07/15: Yankees Win Over Devil Rays, 7-6
Posted by: David
In a wild game on a Sunday afternoon in Florida, the Yankees escaped with a win vs. the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, 7-6.
The Devil Rays jumped out to an early 3-0 lead vs. Mike Mussina as he was clearly frustrated with home plate umpire C.B. Buckner. At one time during the game, Buckner went out to the mound to warn Mussina about complaining about ball and strike calls.
The Yankees were able to come back with a four run outburst with the aid of some shoddy fielding by the Devil Rays. Robinson Cano led off with a bloop single and Andy Phillips followed with a hard hit line drive to center which B.J. Upton overran, allowing the ball to get past him for a run scoring triple. Phillips would score and then Derek Jeter put the Yankees ahead at 4-3 with a two run homer to right center.
Tampa Bay struck back against Ron Villone with Carlos Pena bombing a two run homer deep to right to give his team the lead at 5-4. The Yankees struck back for three in the eighth with A-Rod getting the inning started with a double and scoring the tying run on a sacrifice fly from Cano. The Yankees would add two more runs highlighted by a two out single from Andy Phillips to plate the seventh run for New York.
Kyle Farnsworth gave one run back in the eighth with doubles from B.J. Upton and Ty Wiggington but was able to avoid any further damage.
Rivera pitched the ninth and surrendered a bloop single to center to Iwamura and Carl Crawford was awarded first base on catcher's interference from Posada. With the winning run on, the Devil Rays attempted to sacrifice but Brendan Harris failed and eventually hit into a double play. Pena, the hero earlier, was the last hope with the tying run at second but Mo got him to pop to third to end the game.
The Yankees return home tomorrow to start a series vs. the Toronto Blue Jays.
The Devil Rays jumped out to an early 3-0 lead vs. Mike Mussina as he was clearly frustrated with home plate umpire C.B. Buckner. At one time during the game, Buckner went out to the mound to warn Mussina about complaining about ball and strike calls.
The Yankees were able to come back with a four run outburst with the aid of some shoddy fielding by the Devil Rays. Robinson Cano led off with a bloop single and Andy Phillips followed with a hard hit line drive to center which B.J. Upton overran, allowing the ball to get past him for a run scoring triple. Phillips would score and then Derek Jeter put the Yankees ahead at 4-3 with a two run homer to right center.
Tampa Bay struck back against Ron Villone with Carlos Pena bombing a two run homer deep to right to give his team the lead at 5-4. The Yankees struck back for three in the eighth with A-Rod getting the inning started with a double and scoring the tying run on a sacrifice fly from Cano. The Yankees would add two more runs highlighted by a two out single from Andy Phillips to plate the seventh run for New York.
Kyle Farnsworth gave one run back in the eighth with doubles from B.J. Upton and Ty Wiggington but was able to avoid any further damage.
Rivera pitched the ninth and surrendered a bloop single to center to Iwamura and Carl Crawford was awarded first base on catcher's interference from Posada. With the winning run on, the Devil Rays attempted to sacrifice but Brendan Harris failed and eventually hit into a double play. Pena, the hero earlier, was the last hope with the tying run at second but Mo got him to pop to third to end the game.
The Yankees return home tomorrow to start a series vs. the Toronto Blue Jays.
