September 15, 2005 New York Yankees at Tampa Bay Devil Rays Box Score and Play by Play

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DET 8
@LAA 6 OAK 6
@BOS 2 KCR 7
CHW 5 NYY 9
@TBD 5 TEX 4
SEA 3 MIL 14
@ARI 2 STL 6
@CHC 1 HOU 4
FLA 1 WSN 6
@NYM 5
(10) ATL 6
@PHI 4 LAD 7
@SFG 1

Standings at end of play this day

Tropicana Field, Attendance: 18,391

Thursday, September 15, 2005, 7:16PM
Time of Game: 3:09

Yankees

83-62

Won 4

2nd, 1½ GB

                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Yankees         0  0  0   0  1  6   0  0  2    9 15  0
Devil Rays      0  2  0   0  3  0   0  0  0    5  8  0

W: A Small (8-0), L: S McClung (6-10), S: M Rivera (39)

Devil Rays

60-87

Lost 3

5th, 25½ GB

BATTING

New York Yankees             AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
D Jeter SS                    5   1   0   0    1   1  .305  .825   24    1   4   
A Rodriguez 3B                5   1   2   2    0   1  .320 1.023   20    0   3   HR,3B,HBP
J Giambi 1B                   3   0   0   0    2   0  .280  .994   15   10   1   
  T Martinez 1B               1   0   0   0    0   0  .241  .770    5    3   0   
G Sheffield DH                5   0   3   0    0   0  .295  .891   16    0   0   
  T Womack PR                 0   0   0   0    0   0  .246  .551         0   0   
H Matsui LF                   3   1   2   0    2   0  .300  .860   30    0   0   2B
B Williams CF                 4   1   0   0    1   1  .256  .719   14    2   0   
J Posada C                    5   2   2   0    0   1  .256  .762   17    6   1   2B
R Cano 2B                     5   3   3   5    0   0  .291  .751   10    2   6   HR,3B,2B
B Crosby RF                   5   0   3   2    0   1  .270  .605   23    2   0   

A Small P                                                                1   0
  A Embree P                                                             0   0
  T Gordon P                                                             0   0
  M Rivera P                                                             0   1
Totals                       41   9  15   9    6   5              174   27  16

BATTING

2B: J Posada (19, off L Carter); H Matsui (42, off S McClung); R Cano (29, off S McClung).

3B: A Rodriguez (1, off L Carter); R Cano (3, off L Carter).

HR: A Rodriguez (42, off S McClung; 6th inn, 1 on, 1 out to LF-CF); R Cano (10, off S McClung; 6th inn, 3 on, 0 outs to RF).

HBP: A Rodriguez (14, by S McClung).

TB: R Cano 9; A Rodriguez 7; B Crosby 3; G Sheffield 3; H Matsui 3; J Posada 3.

RBI: R Cano 5 (52); A Rodriguez 2 (114); B Crosby 2 (4).

Team LOB: 12.

With RISP: 6 for 14.

Tampa Bay Devil Rays         AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
J Lugo SS                     5   0   1   0    0   0  .293  .753   17    4   5   3B
C Crawford LF                 5   1   1   0    0   2  .296  .782   21    1   0   
J Gomes DH                    4   1   2   3    0   1  .288  .937   13    0   0   HR,2B
A Huff RF                     4   0   1   0    0   1  .257  .738   12    2   1   
D Hollins CF                  4   1   1   0    0   0  .256  .734   11    2   0   2B
T Lee 1B                      3   0   0   0    1   0  .273  .768   14   11   1   
A Gonzalez 3B                 2   1   0   0    0   1  .254  .712   10    2   1   HBP
  E Munson PH                 0   0   0   0    0   0  .222  .639         0   0   
  E Perez PH-3B               0   0   0   0    1   0  .262  .924    5    0   0   
T Hall C                      4   0   2   2    0   0  .284  .687   14    5   0   2B
N Green 2B                    4   1   0   0    0   2  .239  .675   13    0   3   

S McClung P                                                              0   1
  T Miller P                                                             0   0
  J Colome P                                                             0   0
  L Carter P                                                             0   0
Totals                       35   5   8   5    2   7              130   27  12

BATTING

2B: D Hollins (17, off A Small); J Gomes (10, off A Small); T Hall (19, off A Small).

3B: J Lugo (6, off A Small).

HR: J Gomes (20, off A Small; 5th inn, 2 on, 2 outs to CF).

HBP: A Gonzalez (3, by A Small).

