 all-time, could be his last. Speculation is that he'll retire.

Prior to yesterday's game the Red Sox retired #6 in honor of long time player and coach Johnny Pesky. He may be the first person to hit an opening fungo.

The 89 wins was the least since the Yankees won just 87 in taking the AL East in 2000 (something tells us Hank Steinbrenner didn't complain back then). The last non-strike, non-post season team of 1993 won 88 games.

Hard to argue with those who said Robinson Cano should have been sent a message earlier. Since being pulled out of September 14th's game and a subsequent one game benching, Cano went on a 19-46 (.413) tear to finish the season.

Johnny Damon (.303), Alex Rodriguez (.302), and Derek Jeter (.300) were the only regulars to finish at .300 or above. It was the first time for Damon since he donned the Pinstripes in 2006. Damon also had his highest stolen base total in the three years with 29.

Bobby Abreu, Alex Rodriguez, and Albert Pujols are the only major leaguers to drive in 100 runs each of the last six seasons.

A-Rod led the clubs in HR (35), RBI (103), slugging (.573), and strikeouts (117).

Cody Ransom has the early inside for the 2009 utility position. Ransom hit .302 in 43 at-bats with 4 home runs and a 1.051 OPS.

Jason Giambi led the team in walks with 76, three more than Abreu. Abreu did lead the team with 39 doubles, while Damon topped in triples with 5.

Andy Pettitte (204.1) and Mike Mussina (200.1) were the only pitchers to top 200 innings. In addition to wins, Mussina led the starters with a 3.37 ERA. Pettitte's 158 strikeouts was 8 more than Mussina's total. Pettitte was second in wins (14) and had the most losses (14). Chien-Ming Wang owned the only complete game in '08.

In saving 39 games, Mariano Rivera appeared in the most games, 64, four more than Jose Veras.

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Gardner Sparks Yankees to 3rd Straight Win

No one knows who will be manning center field for the Yankees next season, but Brett Gardner left an impression last night of what he's capable of. Gardner doubled in a run, robbed Luke Scott of a home run, and threw out Nick Markakis at the plate, in the Yankees 3-2 win over the Baltimore Orioles.

The victory was the Yankees third in a row and moved them back into sole possession of third place in the AL East, ahead of Toronto. Carl Pavano provided an adequate five innings of work (2 ER, 6 hits, 1 BB, 2 K) to earn his 4th win of the season.

The Orioles took a 1-0 lead in the first inning on Aubrey Huff's RBI single, but Gardner threw out Markakis at home plate and had runners on the corners with no one out in the second. But Pavano escaped with just a sacrifice fly by Lou Montanez for a 2-0 advantage.

The Yankees tied the game up in the third against O's starter Radhames Liz, when Robinson Cano led off the inning with his 14th home run of the season, and Ivan Rodriguez singled, stole second base, and came home on Gardner's double to the gap in left-center field. What has become the norm for the 2008 Yankees then kicked in as Gardner was stranded.

Gardner then flashed the leather in the fourth when Scott drove a pitch to deep center field. Gardner raced back to the 408-ft sign, leapt, caught the baseball, and slammed into the wall. He sat on the warning track momentarily shaken up while Scott cursed on the base paths.

The Yankees have been more aggressive on the bases of late and it paid off in the fifth inning when Johnny Damon singled with one out, stole second base, and moved to third base on Derek Jeter's single. Liz retired Bobby Abreu on a foul out, but then wild pitched home Damon with the go ahead run. The Yankees again had a chance for more when Alex Rodriguez walked, but Jason Giambi grounded out to end the inning.

The Yankees refreshed pen has been looking better of late and they combined for four shutout innings last night. Phil Coke struck out the first two hitters in the sixth before a walk to Adam Jones and a Giambi throwing error (what else?) put two aboard. Joe Girardi sent for Brian Bruney, who made it a 'K' trifecta by striking out Montanez looking to end the threat.

Bruney and Damaso Marte combined for a scoreless seventh inning and Joba Chamberlain struck out the side in the eighth. Then it was on to Mariano Rivera, whose usual ovation was even louder as the days at home are dwindling. The greatest closer of all-time made things interested when a pair of two out singles and an error put runners on the corners, but he got Brian Roberts to pop out to Ivan Rodriguez, on the first pitch, to pick up save number 37.


