NY Yankees 9, Kansas City 2
Preview - Box Score - Recap

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  Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
NY Yankees 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 9 13 0
Kansas City 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 5 3
WP: R. Clemens (3-4)
LP: O. Perez (5-9)
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  Box Score Play by Play
Scoring Summary
Top 1st: NY Yankees
- H. Matsui singled to right center, D. Jeter and M. Cabrera scored
Top 2nd: NY Yankees
- J. Damon doubled to left, R. Cano and S. Duncan scored
Bot 4th: Kansas City
- M. Grudzielanek scored on wild pitch
Bot 7th: Kansas City
- R. Gload homered to deep right
Top 9th: NY Yankees
- A. Rodriguez singled to center, J. Damon scored, M. Cabrera to second
- J. Posada singled to left, A. Rodriguez and M. Cabrera scored, H. Matsui to second, H. Matsui to third, J. Posada to second on E. Brown's throwing error
- R. Cano hit sacrifice fly to center, H. Matsui scored, J. Posada to third
- A. Phillips safe at first on M. Grudzielanek's fielding error, J. Posada scored
 NY Yankees
  AB R H RBI BB K LOB Season Avg 
J. Damon cf 5 1 3 2 0 0 0 .244
M. Cabrera rf 4 2 1 0 1 0 2 .282
D. Jeter ss 5 1 1 0 0 1 5 .330
A. Rodriguez 3b 3 1 1 1 2 0 0 .313
H. Matsui lf 4 1 1 2 1 1 1 .290
J. Posada c 5 1 2 2 0 1 1 .334
R. Cano 2b 4 1 2 1 0 0 2 .294
A. Phillips 1b 5 0 1 0 0 1 3 .300
S. Duncan dh 5 1 1 0 0 1 3 .294
 Totals 40 9 13 8 4 5 17  
 Batting
2B - J Damon (14, O Perez).
3B - J Posada (1, O Perez).
SF - R Cano.
RBI - H Matsui 2 (65), J Damon 2 (35), A Rodriguez (100), J Posada 2 (54), R Cano (51).
2-out RBI - H Matsui 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - D Jeter 2, R Cano 2.
Team LOB - 9.
 Base Running
CS - J Damon (2, 2nd base by O Perez).
 
 Fielding
DP - 1 (A Rodriguez-R Cano-A Phillips).
 Kansas City
  AB R H RBI BB K LOB Season Avg 
D. DeJesus cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 .273
M. Grudzielanek 2b 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 .299
M. Teahen rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 .289
B. Butler dh 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .323
R. Gload 1b 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 .257
A. Gordon 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .232
E. Brown lf 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .226
J. Buck c 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .241
T. Pena Jr. ss 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .285
 Totals 32 2 5 1 0 6 7  
 Batting
2B - M Grudzielanek (22, R Clemens).
HR - R Gload (3, 7th inning off R Clemens 0 on, 1 Out).
RBI - R Gload (27).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - M Teahen 1.
GIDP - M Grudzielanek.
Team LOB - 4.
 Fielding
E - T Pena Jr (17, throw); E Brown (4, throw); M Grudzielanek (5, pop up).
 NY Yankees
  IP H R ER BB K HR Season ERA 
R. Clemens (W, 3-4) 7.0 4 2 2 0 3 1 3.72
L. Vizcaino (H, 6) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4.15
R. Villone 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3.28
 Kansas City
  IP H R ER BB K HR Season ERA 
O. Perez (L, 5-9) 7.0 8 4 4 3 1 0 5.80
R. Braun 1.1 4 3 3 0 3 0 7.88
J. Gobble 0.2 1 2 0 1 1 0 2.62
WP - R Clemens 2.
HBP - T Pena Jr (by R Clemens).
Pitches-strikes - R Clemens 94-60; L Vizcaino 15-12; R Villone 19-14; O Perez 111-70; R Braun 36-23; J Gobble 16-10.
Ground balls-fly balls - R Clemens 13-6; L Vizcaino 0-1; R Villone 1-1; O Perez 10-9; R Braun 1-0; J Gobble 0-1.
Batters faced - R Clemens 26; L Vizcaino 3; R Villone 4; O Perez 32; R Braun 8; J Gobble 5.
Game Details
Umpires: HP--Doug Eddings. 1B--Dana Demuth. 2B--Derryl Cousins. 3B--Kerwin Danley.
Time: 3:05.
Attendance: 30,476.
Weather: 81 degrees, partly cloudy.
Wind: 6 mph, right to left.

Updated on Tuesday, Jul 24, 2007 5:15 am ET

 
 Top Batters
 NY Yankees
J. Damon J. Damon
3-5
2 RBI
 Kansas City
R. Gload R. Gload
1-4, 1 HR
1 RBI