NY Yankees 8, Tampa Bay 7
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(7-7)
  Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
NY Yankees 2 1 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 8 15 0
Tampa Bay 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 0 7 11 1
WP: B. Bruney (1-0) S: M. Rivera (4)
LP: A. Reyes (1-2)
(6-7)
  Box Score Play by Play
Scoring Summary
Top 1st: NY Yankees
- J. Damon homered to deep right
- A. Rodriguez homered to deep left
Top 2nd: NY Yankees
- M. Ensberg homered to deep left
Bot 3rd: Tampa Bay
- C. Crawford hit sacrifice fly to left, N. Haynes scored
Top 4th: NY Yankees
- J. Damon doubled to right, C. Moeller and M. Cabrera scored, A. Gonzalez to third
- D. Jeter singled to center, J. Damon and A. Gonzalez scored
Bot 4th: Tampa Bay
- E. Hinske ground rule double to deep left, E. Longoria scored
Bot 7th: Tampa Bay
- C. Crawford homered to deep right, J. Bartlett scored
- B.J. Upton homered to deep center, C. Pena scored
- E. Longoria homered to deep left
Top 8th: NY Yankees
- R. Cano homered to deep right
 NY Yankees
  AB R H RBI BB K LOB Season Avg 
J. Damon lf 5 2 2 3 0 1 0 .213
D. Jeter ss 5 0 2 2 0 0 0 .241
B. Abreu rf 5 0 1 0 0 0 2 .294
A. Rodriguez 3b 5 1 4 1 0 0 2 .309
H. Matsui dh 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 .304
M. Ensberg 1b 5 1 2 1 0 2 0 .385
M. Cabrera cf 5 1 2 0 0 0 1 .306
C. Moeller c 4 1 1 0 0 2 0 .250
A. Gonzalez 2b 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 .333
    R. Cano ph-2b 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 .185
 Totals 42 8 15 8 1 5 11  
 Batting
2B - J Damon (3, A Sonnanstine).
HR - J Damon (1, 1st inning off A Sonnanstine 0 on, 0 Out), A Rodriguez (3, 1st inning off A Sonnanstine 0 on, 2 Out), M Ensberg (1, 2nd inning off A Sonnanstine 0 on, 0 Out), R Cano (1, 8th inning off Al Reyes 0 on, 1 Out).
RBI - J Damon 3 (5), A Rodriguez (8), M Ensberg (1), D Jeter 2 (3), R Cano (3).
2-out RBI - A Rodriguez.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - A Rodriguez 1, H Matsui 2, A Gonzalez 1.
GIDP - H Matsui.
Team LOB - 8.
 Base Running
SB - M Cabrera (1, 2nd base off S Dohmann/S Riggans).
 Tampa Bay
  AB R H RBI BB K LOB Season Avg 
A. Iwamura 2b 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 .235
C. Crawford lf 4 1 2 3 0 1 1 .228
C. Pena 1b 4 1 0 0 0 1 2 .191
B.J. Upton cf 5 1 2 2 0 1 0 .312
E. Longoria 3b 3 2 2 1 1 0 0 .444
E. Hinske dh 4 0 2 1 0 0 1 .323
S. Riggans c 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 .200
N. Haynes rf 4 1 1 0 0 2 3 .231
J. Bartlett ss 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 .167
 Totals 36 7 11 7 2 7 10  
 Batting
2B - E Longoria (1, I Kennedy); E Hinske (4, I Kennedy).
HR - C Crawford (1, 7th inning off B Traber 1 on, 1 Out), B Upton (2, 7th inning off B Bruney 1 on, 1 Out), E Longoria (1, 7th inning off B Bruney 0 on, 1 Out).
SF - C Crawford.
RBI - C Crawford 3 (7), E Hinske (5), B Upton 2 (13), E Longoria (2).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - N Haynes 2.
Team LOB - 6.
 Base Running
SB - N Haynes (4, 2nd base off I Kennedy/C Moeller), B Upton (4, 2nd base off I Kennedy/C Moeller).
CS - B Upton (2, 3rd base by I Kennedy/C Moeller).
 
 Fielding
E - E Longoria (1, ground ball).
DP - 1 (A Iwamura-J Bartlett-C Pena).
 NY Yankees
  IP H R ER BB K HR Season ERA 
I. Kennedy 6.0 8 3 3 2 4 0 8.74
B. Traber 0.1 1 2 2 0 0 1 4.91
B. Bruney (W, 1-0; BS, 1) 1.1 2 2 2 0 1 2 2.16
M. Rivera (S, 4) 1.1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.00
 Tampa Bay
  IP H R ER BB K HR Season ERA 
A. Sonnanstine 3.1 9 7 7 1 2 3 8.80
S. Dohmann 3.2 4 0 0 0 0 0 3.68
A. Reyes (L, 1-2) 0.2 2 1 1 0 2 1 9.00
G. Glover 1.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.38
HBP - C Pena (by B Traber).
Pitches-strikes - I Kennedy 94-60; B Traber 11-6; B Bruney 20-16; M Rivera 14-10; A Sonnanstine 62-45; S Dohmann 47-30; Al Reyes 26-16; G Glover 12-9.
Ground balls-fly balls - I Kennedy 6-7; B Traber 0-1; B Bruney 2-1; M Rivera 1-1; A Sonnanstine 6-2; S Dohmann 7-4; Al Reyes 0-0; G Glover 2-1.
Batters faced - I Kennedy 27; B Traber 3; B Bruney 6; M Rivera 4; A Sonnanstine 20; S Dohmann 14; Al Reyes 5; G Glover 4.
Game Details
Umpires: HP--Brian Runge. 1B--Charlie Reliford. 2B--Greg Gibson. 3B--Chris Guccione.
Time: 3:05.
Attendance: 18,872.
Weather: INDOORS
Game Notes
NEW YORK PITCHER IAN KENNEDY LEFT THE GAME IN THE BOTTOM OF THE SEVENTH INNING AFTER BEING HIT BY A LINE DRIVE ON HIS RIGHT HIP.
THE HOME RUNS BY TAMPA BAY'S B.J. UPTON AND EVAN LONGORIA IN THE SEVENTH INNING WERE HIT BACK-TO-BACK. IT WAS EVAN LONGORIA'S FIRST MAJOR LEAGUE HOME RUN.

Updated on Monday, Apr 14, 2008 10:30 pm ET

  
 Top Batters
 NY Yankees
A. Rodriguez Alex Rodriguez
4-5, 1 HR
1 RBI
 Tampa Bay
C. Crawford Carl Crawford
2-4, 1 HR
3 RBI