NY Yankees 9, Kansas City 3
Preview - Box Score - Recap

(2-6)
  Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Kansas City 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 10 0
NY Yankees 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 5 X 9 12 0
WP: R. Johnson (2-1)
LP: D. Bautista (0-1)
(5-4)
  Box Score Play by Play
Scoring Summary
Bot 1st: NY Yankees
- G. Sheffield homered to deep right
Bot 2nd: NY Yankees
- B. Williams singled to center, J. Giambi scored, H. Matsui to second
- R. Cano singled to center, H. Matsui scored, B. Williams to second
- J. Damon hit sacrifice fly to deep center, B. Williams scored, R. Cano to third
Top 5th: Kansas City
- S. Costa singled to left center, D. Mientkiewicz scored, E. German to second
Top 8th: Kansas City
- T. Graffanino homered to deep left
Bot 8th: NY Yankees
- J. Giambi homered to deep center, A. Rodriguez scored
- J. Damon homered to deep right, B. Williams and K. Stinnett scored
Top 9th: Kansas City
- E. German doubled to deep right center, J. Buck scored, D. Mientkiewicz to third
 Kansas City
  AB R H RBI BB K LOB Season Avg 
T. Graffanino dh 5 1 1 1 0 1 5 .200
M. Grudzielanek 2b 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 .333
E. Brown lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .241
R. Sanders rf 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 .290
A. Berroa ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 .259
J. Buck c 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 .211
D. Mientkiewicz 1b 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 .269
E. German 3b 4 0 3 1 0 0 2 .500
S. Costa cf 4 0 1 1 0 1 4 .250
 Totals 36 3 10 3 1 7 13  
 Batting
2B - E German (1, R Villone).
HR - T Graffanino (1, 8th inning off T Sturtze 0 on, 0 Out).
RBI - S Costa (3), T Graffanino (1), E German (1).
2-out RBI - S Costa.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - T Graffanino 4, S Costa 1.
GIDP - E Brown.
Team LOB - 7.
 NY Yankees
  AB R H RBI BB K LOB Season Avg 
J. Damon cf 4 1 1 4 0 2 1 .324
D. Jeter ss 5 0 1 0 0 1 1 .314
G. Sheffield rf 5 1 1 1 0 1 1 .256
A. Rodriguez 3b 3 1 1 0 1 2 0 .294
J. Giambi 1b 3 2 2 2 0 1 0 .308
    A. Phillips 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
H. Matsui lf 3 1 1 0 1 2 1 .371
    B. Crosby lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
B. Williams dh 4 2 3 1 0 0 0 .323
R. Cano 2b 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 .273
K. Stinnett c 2 1 1 0 1 1 2 .200
 Totals 33 9 12 9 3 10 8  
 Batting
2B - A Rodriguez (1, J Gobble).
HR - G Sheffield (3, 1st inning off D Bautista 0 on, 2 Out), J Giambi (2, 8th inning off J Gobble 1 on, 0 Out), J Damon (1, 8th inning off J Gobble 2 on, 2 Out).
S - K Stinnett.
SF - J Damon.
RBI - G Sheffield (9), B Williams (4), R Cano (4), J Damon 4 (7), J Giambi 2 (8).
2-out RBI - G Sheffield, J Damon 3.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - D Jeter 1, K Stinnett 1.
Team LOB - 6.
 Base Running
CS - A Rodriguez (1, 2nd base by D Bautista).
 
 Fielding
DP - 1 (R Cano-J Giambi).
 Kansas City
  IP H R ER BB K HR Season ERA 
D. Bautista (L, 0-1) 5.0 6 4 4 1 7 1 4.09
A. Sisco 1.0 1 0 0 1 2 0 15.75
S. Stemle 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9.82
J. Gobble 1.0 5 5 5 1 1 2 24.00
 NY Yankees
  IP H R ER BB K HR Season ERA 
R. Johnson (W, 2-1) 5.0 4 1 1 0 5 0 2.25
S. Proctor (H, 1) 1.1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.45
M. Myers (H, 1) 0.2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0.00
T. Sturtze (H, 1) 1.0 1 1 1 0 1 1 8.10
R. Villone 1.0 2 1 1 1 0 0 3.86
HBP - J Giambi (by D Bautista).
Pitches-strikes - D Bautista 90-54; A Sisco 23-13; S Stemle 10-6; J Gobble 39-23; Ra Johnson 87-60; S Proctor 13-9; M Myers 15-11; T Sturtze 20-11; R Villone 25-14.
Ground balls-fly balls - D Bautista 1-6; A Sisco 1-0; S Stemle 2-1; J Gobble 1-1; Ra Johnson 3-7; S Proctor 3-1; M Myers 0-1; T Sturtze 2-0; R Villone 1-2.
Batters faced - D Bautista 22; A Sisco 5; S Stemle 3; J Gobble 9; Ra Johnson 19; S Proctor 5; M Myers 3; T Sturtze 4; R Villone 6.
Game Details
Umpires: HP--Dale Scott. 1B--Terry Craft. 2B--Dan Iassogna. 3B--Paul Emmel.
Time: 3:08.
Attendance: 54,381.
Weather: 73 degrees, cloudy.
Wind: 12 mph, out to left.

Updated on Thursday, Apr 13, 2006 4:21 pm ET

  
 Top Batters
 Kansas City
E. German E. German
3-4
1 RBI
 NY Yankees
J. Damon J. Damon
1-4, 1 HR
4 RBI