vs.
(5-1) New York Yankees vs. (4-2) Tampa Bay Rays
Pitching Matchup
Chien-Ming Wang (0-1) vs. David Price (0-0)
April 13th, 2009 7:05pm
Tropicana Field
Yanks comeback gets crushed, Burrell's homerun leads to Rays victory, 7-6
St. Petersburg, FL - Pat Burrell might of just become a Yankee killer. Pat Burrell's 2-run homerun in the 8th inning was the go-ahead homerun for the Rays after the Yankees came back after a 5-0 deficit. The scoring started in the 2nd inning when Gabe Gross blasted a grand-slam to right field to give the Rays a early 4-0 lead. The Rays added another run in the 5th and had a 5-0 lead going into the 7th inning. That's where New York's comeback started. Yankees added one in the 7th off David Price and then Jorge Posada's 2-run homerun made it 5-3. Then in the 8th, Mark Teixiera hit a homerun that cut the lead to 5-4, and then Hideki Matsui gave the Yanks the lead with a 2-run homerun. But in the bottom of the 8th, Pat Burrell blasted one to left and gave the Rays the lead. Randy Choate, former Yankee, came in the 9th and closed it out for the Rays to give them game one. The Yankees will try to snap back tomorrow and even the series.
New York 6, Tampa Bay 7 |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | | R | H | E | NYY (5-1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | | 6 | 10 | 1 | TAM (4-2) | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | X | | 7 | 9 | 2 |
| 7:00 PM
April 13, 2009
Tropicana Field
St. Petersburg, FL. |
WIN: G. Balfour (1-0) LOSS: P. Coke (0-1) SAVE: R. Choate (4) |
Extra Base Hits & RBI Summary
2B - None
3B - None
HR - M. Teixiera (3), H. Matsui (3), J. Posada (2)
RBI - D. Jeter (4), M. Teixeira (7), H. Matsui 2 (8), J. Posada 2 (5)
SB - J. Damon (3), M. Cabrera (1)
2B - None
3B - None
HR - G. Gross (3), P. Burrell (2)
RBI - G. Gross 4 (10), D. Navarro (4), P. Burrell 2 (3)
SB - None
Pitching Summary
C. Wang 3.0 IP, 5 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
P. Hughes 4.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
P. Coke (L, 0-1) 1.0 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
D. Price 6.2 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 7 K
J. Howell (H, 2) 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
J. Nelson (BS, 1) 0.2 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 0 K
G. Balfour (W, 1-0) 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
R. Choate (S, 4) 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K