NY Yankees 7, Kansas City 1
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(54-46)
  Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
NY Yankees 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 7 13 0
Kansas City 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 8 0
WP: M. Mussina (5-7)
LP: G. Meche (7-7)
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  Box Score Play by Play
Scoring Summary
Top 2nd: NY Yankees
- M. Cabrera homered to deep right, R. Cano scored
Bot 6th: Kansas City
- R. Sanders singled to left, R. Gload scored
Top 7th: NY Yankees
- M. Cabrera hit sacrifice fly to center, J. Posada scored, R. Cano to third
Top 8th: NY Yankees
- A. Rodriguez homered to deep center, B. Abreu scored
- H. Matsui homered to deep right
- A. Phillips doubled to deep left, R. Cano scored
 NY Yankees
  AB R H RBI BB K LOB Season Avg 
J. Damon lf 5 0 1 0 0 1 1 .245
D. Jeter ss 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 .337
    M. Cairo pr-ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .257
B. Abreu rf 4 1 1 0 1 0 1 .274
A. Rodriguez 3b 5 1 2 2 0 1 4 .311
H. Matsui dh 5 1 1 1 0 0 6 .290
J. Posada c 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 .333
R. Cano 2b 4 2 3 0 0 0 0 .299
A. Phillips 1b 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 .302
M. Cabrera cf 3 1 1 3 0 0 1 .279
 Totals 37 7 13 7 1 3 14  
 Batting
2B - A Phillips (4, J Gobble); J Damon (15, O Dotel).
HR - M Cabrera (5, 2nd inning off G Meche 1 on, 2 Out), A Rodriguez (35, 8th inning off G Meche 1 on, 1 Out), H Matsui (18, 8th inning off J Gobble 0 on, 1 Out).
S - A Phillips.
SF - M Cabrera.
RBI - M Cabrera 3 (36), A Rodriguez 2 (102), H Matsui (67), A Phillips (17).
2-out RBI - M Cabrera 2, A Phillips.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - J Damon 1, H Matsui 3, M Cabrera 1.
GIDP - H Matsui.
Team LOB - 7.
 Fielding
DP - 1 (D Jeter-R Cano-A Phillips).
 Kansas City
  AB R H RBI BB K LOB Season Avg 
D. DeJesus cf 5 0 2 0 0 1 1 .274
E. German 2b 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 .284
M. Teahen rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 .283
B. Butler dh 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 .311
R. Gload 1b 3 1 2 0 1 1 0 .279
R. Sanders lf 3 0 1 1 1 0 1 .333
A. Gordon 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 3 .239
J. Buck c 4 0 0 0 0 1 4 .232
T. Pena Jr. ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .279
    J. Smith ss 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .210
 Totals 34 1 8 1 2 5 13  
 Batting
2B - A Gordon (19, M Mussina); R Gload 2 (11, M Mussina 2).
RBI - R Sanders (10).
2-out RBI - R Sanders.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - J Buck 3, D DeJesus 1, M Teahen 1.
GIDP - E German.
Team LOB - 9.
 Fielding
DP - 1 (E German-T Pena Jr-R Gload).
 NY Yankees
  IP H R ER BB K HR Season ERA 
M. Mussina (W, 5-7) 5.2 6 1 1 2 4 0 4.77
R. Villone (H, 2) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.24
S. Proctor (H, 11) 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.69
M. Myers (H, 4) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.41
L. Vizcaino 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4.08
M. Rivera 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.02
 Kansas City
  IP H R ER BB K HR Season ERA 
G. Meche (L, 7-7) 7.1 9 5 5 1 1 2 3.76
J. Gobble 0.2 3 2 2 0 1 1 3.09
O. Dotel 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3.27
HBP - E German (by S Proctor); D Jeter (by O Dotel).
Pitches-strikes - M Mussina 95-59; R Villone 1-1; S Proctor 8-7; M Myers 3-3; L Vizcaino 21-13; M Rivera 15-12; G Meche 120-75; J Gobble 21-15; O Dotel 17-12.
Ground balls-fly balls - M Mussina 6-7; R Villone 0-1; S Proctor 1-1; M Myers 0-1; L Vizcaino 0-2; M Rivera 3-0; G Meche 11-10; J Gobble 0-1; O Dotel 1-1.
Batters faced - M Mussina 24; R Villone 1; S Proctor 4; M Myers 1; L Vizcaino 3; M Rivera 4; G Meche 31; J Gobble 5; O Dotel 5.
Game Details
Umpires: HP--Derryl Cousins. 1B--Kerwin Danley. 2B--Doug Eddings. 3B--Dana Demuth.
Time: 3:19.
Attendance: 28,460.
Weather: 85 degrees, clear.
Wind: 11 mph, right to left.
Game Notes
THE HOME RUNS BY NEW YORK'S ALEX RODRIGUEZ AND HIDEKI MATSUI IN THE EIGHTH INNING WERE HIT BACK-TO-BACK.

Updated on Wednesday, Jul 25, 2007 11:48 pm ET

  
 Top Batters
 NY Yankees
A. Rodriguez A. Rodriguez
2-5, 1 HR
2 RBI
 Kansas City
R. Gload R. Gload
2-3