NY Yankees 9, Tampa Bay 5
When: 1:05 PM ET, Sunday, July 18, 2010
Where: Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York
Temperature:
91°
Umpires:
Home -
Marvin Hudson, 1B -
Jim Wolf, 2B -
Derryl Cousins, 3B -
D.J. Reyburn
Attendance:
46969
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Jorge Posada doubled in two runs to cap a four-run fifth inning that sparked the New York Yankees to a 9-5 victory over the visiting Tampa Bay Rays on Sunday.
Alex Rodriguez homered and drove in a pair of runs and Robinson Cano had a two-run triple as the Yankees rallied to take the rubber game of the three-game set.
New York also got an outstanding effort from its beleaguered bullpen, which put together 6 2/3 strong innings following an injury to starter Andy Pettitte.
Chan Ho Park (2-1), the second of five relievers, worked 1 1/3 innings for the win.
Mark Teixeira, Derek Jeter and Nick Swisher all chipped in with RBI singles as New York roughed up Rays ace David Price (12-5) to extend its lead in the American League East to three games over Tampa Bay.
Staked to a 3-0 lead before he threw a pitch, Price lasted just five innings and was tagged for a season-high seven runs and seven hits in five innings.
Pettitte was forced to leave the game with a strained groin with one out in the third inning – the second straight day a Yankees starter exited with an injury in the third.
Carlos Pena hit a three-run homer in the first, his 20th of the year, for Tampa Bay.
Rodriguez’s seventh-inning blast put him within two of 600 for his career.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Tampa Bay |
|
NY Yankees |
|
David Price
|
Player |
Andy Pettitte |
|
Loss |
W/L |
No Decision |
|
5.0 |
IP |
2.1 |
|
3 |
Strikeouts |
3 |
|
7 |
Hits |
6 |
|
12.60 |
ERA |
11.57 |
Hitting
| Tampa Bay |
|
NY Yankees |
|
Gabe Kapler | Player |
Robinson Cano
|
|
2 |
Hits |
2 |
|
1 |
RBI |
2 |
|
1 |
HR |
0 |
|
5 |
TB |
4 |
|
.500 |
Avg |
.667 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Tampa Bay
|
12 |
2 |
21 |
.308 |
23 |
11 |
5 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
| NY Yankees
|
11 |
1 |
18 |
.333 |
18 |
8 |
9 |
5 |
2 |
1 |
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