Tampa Bay (72-64) at NY Yankees (87-50)

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Rays plan on giving Yanks a fight

Zach Schonbrun / MLB.com
The Rays limp into a Labor Day twin bill in New York hoping to make at least one sort of statement to the division-leading Yankees: Tampa Bay's not going to hand over the crown easily
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Rays probable pitcher

Matt Garza

  • #22 RHP
  • (7-9) 4.01 ERA 152 SO
Garza battled through 6 2/3 innings on Wednesday, tossing a season-high 120 pitches against the Red Sox. He was given a 5-1 lead and left the game ahead 5-4, but the Rays bullpen eventually blew the save and Garza's winless streak was extended to a season-long seven games. Garza was squeezed on a few close strike calls and the Red Sox grinded out some long at-bats early. He pitched well in his one start at Yankee Stadium this season, on June 7, allowing one run in five innings. Garza's 1-3 with a 3.80 ERA in his career against the Yankees.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 26-31 4.02 488.1 181 385 .256
Season 7-9 4.01 170.2 67 152 .233
September 0-0 5.40 6.2 3 3 .231
Vs. NY Yankees 0-1 2.84 19.0 7 16 .243

Series at a Glance

Standings - 09/07/2009 W L PCT GB Home Away
Tampa Bay Rays (AL East) 72 64 .529 14.5 43-26 29-38
New York Yankees (AL East) 87 50 .635 - 45-20 42-30
Stats - 09/07/2009 AVG R HR RBI SB SO ERA IP H BB SO
TB .265 701 175 668 170 1063 4.27 1207.0 1194 429 931
NYY .282 787 214 756 86 858 4.37 1229.1 1180 481 1066
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All eyes on Jeter in twin bill with Rays

Bryan Hoch / MLB.com
Derek Jeter's pursuit of the Iron Horse has brought him back to New York, as the Yankees shortstop will have a chance to become his franchise's all-time hits leader on a long day of baseball at Yankee Stadium.
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Yankees probable pitcher

CC Sabathia

  • #52 LHP
  • (16-7) 3.48 ERA 167 SO
Sabathia gets the ball for the first game of the Yankees' day-night doubleheader against the Rays. The left-handed ace became the American League's first 16-game winner on Wednesday at Baltimore, pitching seven innings of one-run, seven-hit ball while walking one and striking out nine. Sabathia has not lost since a July 28 start at Tampa Bay, a span of seven starts. He is 7-0 with a 2.45 ERA since that outing.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 133-80 3.64 1858.2 573 1560 .246
Season 16-7 3.48 199.1 50 167 .238
September 1-0 1.29 7.0 1 9 .269
Vs. Tampa Bay 0-1 5.93 13.2 5 11 .280

Rays hitters vs CC Sabathia

  2009 2004-2008
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Aybar, Willy .250 4 1 3 .250 8 1 3
Bartlett, Jason .333 3 0 1 .314 35 1 3
Brignac, Reid .000 3 0 0 .000 3 0 0
Burrell, Pat .000 2 0 0 .000 8 0 0
Crawford, Carl .429 7 0 1 .321 28 0 2
Gross, Gabe - - - - - - - -
Jaso, John - - - - - - - -
Jennings, Desmond - - - - - - - -
Johnson, Elliot - - - - - - - -
Joyce, Matt - - - - - - - -
Kapler, Gabe .200 5 0 0 .267 15 1 2
Lobaton, Jose - - - - - - - -
Longoria, Evan .333 3 1 1 .500 6 2 4
Navarro, Dioner .000 4 0 2 .143 14 0 2
Pena, Carlos .000 7 0 0 .071 14 1 1
Perez, Fernando - - - - .200 5 0 1
Riggans, Shawn - - - - - - - -
Rodriguez, Sean - - - - - - - -
Ruggiano, Justin - - - - - - - -
Upton, B.J. .333 6 0 1 .429 14 2 6
Zobrist, Ben .750 4 1 1 .462 13 1 4

Yankees hitters vs Matt Garza

  2009 2004-2008
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Cabrera, Melky .250 4 0 0 .250 12 0 0
Cano, Robinson .125 8 1 2 .273 22 1 4
Cervelli, Francisco - - - - - - - -
Corona, Reegie - - - - - - - -
Gardner, Brett .333 3 0 0 .091 11 0 1
Jackson, Austin - - - - - - - -
Jeter, Derek .300 10 0 0 .280 25 0 1
Miranda, Juan - - - - - - - -
Nunez, Eduardo - - - - .500 4 0 1
Pena, Ramiro .000 2 0 0 .000 2 0 0
Posada, Jorge .143 7 0 1 .231 13 0 2
Rodriguez, Alex .333 6 0 0 .467 15 1 3
Russo, Kevin - - - - - - - -
Swisher, Nick .667 6 2 2 .500 10 2 2
Teixeira, Mark .143 7 0 1 .077 13 0 2

Short of history, Yanks enjoy tidy win (72-65) (88-50)

Yankees 4, Rays 1

Painful defeat

Bill Chastain / MLB.com
Evan Longoria homered in his third straight game and Matt Garza was the equal of CC Sabathia, turning in a quality start, but the bullpen could not preserve a late tie, and Carlos Pena exited in the first inning with an apparent hand injury.

