Yankees 5, Astros 3

Preview - Box Score - Recap

	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Houston 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 3 9 0 NY Yankees 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 X 5 8 0 WP: M. Mussina (8-4) S: M. Rivera (6) LP: W. Miller (4-7)

Scoring Summary

Bot 5th: NY Yankees

-J. Giambi singled to right center, A. Soriano scored

-J. Posada homered to right, J. Giambi scored

Top 6th: Houston

-C. Biggio homered to left, A. Everett scored

Bot 6th: NY Yankees

-R. Mondesi grounded out to third, H. Matsui scored

Top 8th: Houston

-M. Ensberg homered to left center

Bot 8th: NY Yankees

-H. Matsui singled to center, J. Posada scored

Houston
	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	Season Avg
C. Biggio cf	4	1	1	2	0	0	2	.270
M. Ensberg 3b	4	1	2	1	0	2	0	.346
J. Bagwell 1b	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	.283
J. Kent 2b	4	0	0	0	0	2	2	.316
L. Berkman lf	3	0	1	0	1	2	0	.290
R. Hidalgo rf	4	0	1	0	0	1	3	.309
O. Merced dh	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	.257
B. Ausmus c	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	.193
G. Zaun ph	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.258
A. Everett ss	3	1	2	0	0	0	1	.255
Totals	34	3	9	3	1	9	10

Batting 2B - J Bagwell (12, M Mussina); B Ausmus (7, M Mussina). HR - C Biggio (8, 6th inning off M Mussina 1 on, 0 Out), M Ensberg (11, 8th inning off A Osuna 0 on, 0 Out). RBI - C Biggio 2 (26), M Ensberg (32). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - C Biggio 1, B Ausmus 1. GIDP - O Merced. Team LOB - 5.

NY Yankees
	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	Season Avg
A. Soriano 2b	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	.299
D. Jeter ss	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	.268
J. Giambi 1b	4	1	1	1	0	1	1	.231
J. Posada c	2	2	1	2	2	0	0	.267
R. Ventura 3b	2	0	0	0	1	1	1	.278
H. Matsui cf	4	1	3	1	0	0	1	.280
R. Sierra dh	4	0	1	0	0	1	3	.266
R. Mondesi rf	4	0	0	1	0	1	5	.286
J. Rivera lf	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	.206
Totals	30	5	8	5	4	6	12

Batting 2B - J Rivera (5, W Miller); H Matsui (22, W Miller). HR - J Posada (15, 5th inning off W Miller 1 on, 2 Out). S - R Ventura. RBI - Ja Giambi (42), J Posada 2 (44), R Mondesi (34), H Matsui (38). 2-out RBI - Ja Giambi, J Posada 2. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - R Mondesi 2. Team LOB - 6.

Base Running CS - A Soriano (3, 2nd base by W Miller/B Ausmus).    Fielding DP - 2 (A Soriano-D Jeter-Ja Giambi, R Ventura-Ja Giambi).

Houston
	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	Season ERA
W. Miller (L, 4-7)	7.0	7	5	5	4	5	1	4.83
N. Bland	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	4.50
R. Stone	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.72
NY Yankees
	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	Season ERA
M. Mussina (W, 8-4)	7.0	8	2	2	1	6	1	3.05
A. Osuna	0.1	1	1	1	0	0	1	2.25
C. Hammond	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	2.81
M. Rivera (S, 6)	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2.35

WP - N Bland.

IBB - L Berkman (by M Mussina).

Pitches-strikes - W Miller 110-67; N Bland 8-6; R Stone 3-2; M Mussina 108-72; A Osuna 4-3; C Hammond 11-7; M Rivera 11-8.

Ground balls-fly balls - W Miller 11-4; N Bland 1-0; R Stone 1-0; M Mussina 9-5; A Osuna 0-1; C Hammond 0-1; M Rivera 1-0.

Batters faced - W Miller 31; N Bland 3; R Stone 1; M Mussina 28; A Osuna 2; C Hammond 2; M Rivera 3.

Game Details

Umpires: HP--Marvin Hudson. 1B--Mike Fichter. 2B--Jerry Layne. 3B--Dana Demuth. Time: 2:43. Attendance: 37,602. Weather: 76 degrees, clear. Wind: 15 mph, right to left.

Game Notes

THE SINGLE BY HOUSTON'S LANCE BERKMAN IN THE TOP OF THE FIFTH INNING EXTENDED HIS HITTING STREAK TO 16 GAMES.

Updated on Tuesday, Jun 10, 2003 10:05 pm ET