The Hobbling Rays @ The Historic Yankees 7/7-7/10

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Teixeira bloops one into shallow left for a base hit, Granderson to third.
Cano hits a SF to left, Grandyman scores.

Yanks take the lead 4-3.

Martin given an IBB, to load the bases with one out and Posada at the plate.
Posada grounds into a 4-6-3 DP.

On to the 6th.

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Longoria grounds out to second.
Kotchman grounds to short.
Upton walks.


Call to the pen.

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Now pitching Boone Logan.


Joyce batting, Upton steals second.
Joyce down swinging.

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Now pitching Brandon Gomes.

Jones flies out to CF.
Nunez pops out to first.
Gardner walks.
Jeter singles into right 3,002, Gardner to second.

Call to the pen.

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Now pitching JP Howell.

Grandyman batting, Gardner and Jeter double steal.
Grandy down swinging.

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Rodriguez grounds out to third.
Shoppach PH for Jaso.

Call to the pen.

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Now pitching Cory Wade.

Shoppach flies out to center.
Ruggiano PH for Brignac, down swinging.

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Defensive changes Zobrist moves to 2B from RF, Joyce from LF to RF, SRod from 2B to SS, Shoppach in at catcher and Ruggiano in at LF.

Teix walks.
Cano flies out to center.
Martin walks.
Posada flies out to left.

Call to the pen.

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Now pitching Joel Peralta.

Jones grounds to third, throw to second for the force on Martin.

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Now pitching Dave Robertson.

Damon hits a long fly ball hits off the wall in deep center, Johnny D in with a triple.
Zobrist grounds up the middle for a hit, Damon scores.

Tied 4-4.

Longoria batting, Zorilla steals second. Longo pops out to RF.
Kotchman is given an IBB.
Upton down swinging.
Joyce flies out to left.

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hits a liner down the third base line, past the diving Longoria, Ruggiano can't corrall it, a double.
Gardner bunts to third, out at first, Nunez to third.
That brings up Jeter.., he's 4 for 4, needs a triple for the cycle...another hit through the middle, Nunez scores. Jeter is 5 for 5 with the go ahead run.

Yanks up 5-4.

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Grandy batting, Jeter tries to steal, Shop with the throw, they got him!

On to the 9th.

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Now pitching Mariano Rivera.

SRod called out on strikes.
Shoppach hits one deep and long Grandy at the wall and makes the catch!
Ruggiano grounds to third.

Yanks take the second game.

Series tied 1-1.

Jeter goes 5 for 5 reaching 3,003, 2 RBIs and 2 runs scored.

[Tobywan]

Today’s match ups

Shields struggled a bit early on Tues. but settled in going 6 innings with 3 runs on 6 hits, but the Rays failed to capitalize with men on base losing to the Twins 3-2.

Sabathia dominated in his last start against the Indians going 7 scoreless innings giving up 5 hits, striking out 11 with 2 walks in the 9-2 drumming.

Now that all the hoopla is over, the rivals can get back to the business of holding and gaining ground in the AL East before the break.

Andy Sonnanstine was optioned to Durham, Brandon Guyer was recalled and may get to start.

[Tobywan]

So, the verdict is, the Yankees widen the gap.


I'd like to blame this one the lack of offense, but it really was a pitcher's stare down and one blinked. Shields making a pick off attempt on Cano ( he's been the most proficient at it all season) threw over Rodriguez at third allowing the sole run of the game to score.

With the PPD game the Yanks take 2 of the 3 played.

Rays now 5.5 games back. They need to do something though about the anemic offense if they have any hope of staying close in this race, the pitching is the only reason they have stayed close.

Guyer was sent back down to Durham after the game. The Rays didn’t make a counter move and will evaluate Davis after the break before making a decision.