TB: J Gomes 6; J Lugo 3; T Hall 3; D Hollins 2; A Huff; C Crawford.

RBI: J Gomes 3 (47); T Hall 2 (46).

2-out RBI: J Gomes 3; T Hall 2.

Team LOB: 6.

With RISP: 2 for 7.

FIELDING

DP: 1. A Huff-T Lee.

PITCHING

New York Yankees              IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
A Small, W (8-0)               6.2   7   5   5    0   4   1   3.28   28   87-58   36· 5·17   13· 7· 3· 0     44    -     0.89  -0.14
A Embree, H (9)                0.1   0   0   0    0   1   0   7.03    1    4-3     0· 2· 1    0· 0· 0· 0          1-0    2.03   0.06
T Gordon, H (31)               0.2   1   0   0    1   1   0   2.42    4   15-9     5· 2· 2    1· 0· 1· 0          0-0    1.76   0.01
M Rivera, S (39)               1.1   0   0   0    1   1   0   1.39    5   24-14   10· 2· 2    3· 0· 0· 0          2-0    2.03   0.10
Totals                         9     8   5   5    2   7   1          38  130-84   51·11·22   17· 7· 4· 0          3-0

Tampa Bay Devil Rays          IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
S McClung, L (6-10)            5.1   8   7   7    4   4   2   6.61   29  105-62   35· 6·21   10· 8· 2· 0     24    -     1.33  -0.51
T Miller                       1.1   1   0   0    2   1   0   4.43    7   27-15    7· 2· 6    2· 2· 0· 0          0-0    1.15   0.05
J Colome                       1     1   0   0    0   0   0   5.30    4    8-5     4· 0· 1    3· 1· 0· 0          0-0    0.41   0.02
L Carter                       1.1   5   2   2    0   0   0   5.17    8   29-18   12· 0· 6    2· 2· 4· 0          1-0    0.34  -0.04
Totals                         9    15   9   9    6   5   2          48  169-100  58· 8·34   17·13· 6· 0          1-0

Balks: None.

WP: S McClung 2 (6).

IBB: None.

HBP: S McClung (7; A Rodriguez); A Small (4; A Gonzalez).

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Tim Timmons, 1B - Tim McClelland, 2B - Chuck Meriwether, 3B - Mike Everitt.

Time of Game: 3:09.

Attendance: 18,391.

Field Condition: Unknown.

Weather: 72° F, Wind 0mph.

LINEUPS

   New York Yankees              Tampa Bay Devil Rays                 
1. D Jeter              SS    1. J Lugo               SS 
2. A Rodriguez          3B    2. C Crawford           LF 
3. J Giambi             1B    3. J Gomes              DH 
4. G Sheffield          DH    4. A Huff               RF 
5. H Matsui             LF    5. D Hollins            CF 
6. B Williams           CF    6. T Lee                1B 
7. J Posada             C     7. A Gonzalez           3B 
8. R Cano               2B    8. T Hall               C  
9. B Crosby             RF    9. N Green              2B 

   A Small              P        S McClung            P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   t 6   0  5-1  123  2   26%  50% R Cano          S McClung       Home Run (Fly Ball); Matsui Scores; Williams Scores; Posada Scores
   t 6   1  5-5  -2-  4   23%  76% A Rodriguez     S McClung       Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF); Jeter Scores
   b 5   2  1-2  1-3  2  -21%   8% J Gomes         A Small         Home Run (Fly Ball); Green Scores; Crawford Scores
   b 2   2  0-0  1-3  5  -18%  27% T Hall          A Small         Double to CF (Line Drive to Deep CF); Hollins Scores; Gonzalez Scores
   b 8   2  7-5  123  4   16%  92% T Hall          M Rivera        Groundout: 2B-1B

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Yankees Batting, Tied 0-0, Seth McClung facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   O      ---  5   48%  D Jeter         Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  3   46%  A Rodriguez     Groundout: SS-1B
          ---  4   47%  J Giambi        Walk
          1--  5   50%  G Sheffield     Single to CF (Line Drive to CF-RF); Giambi to 3B
   O      1-3  5   45%  H Matsui        Popfly: 3B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Yankees 0, Devil Rays 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Devil Rays Batting, Tied 0-0, Aaron Small facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  5   47%  J Lugo          Groundout: 3B-1B
   O      ---  7   49%  C Crawford      Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  2   50%  J Gomes         Flyball: CF (Deep CF)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Yankees 0, Devil Rays 0.