News and Notes

Mariano Rivera's save was career number 480. Ivan Rodriguez had trouble at first picking up the final pop up and gave Mo a hug of relief after catching it.

Derek Jeter donated the spikes he wore in his record breaking hits game to the Baseball Hall of Fame.

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The Daily Yankeeland - 9/17

Phil Hughes tries to make an impression for 2009 tonight. Could he maybe win a game for a change?

Joe Girardi talked to Robinson Cano about his benching and then put him back in the lineup last night. Missed this one yesterday. Ken Davidoff knows it will take a team effort to get to Cano.

Good guy Bobby Abreu made a kid's wish come true.

Larry Brooks compares the Stadium to a museum.

More on the reported tax violations for the new Stadium.

Tony LaRussa talks about his visit to the Stadium on Monday night.

Sacramento beat Scranton in the one game Triple-A showdown in Oklahoma City. The game's MVP award was named after Bobby Murcer :)

A reminder - if you do the crime, you will pay the time. A warning against ripping off Stadium mementos.

Reginald Martinez Jackson talks about the House that Ruth Built and Reggie "Octoberized".

The YES announcers got screwed out of working the season finale, but Giants and ESPN announcer Jon Miller is ecstatic. Guess we'll hear Joe Morgan say "Bernie Wheelyums"

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The Daily Yankeeland - 9/12

What's left of the season? Finger pointing of course, by those who hadn't done it as of yet. Bob Raissman says it only took Michael Kay and company 144 games to rip the Yankees a new one. Neil Best has his take on this new twist on the YES Network.

Mike Lupica says it's the "House that Ruth Built", but the Yankees are bringing it down.

Joe Girardi says he'll take the blame. Tyler Kepner says you can blame the offense.

On the bright side, Bernie Williams has confirmed he will be attending the Yankee Stadium closing ceremonies. Bernie Baseball was performing at Robinson Cano's Foundation Fundraiser at Frankie & Johnny's Pine Restaurant in the Bronx.

Scott Patterson, who we thought would be a major contributor to the Yankees this season, started out well in the minors and then was mediocre. The Yankees released him to make room on the 40-man roster for Humberto Sanchez, and he's already pitching for the San Diego Padres.

Hank is trying to play George again. He's going to put a "committee" (baseball people?) together and Cashman could lose power. Here's a look at it from the Post, the News, and Peter Abraham have to say. PeteAbe also has a look at the final homestand.

Whether he'll be a Yankee next season remains to be seen, but either way, Robinson Cano will be working with Kevin Long this season after a very disappointing 2008. Long is planning on making major changes to Cano's swing.

"You're going to see a huge difference visually," Long said. "You'll see less movement, an explosive, compact swing, and you'll probably see more home runs. I think his average will go way up and I think his walks will go way up."

Kat O'Brien takes a look at next season's starting rotation.

Bill Madden spoke with Yogi Berra about his favorite Stadium moments.

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Cano Ends Long Day, 8-7

The Yankees finished off a three game sweep of the Orioles yesterday in an, ugly, incredibly long, poorly pitched ball game. It took a Robinson Cano mammoth seventh inning home run and stellar late relief to hold on to an 8-7 win. The Yankees suddenly have a four game winning streak and trail the wildcard-leading Red Sox by 5 games as the two teams get set to start a three game series at the Stadium tomorrow night.

Sunday's game was downright painful. The Yankees and Orioles have set records at Camden Yards for lengthy games, and yesterday's fiasco was threatening the nine inning record for time played. Yankees' starter Darrell Rasner was bad, but Orioles lead man Daniel Cabrera had one of the worst games possible. He had absolutely no command of his pitches, missing the plate in every way imaginable. Unfortunately for Alex Rodriguez, that also meant taking an upper-90's fastball off of his left elbow.

With the game tied at 7-7 in the seventh, Orioles' lefty specialist Jamie Walker entered the game to face Hideki Matsui and Cano. He retired Matsui on a ground out, but Cano's swing resulted in a 425-ft blast to center to give the Yankees the lead.

