Tampa Bay 8, NY Yankees 6
When: 7:05 PM ET, Thursday, May 20, 2010
Where: Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York
Temperature:
75°
Umpires:
Home -
Larry Vanover, 1B -
Mark Carlson, 2B -
Angel Campos, 3B -
Jeff Nelson
Attendance:
45483
By SportsDirect Inc.
Carlos Pena broke out of a lengthy slump with a pair of homers as the Tampa Bay Rays extended their winning streak to six games Thursday with an 8-6 win over the New York Yankees.
Pena, who hadn’t homered since Apr. 28, ripped a solo homer to right field in the sixth inning and added a solo shot to center in the eighth. The power-hitting first baseman now has eight homers on the season, and the two-hit night raised his average to .194.
Ben Zobrist added his first home run of the season and B.J. Upton also went deep as the Rays swept the two-game mini-series at Yankee Stadium. Tampa Bay improved to 17-4 on the road heading into a three-game interleague series against the Astros in Houston.
James Shields (5-1) earned the win, allowing four runs on eight hits in 7 1/3 innings. He walked one and struck out seven. Rafael Soriano recorded his 11th save.
Juan Miranda hit a two-run homer and Derek Jeter added three hits and two RBIs for New York, which has lost three straight.
Yankees starter Andy Pettitte (5-1) was victimized for seven runs in just five innings in his worst start of the season. The left-hander’s ERA rose from 1.79 to 2.68 in the loss.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Tampa Bay |
|
NY Yankees |
|
James Shields
|
Player |
Andy Pettitte |
|
Win |
W/L |
Loss |
|
7.1 |
IP |
5.0 |
|
7 |
Strikeouts |
3 |
|
8 |
Hits |
9 |
|
3.68 |
ERA |
10.80 |
Hitting
| Tampa Bay |
|
NY Yankees |
|
Gabe Kapler | Player |
Derek Jeter
|
|
2 |
Hits |
3 |
|
0 |
RBI |
2 |
|
0 |
HR |
0 |
|
2 |
TB |
4 |
|
1.000 |
Avg |
.600 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Tampa Bay
|
11 |
4 |
24 |
.324 |
4 |
8 |
8 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
| NY Yankees
|
10 |
1 |
16 |
.286 |
16 |
9 |
5 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
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