NYY 23 vs. TBY 16

BOXSCORE: 2011 New York (AL) Yankees At 2011 Tampa Bay Rays         5/15/2011
 
  Yankees            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Rays               AB  R  H RBI AVG
  D.Jeter SS          1  0  0  0 .231     D.Jennings LF       4  1  1  2 .292  
B-A.Jones PH          1  0  0  0 .368     B.Zobrist 2B        4  0  0  0 .274  
C-E.Nunez SS          0  0  0  0 .000     C.Kotchman 1B       4  1  2  1 .231  
  C.Granderson CF     4  0  1  1 .181     E.Longoria 3B       4  1  1  1 .254  
  M.Teixeira 1B       4  1  1  2 .247     M.Joyce RF          3  0  0  0 .306  
  A.Rodriguez 3B      0  0  0  0 .318     B.Upton CF          4  0  1  0 .268  
A-F.Cervelli PR,C     3  0  1  0 .222     J.Damon DH          4  0  2  0 .278  
  R.Cano 2B           3  0  2  0 .280     J.Jaso C            3  1  0  0 .250  
  N.Swisher RF        4  0  0  0 .188     R.Brignac SS        2  0  0  0 .139  
  J.Posada DH         4  0  0  0 .183                                          
  R.Martin C,3B       2  1  0  0 .275                                          
  B.Gardner LF        3  1  0  0 .141                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      29  3  5  3                 Totals      32  4  7  4
 
A-Pinch Ran For Rodriguez In 2nd Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Jeter In 8th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Jones In 8th Inning
 
INJURY: Alex Rodriguez INJURED (for 0 more games) in 2nd inning
 
Yankees......... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 3 0  -  3  5  1
Rays............ 0 0 0  0 0 1  2 1    -  4  7  0
 
Yankees (9-14)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
A.Burnett                 5 1/3   3   1   1   1   5   1  82   6.90
B.Logan                   0 1/3   1   0   0   1   0   0  16   1.93
A.Laffey                  0 2/3   0   1   1   1   0   0   9   4.20
L.Ayala LOSS(0-1)         1 2/3   3   2   2   0   4   2  37   5.14
Totals                    8       7   4   4   3   9   3
 
Rays (10-6)              IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
W.Davis                   6       3   0   0   2   3   0  94   2.35
C.Ramos HOLD(1st)         1       0   2   2   2   0   0  18   8.31
J.Peralta W(2-0) BS(2nd)  2       2   1   1   1   1   1  34   1.17
Totals                    9       5   3   3   5   4   1
 
ATTENDANCE- 31,626 DATE-  TIME- Day 
UMPIRES- Paul Nauert, Dana Demuth, Kerwin Danley, Doug Eddings
T- 2:36
LEFT ON BASE- Yankees: 6  Rays: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Yankees: 0  Rays: 3
ERRORS- A.Rodriguez
DOUBLES- J.Damon(3rd)
HOME RUNS- M.Teixeira(10th), D.Jennings(4th), C.Kotchman(3rd), E.Longoria(7th)
RBIs- C.Granderson(11th), M.Teixeira-2(20th), D.Jennings-2(8th),
      C.Kotchman(8th), E.Longoria(17th)
STOLEN BASES- F.Cervelli(2nd), J.Jaso(1st)
WALKS- D.Jeter, R.Cano, R.Martin-2, B.Gardner, M.Joyce, J.Jaso, R.Brignac
HIT BY PITCH- D.Jeter, A.Rodriguez
STRIKE OUTS- D.Jeter, C.Granderson, F.Cervelli, N.Swisher, B.Zobrist,
             C.Kotchman, E.Longoria, M.Joyce-2, B.Upton-3, R.Brignac
GIDP- N.Swisher, B.Gardner
WILD PITCHES- J.Peralta
2-out RBI- M.Teixeira-2
RLISP 2-out- M.Joyce-2, M.Teixeira, C.Kotchman, D.Jennings, F.Cervelli, J.Damon,
             N.Swisher
 
The Tampa Bay Rays and the New York (AL) Yankees locked up in an exciting
one-run game at Tropicana Field.  The final score was the Tampa Bay Rays 4,
the New York (AL) Yankees 3.
 
The game was decided in the 8th inning.  Evan Longoria cracked a solo homerun.
Matt Joyce dug into the batters box next, but he struck out.  B.J. Upton
struck out, unable to help the rally.  Johnny Damon followed next and he
slapped a one-base hit.  The game was a scoreless duel until the 6th inning.
 
The winning pitcher was Joel Peralta(2-0) who allowed 1 run in 2 innings. Luis
Ayala(0-1) was the loser in relief.  Despite the loss, he struckout 4 Tampa
Bay batters in 1 and 2/3 innings.