The Orioles tried to tie things right back up in their half of the seventh when Ramon Hernandez and Brian Roberts stroked consecutive singles off of Jose Veras, who was working for his third straight day. But Damaso Marte came on to strike out Nick Markakis and Melvin Mora to preserve the lead. Mariano Rivera then came on for a four-out save, striking out Markakis looking, with the tying run on second base, for the game's final out.

The game ended four hours and one minute after it began. The first two innings took two days and 2,000 pitches. (Okay, not quite, but it felt like it.) It started out promising for Rasner, who retired the first two batters he faced, but then Mora and Aubrey Huff hit back-to-back home runs for a 2-0 Orioles lead. But Cabrera wouldn't accept the gift.

He gave up a lead-off single to Xavier Nady in the second and then walked Matsui. Cano drilled a pitch off of the top of the wall in right field for an RBI double, and two batters later Johnny Damon crushed a Cabrera delivery into the right field seats for a 3-run home run and a 4-2 Yankees lead.

Rasner got out of a two-on, two-out jam in the third and the Yankees added to their lead in the fourth. Singles by Damon and Bobby Abreu plus A-Rod's elbow smash loaded the bases with one out. Jason Giambi just missed getting all of one and had to settle for a sacrifice fly and an RBI. Nady then came up with a big two-out hit when he ripped a 2-run double into the left field corner. Down 7-2, Dave Trembley finally pulled Cabrera from the game.

But this would be no laugher. Derek Jeter's one-out bobble allowed Brian Roberts to reach safely and Nick Markakis brought Roberts home when Nady misplayed his single to left. When Rasner walked Mora, Joe Girardi sent for Dave Robertson to try to put out the fire. Instead, Robertson made it worse. Huff doubled to right to plate Markakis and Millar's sac fly brought home Mora to cut the lead to 7-5. Robertson finally retired Luis Montanez to end the inning, but the damage was done.

Jay Payton singled, stole second base, and moved to third on a ground out as the Orioles brought the tying run to the plate in the fifth inning. Robertson struck out Juan Castro for the second out of the inning and Girardi sent for Edwar Ramirez to face the lefty-hitting Roberts. With Pudge Rodriguez set up outside, Ramirez went inside, and Roberts drilled the pitch into the right field seats to tie the game.


News and Notes

Bobby Abreu went hitless Saturday, but had eight hits in the other two games of the series combined.

Robinson Cano's 4-5 day, which included a home run and two doubles, raised his average to .269, the highest it has been since July 26.

Mariano Rivera's save was his 31st in 32 attempts. He saved all three games in the series.

There is no truth to the rumor that the Yankees will be holding open auditions for Rasner's next start (damn!).

August 24, 2008

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
NY Yankees	0	4	0	3	0	0	1	0	0		8	15	3
Baltimore	2	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0		7	14	0

NY Yankees	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Damon, CF	6	2	2	3	0	0	3	.312
Jeter, SS	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	.293
Abreu, RF	4	1	3	0	1	0	0	.297
Rodriguez, A, 3B	3	1	2	0	1	0	1	.312
Giambi, 1B	4	0	0	1	0	0	5	.250
Ransom, 1B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Nady, LF	5	1	2	2	0	2	1	.328
Matsui, DH	4	1	1	0	1	0	1	.311
Cano, 2B	5	2	4	2	0	1	0	.269
Rodriguez, I, C	4	0	1	0	1	0	4	.284
Totals	40	8	15	8	4	3	17
BATTING 2B: Cano 2 (26, Cabrera, D, Cabrera, D), Nady (32, Cabrera, D), Abreu (34, Cherry). HR: Damon (9, 2nd inning off Cabrera, D, 2 on, 1 out), Cano (12, 7th inning off Walker, 0 on, 1 out). TB: Damon 5; Abreu 4; Rodriguez, A 2; Nady 3; Matsui; Cano 9; Rodriguez, I. RBI: Cano 2 (58), Damon 3 (55), Giambi (77), Nady 2 (80). 2-out RBI: Nady 2. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Giambi; Rodriguez, I 2; Matsui; Damon. SF: Giambi. GIDP: Giambi. Team LOB: 11. FIELDING E: Jeter (10, fielding), Nady (3, fielding), Rodriguez, I (5, throw).

