NY Yankees 15, Kansas City 6
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  Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Kansas City 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 6 10 1
NY Yankees 6 4 1 0 0 0 4 0 X 15 17 0
WP: M. Mussina (16-7)
LP: B. Bannister (7-12)
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  Box Score Play by Play
Scoring Summary
Top 1st: Kansas City
- B. Butler doubled to left, D. DeJesus and M. Aviles scored, J. Guillen to third
- A. Gordon hit sacrifice fly to deep center, J. Guillen scored, B. Butler to third
Bot 1st: NY Yankees
- A. Rodriguez homered to deep left center, J. Damon and D. Jeter scored
- X. Nady homered to deep right
- J. Molina doubled to deep left, R. Cano scored
- B. Gardner tripled to deep right, J. Molina scored
Bot 2nd: NY Yankees
- J. Giambi homered to deep right, D. Jeter, A. Rodriguez and B. Abreu scored
Bot 3rd: NY Yankees
- A. Rodriguez singled to left, J. Damon scored, A. Rodriguez out at second
Bot 7th: NY Yankees
- B. Abreu doubled to deep center, D. Jeter scored
- A. Rodriguez singled to left, B. Abreu scored
- C. Ransom homered to deep left, A. Rodriguez scored
Top 8th: Kansas City
- M. Aviles grounded out to second, D. DeJesus scored
Top 9th: Kansas City
- R. Gload homered to deep right, A. Gordon scored
 Kansas City
  AB R H RBI BB K LOB Season Avg 
D. DeJesus cf-lf 5 2 2 0 0 1 3 .293
M. Aviles ss-2b 4 1 1 1 0 1 2 .317
M. Teahen lf-rf 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 .249
J. Guillen rf 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 .253
    M. Maier ph-cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .345
B. Butler dh 4 0 1 2 0 1 0 .266
A. Gordon 3b 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 .255
R. Gload 1b 4 1 2 2 0 0 1 .272
J. Buck c 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 .220
E. German 2b 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .226
    T. Pena Jr. ph-ss 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 .162
 Totals 35 6 10 6 1 7 10  
 Batting
2B - B Butler (16, M Mussina); J Buck (20, M Mussina).
HR - R Gload (3, 9th inning off C Britton 1 on, 1 Out).
SF - A Gordon.
RBI - B Butler 2 (41), A Gordon (51), M Aviles (32), R Gload 2 (33).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - R Gload 1.
GIDP - M Aviles.
Team LOB - 4.
 Fielding
E - J Buck (6, throw).
DP - 2 (E German-R Gload, E German-M Aviles-R Gload).
 NY Yankees
  AB R H RBI BB K LOB Season Avg 
J. Damon dh-lf 4 2 0 0 2 1 2 .313
D. Jeter ss 4 3 4 0 0 0 0 .295
    W. Betemit ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .261
B. Abreu rf 3 2 1 1 2 0 3 .289
    J. Christian rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250
A. Rodriguez 3b 3 3 3 5 2 0 0 .313
    C. Britton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
J. Giambi 1b 4 1 1 4 0 1 3 .251
    C. Ransom ph-3b 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000
X. Nady lf-1b 4 1 2 1 1 0 0 .312
R. Cano 2b 5 1 2 0 0 1 1 .266
J. Molina c 5 1 1 1 0 0 3 .227
B. Gardner cf 5 0 2 1 0 0 1 .192
 Totals 38 15 17 15 7 3 13  
 Batting
2B - J Molina (17, B Bannister); B Abreu (31, J Fulchino).
3B - B Gardner (1, B Bannister).
HR - A Rodriguez (28, 1st inning off B Bannister 2 on, 1 Out), X Nady (7, 1st inning off B Bannister 0 on, 2 Out), J Giambi (24, 2nd inning off B Bannister 3 on, 0 Out), C Ransom (1, 7th inning off J Fulchino 1 on, 2 Out).
RBI - A Rodriguez 5 (77), X Nady (18), J Molina (13), B Gardner (9), J Giambi 4 (72), B Abreu (80), C Ransom 2 (2).
2-out RBI - X Nady, J Molina, B Gardner, A Rodriguez 2, B Abreu, C Ransom 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - J Damon 1, J Giambi 2, B Gardner 1.
GIDP - B Abreu.
Team LOB - 7.
 Base Running
SB - J Damon (21, 2nd base off B Bannister/J Buck), D Jeter (9, 2nd base off B Bannister/J Buck).
 
 Fielding
DP - 1 (D Jeter-R Cano-J Giambi).
 Kansas City
  IP H R ER BB K HR Season ERA 
B. Bannister (L, 7-12) 1.0 10 10 10 3 0 3 5.96
J. Newman 4.0 3 1 1 4 1 0 4.50
J. Fulchino 3.0 4 4 4 0 2 1 10.24
 NY Yankees
  IP H R ER BB K HR Season ERA 
M. Mussina (W, 16-7) 6.0 6 3 3 0 5 0 3.35
B. Traber 2.0 2 1 1 0 1 0 5.65
C. Britton 1.0 2 2 2 1 1 1 4.63
WP - B Traber.
HBP - D Jeter (by J Fulchino).
Pitches-strikes - B Bannister 65-37; J Newman 67-37; J Fulchino 41-26; M Mussina 97-67; B Traber 23-16; C Britton 24-17.
Ground balls-fly balls - B Bannister 1-2; J Newman 2-7; J Fulchino 4-3; M Mussina 9-4; B Traber 4-1; C Britton 0-2.
Batters faced - B Bannister 16; J Newman 16; J Fulchino 14; M Mussina 23; B Traber 8; C Britton 6.
Game Details
Umpires: HP--Laz Diaz. 1B--Scott Barry. 2B--Kerwin Danley. 3B--Wally Bell.
Time: 3:07.
Attendance: 54,114.
Weather: 80 degrees, partly cloudy.
Wind: 7 mph, out to left.

Updated on Sunday, Aug 17, 2008 4:38 pm ET

  
 Top Batters
 Kansas City
R. Gload Ross Gload
2-4, 1 HR
2 RBI
 NY Yankees
A. Rodriguez Alex Rodriguez
3-3, 1 HR
5 RBI