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Great eighth

Thomas Boorstein / MLB.com
Derek Jeter was held hitless in his pursuit of Lou Gehrig's club record for hits, but CC Sabathia twirled seven dominant frames, and the offense broke through for three runs in the eighth as the Yanks claimed the opener of the double dip.
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Yankees 4, Rays 1

Tampa Bay AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Bartlett, SS 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 .332
Crawford, LF 3 0 0 0 1 2 3 .301
Zobrist, 2B 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 .281
Pena, C, 1B 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .227
  Aybar, W, 1B 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .252
Burrell, DH 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 .235
Longoria, 3B 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 .279
Kapler, RF 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 .238
  a-Gross, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .246
Navarro, C 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .227
  b-Iwamura, PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .294
Perez, F, CF 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 .250
Totals 29 1 3 1 6 12 12  

a-Popped out for Kapler in the 9th. b-Struck out for Navarro in the 9th.

BATTING
HR: Longoria (29, 2nd inning off Sabathia, 0 on, 1 out).
TB: Aybar, W; Longoria 4; Navarro.
RBI: Longoria (101).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Crawford; Kapler.
Team RISP: 0-for-2.
Team LOB: 7.

BASERUNNING
SB: Navarro (5, 2nd base off Sabathia/Posada).
CS: Crawford (12, 2nd base by Hughes, P/Posada).

FIELDING
E: Bartlett (16, fielding), Kapler (2, throw).
 
NY Yankees AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Jeter, SS 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .332
Swisher, RF 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 .250
  1-Hairston, J, PR-RF 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .254
Teixeira, 1B 4 2 1 0 0 1 1 .279
Rodriguez, A, 3B 3 1 3 1 1 0 0 .282
Cano, 2B 3 0 0 1 0 1 4 .316
Posada, C 4 0 1 1 0 0 3 .286
Hinske, DH 3 0 0 1 0 2 0 .247
Cabrera, Me, LF 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 .277
Gardner, CF 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 .271
Totals 30 4 7 4 3 7 13  


1-Ran for Swisher in the 8th.

BATTING
2B: Rodriguez, A (13, Garza).
TB: Swisher; Teixeira; Rodriguez, A 4; Posada; Cabrera, Me.
RBI: Rodriguez, A (79), Cano (76), Posada (72), Hinske (24).
2-out RBI: Rodriguez, A.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Cano; Jeter 2; Posada.
SF: Cano; Hinske.
Team RISP: 1-for-7.
Team LOB: 7.
 
Tampa Bay IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Garza 7.0 5 1 0 1 7 0 3.85
Cormier (L, 2-2) 0.1 1 3 3 2 0 0 3.23
Bradford 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.24
Shouse 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.40
 
NY Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Sabathia 7.0 3 1 1 4 10 1 3.40
Hughes, P (W, 6-3) 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3.07
Rivera, Ma (S, 39) 1.0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1.75

WP: Garza.
IBB: Rodriguez, A (by Cormier), Longoria (by Sabathia).
Pitches-strikes: Garza 120-67, Cormier 18-8, Bradford 8-6, Shouse 3-2, Sabathia 118-71, Hughes, P 18-11, Rivera, Ma 15-9.
Groundouts-flyouts: Garza 7-7, Cormier 0-1, Bradford 0-1, Shouse 1-0, Sabathia 7-4, Hughes, P 1-1, Rivera, Ma 0-1.
Batters faced: Garza 28, Cormier 4, Bradford 2, Shouse 1, Sabathia 28, Hughes, P 3, Rivera, Ma 4.
Inherited runners-scored: Bradford 2-2, Shouse 1-0.
Umpires: HP: Jim Wolf. 1B: Tim Welke. 2B: Gary Cederstrom. 3B: Fieldin Culbreth.
Weather: 71 degrees, partly cloudy.
Wind: 8 mph, R to L.
T: 3:19.
Att: 47,436.
September 7, 2009

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