NY Yankees	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Rasner	3.1	8	5	3	2	2	2	5.03
Robertson	1.1	2	1	1	0	1	0	6.00
Ramirez (W, 4-1)	1.1	2	1	1	1	1	1	3.66
Veras (H, 9)	0.1	2	0	0	0	1	0	2.70
Marte (H, 21)	1.1	0	0	0	1	3	0	4.34
Rivera (S, 31)	1.1	0	0	0	1	2	0	1.53

Baltimore	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Roberts, 2B	5	2	3	2	1	0	0	.301
Markakis, RF	5	1	1	0	1	2	3	.301
Mora, 3B	4	2	1	1	1	1	5	.281
Huff, DH	5	1	3	2	0	0	0	.304
Millar, 1B	4	0	1	1	0	1	1	.248
Montanez, L, LF	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	.367
a-Scott, PH-LF	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.272
Payton, CF	5	1	3	0	0	2	3	.253
Quiroz, C	3	0	0	0	0	1	4	.196
b-Cintron, PH-SS	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	.273
Castro, J, SS	3	0	0	0	0	2	2	.192
c-Hernandez, R, PH-C	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	.259
Totals	41	7	14	6	5	10	20
a-Walked for Montanez, L in the 6th. b-Struck out for Quiroz in the 7th. c-Singled for Castro, J in the 7th.
BATTING 2B: Huff 2 (39, Robertson, Ramirez). HR: Mora (22, 1st inning off Rasner, 0 on, 2 out), Huff (28, 1st inning off Rasner, 0 on, 2 out), Roberts (9, 5th inning off Ramirez, 1 on, 2 out). TB: Roberts 6; Markakis; Mora 4; Huff 8; Millar; Montanez, L; Payton 3; Hernandez, R. RBI: Mora (96), Huff 2 (91), Millar (66), Roberts 2 (48). 2-out RBI: Mora; Huff; Roberts 2. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Mora 3; Quiroz; Montanez, L; Payton; Markakis. SF: Millar. Team LOB: 13. BASERUNNING SB: Payton (7, 2nd base off Robertson/Rodriguez, I), Roberts (33, 2nd base off Rivera/Rodriguez, I). FIELDING DP: (Roberts-Cintron-Millar).

Baltimore IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA Cabrera, D 3.2 9 7 7 3 0 1 5.24 Sarfate 2.1 1 0 0 1 2 0 4.92 Walker (L, 1-2) 1.0 1 1 1 0 0 1 5.74 Cherry 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6.00 Johnson 1.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 2.29

HBP: Rodriguez, A (by Cabrera, D). Pitches-strikes: Rasner 98-60, Robertson 22-17, Ramirez 27-19, Veras 13-8, Marte 27-14, Rivera 18-12, Cabrera, D 95-49, Sarfate 49-31, Walker 8-6, Cherry 12-8, Johnson 11-8. Ground outs-fly outs: Rasner 3-5, Robertson 1-2, Ramirez 1-2, Veras 0-0, Marte 1-0, Rivera 2-0, Cabrera, D 3-8, Sarfate 1-4, Walker 3-0, Cherry 3-0, Johnson 1-1. Batters faced: Rasner 21, Robertson 6, Ramirez 7, Veras 3, Marte 5, Rivera 5, Cabrera, D 24, Sarfate 9, Walker 4, Cherry 4, Johnson 5. Inherited runners-scored: Robertson 2-2, Ramirez 1-1, Marte 2-0, Rivera 1-0, Sarfate 1-0. Umpires: HP: Ed Rapuano. 1B: Ed Hickox. 2B: CB Bucknor. 3B: Joe West. Weather: 90 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 10 mph, Out to LF. T: 4:01. Att: 42,746.

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The Daily Yankeeland - 8/24

Newsday's Jim Baumbach sat down with the original "Boomer", Ronnie Blomberg.

The Boston Herald has a look at this week's Yankees-Red Sox series.