Top of the 2nd, Yankees Batting, Tied 0-0, Seth McClung facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  2   48%  B Williams      Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---  3   46%  J Posada        Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  1   45%  R Cano          Groundout: 1B unassisted
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Yankees 0, Devil Rays 0.

Bottom of the 2nd, Devil Rays Batting, Tied 0-0, Aaron Small facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  5   47%  A Huff          Strikeout Swinging
          ---  4   43%  D Hollins       Double to LF (Ground Ball)
   O      -2-  3   46%  T Lee           Groundout: 2B-1B; Hollins to 3B
          --3  1   45%  A Gonzalez      Hit By Pitch
   RR     1-3  5   27%  T Hall          Double to CF (Line Drive to Deep CF); Hollins Scores; Gonzalez Scores
   O      -2-  5   29%  N Green         Lineout: CF
                  2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Yankees 0, Devil Rays 2.

Top of the 3rd, Yankees Batting, Behind 0-2, Seth McClung facing 9-1-2
          ---  4   33%  B Crosby        Single to CF (Ground Ball)
   O      1--  1   29%  D Jeter         Flyball: CF (Deep CF)
   O      1--  4   26%  A Rodriguez     Strikeout Swinging
   O      1--  1   24%  J Giambi        Popfly: 3B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Yankees 0, Devil Rays 2.

Bottom of the 3rd, Devil Rays Batting, Ahead 2-0, Aaron Small facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  3   25%  J Lugo          Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---  1   26%  C Crawford      Groundout: 2B-1B
          ---  6   25%  J Gomes         Double to LF (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
   O      -2-  2   27%  A Huff          Popfly: SS (Short LF)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Yankees 0, Devil Rays 2.

Top of the 4th, Yankees Batting, Behind 0-2, Seth McClung facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  2   25%  G Sheffield     Foul Popfly: SS (3B Foul)
          ---  9   28%  H Matsui        Walk
   O      1--  2   24%  B Williams      Flyball: LF (Deep LF)
   O      1--  4   21%  J Posada        Groundout: SS unassisted/Forceout at 2B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Yankees 0, Devil Rays 2.

Bottom of the 4th, Devil Rays Batting, Ahead 2-0, Aaron Small facing 5-6-7
   O      ---  1   23%  D Hollins       Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---  4   24%  T Lee           Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  6   25%  A Gonzalez      Strikeout Looking
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Yankees 0, Devil Rays 2.

Top of the 5th, Yankees Batting, Behind 0-2, Seth McClung facing 8-9-1
          ---  3   32%  R Cano          Double to LF (Ground Ball thru Deep LF)
   R      -2-  4   41%  B Crosby        Single to CF (Line Drive to CF-RF); Cano Scores
          1--      45%  D Jeter         Wild Pitch; Crosby to 2B
   O      -2-  5   39%  " "             Groundout: SS-1B
          -2-  2   42%  A Rodriguez     Hit By Pitch
   O      12-  3   38%  J Giambi        Groundout: 3B-1B; Crosby to 3B; Rodriguez to 2B
   O      -23  4   29%  G Sheffield     Groundout: P-2B-1B
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Yankees 1, Devil Rays 2.

Bottom of the 5th, Devil Rays Batting, Ahead 2-1, Aaron Small facing 8-9-1
          ---  2   26%  T Hall          Single to LF (Ground Ball)
   O      1--  1   29%  N Green         Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B
   O      1--  3   32%  J Lugo          Foul Flyball: RF (RF Foul)
          1--  2   29%  C Crawford      Single to CF (Ground Ball); Green to 3B
   RRR    1-3  2    8%  J Gomes         Home Run (Fly Ball); Green Scores; Crawford Scores
   O      ---  1    8%  A Huff          Flyball: RF (Deep RF Line)
                  3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Yankees 1, Devil Rays 5.

Top of the 6th, Yankees Batting, Behind 1-5, Seth McClung facing 5-6-7
          ---  5   12%  H Matsui        Double to LF (Fly Ball)
          -2-  6   16%  B Williams      Walk
          12-  2   24%  J Posada        Single to LF (Ground Ball); Matsui to 3B; Williams to 2B
   RRRR   123  2   50%  R Cano          Home Run (Fly Ball); Matsui Scores; Williams Scores; Posada Scores
   O      ---  5   47%  B Crosby        Strikeout Looking
          ---  5   50%  D Jeter         Walk
          1--      53%  A Rodriguez     Wild Pitch; Jeter to 2B
   RR     -2-  4   76%  " "             Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF); Jeter Scores
                  Trever Miller replaces Seth McClung pitching
          ---  5   78%  J Giambi        Walk
          1--  3   80%  G Sheffield     Single to LF (Ground Ball); Giambi to 2B
          12-  5   85%  H Matsui        Walk; Giambi to 3B; Sheffield to 2B
   O      123  3   79%  B Williams      Strikeout Swinging
   O      123  3   74%  J Posada        Groundout: 2B-1B
                  6 runs, 5 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Yankees 7, Devil Rays 5.

