NY Yankees 5, Tampa Bay 4

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	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Tampa Bay 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 7 0 NY Yankees 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 X 5 12 0 WP: J. Vazquez (10-5) S: M. Rivera (31) LP: J. Colome (2-2)

Scoring Summary

Top 1st: Tampa Bay

-J. Cruz homered to deep right, C. Crawford scored

Bot 3rd: NY Yankees

-D. Jeter singled to center, K. Lofton scored

Top 4th: Tampa Bay

-R. Fick homered to deep right

Bot 5th: NY Yankees

-J. Giambi walked, K. Lofton scored, B. Williams to third, G. Sheffield to second

-J. Posada singled to right, B. Williams and G. Sheffield scored, J. Giambi to second

Bot 8th: NY Yankees

-K. Lofton singled to center, H. Matsui scored

Top 9th: Tampa Bay

-T. Martinez singled to right, J. Lugo scored

Tampa Bay
	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	Season Avg
C. Crawford lf	5	1	3	0	0	1	0	.306
J. Cruz rf	4	1	1	2	1	1	1	.243
R. Baldelli cf	5	0	0	0	0	2	3	.291
A. Huff 3b	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	.269
R. Fick dh	4	1	1	1	0	2	0	.209
J. Lugo ss	3	1	1	0	1	2	0	.282
F. McGriff 1b	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	.191
T. Hall c	3	0	0	0	1	0	5	.278
G. Blum 2b	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	.203
T. Martinez ph	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	.267
D. Rolls pr	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.203
Totals	33	4	7	4	6	12	10

Batting 2B - J Lugo (21, M Rivera). 3B - C Crawford (9, J Vazquez). HR - J Cruz (14, 1st inning off J Vazquez 1 on, 0 Out), R Fick (5, 4th inning off J Vazquez 0 on, 1 Out). RBI - J Cruz 2 (45), R Fick (20), T Martinez (42). 2-out RBI - T Martinez. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - T Hall 3, R Baldelli 2. Team LOB - 8.

Base Running CS - C Crawford (11, 2nd base by J Vazquez/J Posada).    Fielding DP - 1 (G Blum-J Lugo-F McGriff).

NY Yankees
	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	Season Avg
B. Williams dh	4	1	0	0	1	0	2	.267
D. Jeter ss	4	0	2	1	0	0	2	.279
G. Sheffield rf	3	1	1	0	1	0	1	.295
A. Rodriguez 3b	4	0	0	0	0	0	5	.271
J. Giambi 1b	3	0	1	1	1	0	2	.244
B. Crosby pr	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200
T. Clark 1b	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.227
J. Posada c	4	0	2	2	0	1	1	.274
H. Matsui lf	4	1	2	0	0	0	3	.288
M. Cairo 2b	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	.303
K. Lofton cf	4	2	3	1	0	0	1	.299
Totals	33	5	12	5	3	1	18

Batting 2B - K Lofton (5, J Halama); M Cairo (10, L Carter); H Matsui (15, T Miller). S - D Jeter , M Cairo. RBI - D Jeter (45), J Giambi (34), J Posada 2 (38), K Lofton (7). 2-out RBI - J Giambi, J Posada 2. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - J Giambi 1, A Rodriguez 1, H Matsui 1. GIDP - H Matsui. Team LOB - 9.

Base Running SB - D Jeter (10, 2nd base off J Halama/T Hall).

Tampa Bay
	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	Season ERA
J. Halama	4.0	7	3	3	1	0	0	4.09
J. Colome (L, 2-2)	0.2	0	1	1	1	0	0	1.37
L. Carter	2.0	2	0	0	1	0	0	3.12
T. Miller	0.2	3	1	1	0	1	0	2.96
T. Harper	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.62
NY Yankees
	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	Season ERA
J. Vazquez (W, 10-5)	5.2	4	3	3	5	9	2	3.56
P. Quantrill	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	3.05
T. Gordon	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1.63
M. Rivera (S, 31)	1.0	3	1	1	1	0	0	1.02

BALK - J Vazquez.

Pitches-strikes - J Halama 60-36; J Colome 7-3; L Carter 52-32; T Miller 13-11; T Harper 4-3; J Vazquez 111-65; P Quantrill 14-13; T Gordon 18-12; M Rivera 26-18.

Ground balls-fly balls - J Halama 9-3; J Colome 1-1; L Carter 1-5; T Miller 1-0; T Harper 1-1; J Vazquez 3-4; P Quantrill 0-3; T Gordon 0-1; M Rivera 1-2.

Batters faced - J Halama 19; J Colome 3; L Carter 9; T Miller 5; T Harper 2; J Vazquez 26; P Quantrill 3; T Gordon 3; M Rivera 7.

Game Details

Umpires: HP--Dan Iassogna. 1B--Jeff Kellogg. 2B--Chris Guccione. 3B--Charlie Reliford. Ejections: TAMPA BAY's Piniella by Iassogna (8th). Time: 3:26. Attendance: 47,700. Weather: 75 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 7 mph, left to right.

Game Notes

TAMPA BAY MANAGER LOU PINELLA WAS EJECTED FROM THE GAME BY HOME PLATE UMPIRE DAN IASSOGNA IN THE TOP OF THE EIGHTH INNING FOR ARGUING BALLS AND STRIKES.

Updated on Friday, Jul 9, 2004 10:46 pm ET