Bill Madden has a look at the AL's big surprises and a tough year for the Yankees.

The Post's George King spoke to Joe Girardi about Joba Chamberlain.

The Yankees go for the sweep today with Darrell Rasner facing Daniel Cabrera.

Larry Bowa still keeps an eye on Robinson Cano.

Joe Torre gets no glee from Yankees struggles.

The Orioles found their 100 millionth fan last night.

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Yankees Outlast Royals in 13

Thank goodness we weren't around to sit through this one. We came out of a party in the 10th inning, listened in the car on the way home, and then watched the rest. Just experiencing those few short innings was painful enough as the Yankees couldn't push a run across against the Royals. Finally, Brett Gardner delivered his second walk off single of the season in a 3-2, 13 inning Yankees win over the Royals.

Sidney Ponson has stepped into the spotlight in his time in Pinstripes, and due to injuries, has become the number three starter. He hasn't let the Yankees down in that position as he put together his fourth good start in a row. But has been the case in each of those starts, the Yankees have had trouble scoring runs, twice being shutout with Ponson on the mound.

Yesterday was no different with the Yankees trailing 2-0 to Zach Greinke as the game entered the seventh inning. Alex Rodriguez reached second base when third baseman Alex Gordon booted his lead off ground ball and then threw it away for a double error. A walk to Jason Giambi followed and the Yankees were set up. But the Yankees have failed in these situations all year and especially the last few weeks. It looked like they would again when Xavier Nady bounced into a 5-4-3 double play.

But Robinson Cano came through though with an RBI triple off the wall in right. Greinke then wild pitched Cano home with the tying run. The Yankees had a chance to take the lead when Ivan Rodriguez reached on a Tony Pena Jr. error and Gardner singled, but reliever Ramon Ramirez struck out Johnny Damon to end the inning.

The Yankees had a chance to take the lead in the eighth when they loaded the bases, but Robinson Tejeda struck out a suddenly slumping Nady and retired Cano on a fly out. In the ninth the Yankees put two men aboard with just one out, but Derek Jeter bounced into an inning ending double play.

The fans held their collective breath when Mariano Rivera entered the game in the 10th inning, but unlike Friday and seemingly every other tie game he's pitched in this year, Rivera threw two scoreless inning to keep the game knotted up.

Finally in the thirteenth inning, Cano reached on a one out single, moved to second base on I-Rod's ground out, and scored on Gardner's base hit threw the left side. Cano beat David DeJesus' throw home, four hours and fifty-three minutes after the game began.

The Royals took the lead in the second inning on Gordon's 14th home run of the season and added a second run in the sixth on Estaban German's bases loaded sacrifice fly.


News and Notes

Sidney Ponson is 1-1, 2.96 in his last four starts.

The Yankees bullpen, about as bad as they could be for the last 17 games, threw 6.1 scoreless innings of relief.

Hideki Matsui homered in his first rehab game for Tampa on Friday. He went 1-5 in the doubleheader against Clearwater. Yesterday he went 1-3 with a walk.

Xavier Nady is in a 3-16 skid.

Despite bouncing in yet another double play, Derek Jeter is 8-15 in his last three games. All the hits have come after fouling a ball of his instep in Minnesota.

Melky Cabrera has three days to report to Scranton and apparently he's using all of it. He still has not shown up, and since the team is off on Monday, they may not see him until Tuesday.


August 16, 2008

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13		R	H	E
Kansas City	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	8	3
NY Yankees	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1		3	10	1