Bottom of the 6th, Devil Rays Batting, Behind 5-7, Aaron Small facing 5-6-7
   O      ---  2   77%  D Hollins       Groundout: 3B-1B
   O      ---  3   80%  T Lee           Groundout: 1B-2B-P
   O      ---  3   81%  A Gonzalez      Groundout: SS-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Yankees 7, Devil Rays 5.

Top of the 7th, Yankees Batting, Ahead 7-5, Trever Miller facing 8-9-1
   O      ---  3   80%  R Cano          Popfly: SS (Short CF)
   O      ---  5   79%  B Crosby        Flyball: RF (Deep RF)
                  Jesus Colome replaces Trever Miller pitching
   O      ---  1   78%  D Jeter         Groundout: 2B-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Yankees 7, Devil Rays 5.

Bottom of the 7th, Devil Rays Batting, Behind 5-7, Aaron Small facing 8-9-1
   O      ---  3   82%  T Hall          Popfly: 1B
   O      ---  4   84%  N Green         Strikeout Swinging
          ---  1   80%  J Lugo          Triple to CF (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF)
                  Alan Embree replaces Aaron Small pitching
   O      --3  4   86%  C Crawford      Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Yankees 7, Devil Rays 5.

Top of the 8th, Yankees Batting, Ahead 7-5, Jesus Colome facing 2-3-4
   O      ---  3   85%  A Rodriguez     Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---  2   84%  J Giambi        Flyball: CF (CF-RF)
          ---  2   84%  G Sheffield     Single to 1B (Ground Ball)
                  Lance Carter replaces Jesus Colome pitching; Tony Womack pinch runs for Gary Sheffield batting 4th
          1--  6   86%  H Matsui        Single to CF (Fly Ball); Womack to 2B
   O      12-  1   83%  B Williams      Groundout: 1B-SS/Forceout at 2B
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Yankees 7, Devil Rays 5.

Bottom of the 8th, Devil Rays Batting, Behind 5-7, Tom Gordon facing 3-4-5
                  Tom Gordon replaces Alan Embree pitching; Tino Martinez replaces Jason Giambi playing 1B batting 3rd
   O      ---  3   88%  J Gomes         Strikeout Swinging
          ---  4   82%  A Huff          Single to CF (Line Drive)
   O      1--  4   88%  D Hollins       Groundout: 3B-2B/Forceout at 2B
          1--  4   84%  T Lee           Walk; Hollins to 2B
                  Mariano Rivera replaces Tom Gordon pitching; Eric Munson pinch hits for Alex Gonzalez batting 7th; Eduardo Perez pinch hits for Eric Munson batting 7th
          12-  5   77%  E Perez         Walk; Hollins to 3B; Lee to 2B
   O      123  4   92%  T Hall          Groundout: 2B-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Yankees 7, Devil Rays 5.

Top of the 9th, Yankees Batting, Ahead 7-5, Lance Carter facing 7-8-9
                  Eduardo Perez moves to 3B
          ---  5   95%  J Posada        Double to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)
   R      -2-  1   98%  R Cano          Triple to CF (Line Drive to Deep CF); Posada Scores
   R      --3  5   99%  B Crosby        Single to LF (Line Drive); Cano Scores
   OO     1--  3   98%  D Jeter         Fly Ball Double Play: RF; Crosby out at 1B/RF-1B
          ---  3   98%  A Rodriguez     Triple to CF (Line Drive to Deep CF)
   O      --3  5   98%  T Martinez      Groundout: SS-1B
                  2 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Yankees 9, Devil Rays 5.

Bottom of the 9th, Devil Rays Batting, Behind 5-9, Mariano Rivera facing 9-1-2
   O      ---  3   99%  N Green         Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  5  100%  J Lugo          Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  7  100%  C Crawford      Groundout: P-1B
        0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Yankees 9, Devil Rays 5.

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TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

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