Rays sweep out of the cellar
Yanks' skid hits five By Dawn Klemish / MLB.com
Tuesday brought the long-awaited return of Chien-Ming Wang, and the righty looked sharp, fanning three. But the 'pen faltered, with Mike Myers giving up a grand slam, and the Yanks are now last in the AL East.
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Devil Rays 6, Yankees 4
Carl Crawford connects on the first grand slam of his career. (Chris O'Meara/AP)
Devil Rays sweep Yankees By Chris Girandola / Special to MLB.com
Carl Crawford went 4-for-4 and delivered a grand slam in the seventh inning that sealed the victory, and the sweep, over the Yankees. The grand slam was the first of Crawford's career. Juan Salas earned the win, Al Reyes the save.
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TODAY'S WRAPS: April 24, 2007
NY Yankees
(8-11)
Lost 5
Tampa Bay 6, NY Yankees 4
Today's Boxes 4/24/07
OAK 4, BAL 2
LAA 9, DET 8
ATL 11, FLA 6
PIT 3, HOU 0
TOR 10, BOS 3
PHI 6, WSH 3
NYM 2, COL 1
MIL 4, CHC 1
CWS 9, KC 7
CIN 10, STL 3
CLE 5, MIN 3
SD 10, ARI 5
SF 5, LAD 3
Tampa Bay
(9-11)
Won 2
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Standings thru 4/24/07  | Gameday  | Yankees Stats  | Devil Rays Stats
NY Yankees AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Damon , CF4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .250
Mientkiewicz , 1B 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .163
Jeter , SS0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .316
Cairo , SS 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 .000
Abreu , RF3 1 0 0 1 1 2 .293
Rodriguez , 3B3 0 0 0 1 1 1 .385
Giambi , DH4 0 0 0 0 2 3 .293
Matsui , LF4 2 2 2 0 0 0 .278
Posada , C4 1 2 1 0 1 1 .344
Cano , 2B4 0 0 0 0 2 2 .307
Phelps , 1B3 0 1 1 0 0 1 .304
1-Cabrera , PR-CF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .197
Totals 33 4 6 4 3 8 13
1-Ran for Phelps in the 7th.
BATTING 2B : Posada (5, Kazmir).HR : Matsui (1, 2nd inning off Kazmir, 0 on, 0 out).TB : Damon; Matsui 5; Posada 3; Phelps.RBI : Matsui 2 (6), Posada (12), Phelps (4).2-out RBI : Phelps; Matsui.Runners left in scoring position, 2 out : Giambi; Cairo.GIDP : Abreu.Team LOB : 6. BASERUNNING SB : Abreu (5, 2nd base off Camp/Navarro). FIELDING E : Matsui (1, throw).DP : (Phelps-Cairo-Wang).
Tampa Bay AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Baldelli , CF3 1 0 0 1 0 0 .263
Harris , SS4 0 0 0 0 0 3 .324
Crawford , LF4 2 4 4 0 0 0 .284
Wigginton , 3B4 1 2 0 0 2 1 .300
Young , RF4 0 0 1 0 0 3 .268
Pena , 1B4 0 1 1 0 1 2 .212
Gomes , DH4 0 1 0 0 1 1 .176
Navarro , C3 1 1 0 0 0 2 .234
Upton , 2B3 1 1 0 0 0 0 .351
Totals 33 6 10 6 1 4 12
BATTING 2B : Upton (5, Wang).HR : Crawford (4, 7th inning off Myers, 3 on, 2 out).TB : Crawford 7; Wigginton 2; Pena; Gomes; Navarro; Upton 2.RBI : Young (13), Pena (10), Crawford 4 (14).2-out RBI : Crawford 4.Runners left in scoring position, 2 out : Navarro.GIDP : Pena.Team LOB : 4. BASERUNNING SB : Crawford (4, 2nd base off Wang/Posada). FIELDING E : Kazmir (1, throw).DP : (Kazmir-Harris-Pena).
Tampa Bay IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Kazmir 6.2 5 3 1 2 5 1 4.40
Salas (W, 1-1)0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.50
Ryu 0.0 0 1 1 1 0 0 7.11
Camp (H, 3)1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 5.14
Reyes (S, 7)1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1.80
Myers pitched to 1 batter in the 7th. Ryu pitched to 1 batter in the 8th. IBB : Baldelli (by Vizcaino).HBP : Jeter (by Kazmir).Pitches-strikes : Wang 81-51, Vizcaino 10-3, Myers 5-3, Bruney 6-3, Farnsworth 6-3, Kazmir 108-59, Salas 2-1, Ryu 5-1, Camp 16-11, Reyes 12-10.Ground outs-fly outs : Wang 12-4, Vizcaino 0-1, Myers 0-0, Bruney 0-0, Farnsworth 1-2, Kazmir 10-5, Salas 0-1, Ryu 0-0, Camp 2-0, Reyes 1-0.Batters faced : Wang 27, Vizcaino 2, Myers 1, Bruney 1, Farnsworth 3, Kazmir 28, Salas 1, Ryu 1, Camp 4, Reyes 3.Inherited runners-scored : Vizcaino 2-0, Myers 3-3, Salas 2-0, Camp 1-1.Umpires : HP: Greg Gibson. 1B: Tony Randazzo. 2B: Charlie Reliford. 3B: Larry Vanover.Weather : 72 degrees, dome.Wind : Indoors.T : 2:50.Att : 22,328.
Box score official statistics approved by Major League Baseball Office of the Commissioner