Kansas City	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
DeJesus, LF	6	0	2	0	0	1	3	.291
Aviles, M, SS-2B	6	0	0	0	0	2	5	.318
Teahen, RF	4	0	2	0	2	0	0	.252
Guillen, DH	6	1	0	0	0	0	7	.252
Gordon, 3B	4	1	1	1	2	1	2	.256
Gload, 1B	4	0	0	0	1	1	2	.269
German, 2B	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	.222
Pena, SS	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.158
Buck, C	5	0	0	0	0	2	4	.219
Maier, CF	5	0	3	0	0	0	0	.352
Totals	43	2	8	2	5	7	24
BATTING 2B: Teahen (21, Ponson), DeJesus (19, Ponson). HR: Gordon (14, 2nd inning off Ponson, 0 on, 0 out). TB: DeJesus 3; Teahen 3; Gordon 4; Maier 3. RBI: Gordon (50), German (16). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Gload; Aviles, M; Buck. SF: German. GIDP: Guillen. Team LOB: 9. BASERUNNING CS: Teahen (3, 2nd base by Robertson/Rodriguez, I), Maier (1, 2nd base by Ramirez/Rodriguez, I). FIELDING E: Gordon 2 (14, fielding, throw), Pena (8, fielding). DP: 4 (German-Aviles, M-Gload, Aviles, M-German-Gload, Gordon-Aviles, M-Gload, Pena-Gload).

Kansas City	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Greinke	6.2	6	2	0	2	5	0	3.92
Ramirez, R	0.2	1	0	0	2	1	0	2.81
Tejeda	2.2	0	0	0	2	4	0	3.66
Peralta	2.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	5.40
Fulchino (L, 0-1)	0.2	2	1	1	0	1	0	9.45

NY Yankees	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Damon, DH	6	0	1	0	0	3	5	.316
Jeter, SS	6	0	2	0	0	1	3	.289
Abreu, RF	5	0	2	0	1	2	1	.289
Rodriguez, A, 3B	5	1	0	0	1	2	5	.308
Giambi, 1B	2	0	0	0	1	1	3	.252
1-Ransom, PR-1B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
a-Betemit, PH-1B	1	0	0	0	2	1	2	.261
Nady, LF	5	0	0	0	1	2	6	.325
Cano, 2B	6	2	2	1	0	1	4	.265
Rodriguez, I, C	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	.287
Gardner, CF	5	0	3	1	1	0	0	.176
Totals	46	3	10	2	7	13	31
a-Walked for Ransom in the 8th. 1-Ran for Giambi in the 7th.
BATTING 2B: Gardner (2, Greinke). 3B: Cano (3, Greinke). TB: Damon; Jeter 2; Abreu 2; Cano 4; Gardner 4. RBI: Cano (55), Gardner (8). 2-out RBI: Cano; Gardner. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Abreu; Damon; Cano 2; Betemit 2. GIDP: Giambi; Rodriguez, I; Nady; Jeter. Team LOB: 13. FIELDING E: Jeter (9, throw). DP: 3 (Jeter-Cano-Giambi, Rodriguez, A-Cano, Rodriguez, I-Jeter).

NY Yankees	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Ponson	6.1	7	2	2	2	2	1	4.19
Marte	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.50
Bruney	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.60
Veras	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2.72
Ramirez	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	3.60
Rivera	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.64
Robertson (W, 3-0)	2.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	5.48

Marte pitched to 1 batter in the 7th.

WP: Greinke, Ponson.
HBP: Rodriguez, I (by Tejeda), German (by Ponson).
Pitches-strikes: Greinke 104-64, Ramirez, R 26-12,
Tejeda 48-28, Peralta 43-27, Fulchino 14-8,
Ponson 85-54, Marte 6-2, Bruney 8-6, Veras 17-10,
Ramirez 14-10, Rivera 25-15, Robertson 23-12.
Ground outs-fly outs: Greinke 12-3, Ramirez, R 1-0,
Tejeda 2-2, Peralta 2-2, Fulchino 1-0, Ponson 9-8
,Marte 0-0, Bruney 0-1, Veras 1-1, Ramirez 0-0, Rivera 3-2, Robertson 1-3.
Batters faced: Greinke 27, Ramirez, R 5, Tejeda 10,
Peralta 8, Fulchino 4, Ponson 29, Marte 1, Bruney 1,
Veras 4, Ramirez 3, Rivera 6, Robertson 6.
Inherited runners-scored: Ramirez, R 2-0,
Tejeda 3-0, Marte 2-0, Bruney 3-0.
Umpires: HP: Wally Bell. 1B: Laz Diaz.
2B: Scott Barry. 3B: Kerwin Danley.
Weather: 77 degrees, partly cloudy.
Wind: 7 mph, Out to RF.
T: 4:53.
Att: 54,180.

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