Tampa Bay 8, NY Yankees 7
When: 7:10 PM ET, Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Temperature:
Indoors
Umpires:
Home -
Joe West, 1B -
Sam Holbrook, 2B -
Paul Schrieber, 3B -
Chad Fairchild
Attendance:
29518
By SportsDirect Inc.
Evan Longoria lined a solo home run in the bottom of the 12th inning - his second blast of the game - to give the Tampa Bay Rays an improbable 8-7 victory over the visiting New York Yankees on Wednesday and the American League wild card berth.
The Rays (91-71), who trailed 7-0 in the eighth, enter their AL Division Series with the Texas Rangers on a five-game winning streak. Moments before Longoria's homer, the Boston Red Sox (90-72) lost at Baltimore 4-3.
Tampa Bay became the first team in major league history to make the playoffs after overcoming a nine-game deficit in September.
Eight New York pitchers held the Rays to two hits through seven innings. But Longoria’s three-run homer capped a six-run rally in the eighth and Dan Johnson’s two-out, pinch-hit home run tied it in the ninth off Cory Wade. It was Johnson’s first homer since April 8.
Mark Teixeira belted a grand slam in the second inning and connected for a solo blast in the fourth as the Yankees built a 7-0 lead.
Longoria became the 13th player in major league history to have at least 100 home runs and 400 RBIs after his first four seasons.
Jake McGee (5-2) worked out of a first-and-third, none-out jam in the 12th to earn the victory.
Scott Proctor (2-6) took the loss for the Yankees, who used 11 pitchers.
Tampa Bay starter David Price threw 97 pitches in four innings and allowed six runs - five earned. He did not win a game in September.
Yankees’ third baseman Alex Rodriguez was scratched from the lineup with a right knee injury.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| NY Yankees |
|
Tampa Bay |
|
Dellin Betances |
Player |
David Price
|
|
No Decision |
W/L |
No Decision |
|
2.0 |
IP |
4.0 |
|
2 |
Strikeouts |
3 |
|
1 |
Hits |
6 |
|
0.00 |
ERA |
11.25 |
Hitting
| NY Yankees |
|
Tampa Bay |
|
Mark Teixeira | Player |
Evan Longoria
|
|
2 |
Hits |
2 |
|
5 |
RBI |
4 |
|
2 |
HR |
2 |
|
8 |
TB |
8 |
|
.500 |
Avg |
.400 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| NY Yankees
|
9 |
3 |
20 |
.196 |
18 |
11 |
6 |
5 |
3 |
1 |
| Tampa Bay
|
10 |
3 |
20 |
.227 |
33 |
10 |
8 |
9 |
3 |
1 |
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