There was just so much going on in this game, I don’t know where to start, so I won’t try.
I will say this – Frank Francisco – HOLY CRAP! That was breathtaking to watch!
For the record, I did nothing during Arod’s first at bat. Midly booed him afterwards – didn’t seem worth it for me. I did go apeshit when he struck out to Francisco, though. ;)
Line Score AL FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - NY YANKEES 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 7 15 1 TEXAS 0 1 0 4 0 0 4 0 x 9 14 0 (FINAL) BATTERIES: NYY - KEVIN BROWN, FELIX HEREDIA (5TH), TANYON STURTZE (6TH), BRET PRINZ (8TH) AND JORGE POSADA TEX - JOAQUIN BENOIT, ERASMO RAMIREZ (6TH), FRANK FRANCISCO (7TH), JAY POWELL (9TH), FRANCISCO CORDERO (9TH) AND ROD BARAJAS WP - JOAQUIN BENOIT (2-1) LP - KEVIN BROWN (5-1) SAVE - FRANCISCO CORDERO (14) HOME RUNS: NYY - ALEX RODRIGUEZ (10) OFF JOAQUIN BENOIT IN THE 1ST, 1 ON ENRIQUE WILSON (1) OFF JOAQUIN BENOIT IN THE 4TH, 1 ON TEX - LAYNCE NIX (7) OFF KEVIN BROWN IN THE 4TH, 1 ON DAVE DELLUCCI (6) OFF TANYON STURTZE IN THE 7TH, 1 ON LAYNCE NIX (8) OFF TANYON STURTZE IN THE 7TH, 1 ON TIME: 3:07 ATT: 49,195 PROBABLES: NYY - JOSE CONTRERAS (1-2, 9.47) TEX - RYAN DRESE (2-1, 2.83) Box Score NY YANKEES (7) VS TEXAS (9) - FINAL NY YANKEES ab r h rbi bb so lob avg K Lofton cf 4 1 1 0 1 0 2 .232 D Jeter ss 4 1 1 0 1 2 2 .194 A Rodriguez 3b 5 2 2 2 0 1 1 .288 J Giambi dh 5 0 2 1 0 2 1 .270 H Bush pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 G Sheffield rf 5 0 3 1 0 0 2 .282 J Posada c 4 1 3 1 1 1 1 .324 H Matsui lf 5 0 2 0 0 1 4 .283 T Clark 1b 5 0 0 0 0 3 7 .200 E Wilson 2b 3 1 1 2 0 0 2 .183 a-R Sierra ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .304 M Cairo 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .263 Totals 41 7 15 7 3 10 24 a-lined out to right for E Wilson in the 8th. BATTING: 2B - J Posada 2 (13, J Benoit 2); K Lofton (2, J Benoit). HR - A Rodriguez (10, 1st inning off J Benoit 1 on, 1 Out), E Wilson (1, 4th inning off J Benoit 1 on, 2 Out). RBI - A Rodriguez 2 (24), E Wilson 2 (9), J Giambi (24), G Sheffield (19), J Posada (26). 2-out RBI - E Wilson 2. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - D Jeter 1, T Clark 1, K Lofton 1, R Sierra 1, H Matsui 2. GIDP - G Sheffield. Team LOB - 10. FIELDING: E - G Sheffield (3, bobble). DP: 1 (D Jeter-T Clark). TEXAS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg M Young ss 5 0 1 0 0 2 0 .356 H Blalock 3b 5 0 2 0 0 2 0 .295 A Soriano 2b 5 0 2 0 0 0 3 .300 B Fullmer dh 5 1 1 0 0 0 2 .243 M Teixeira 1b 3 3 2 0 1 0 0 .226 D Dellucci lf 4 2 4 4 0 0 0 .353 K Mench rf 2 1 0 1 2 0 2 .290 L Nix cf 4 2 2 4 0 1 3 .323 R Barajas c 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .300 Totals 37 9 14 9 3 6 11 BATTING: 2B - M Teixeira 2 (7, K Brown 2); B Fullmer (9, K Brown); H Blalock (12, T Sturtze). HR - L Nix 2 (8, 4th inning off K Brown 1 on, 1 Out, 7th inning off T Sturtze 1 on, 1 Out), D Dellucci (6, 7th inning off T Sturtze 1 on, 1 Out). RBI - K Mench (21), D Dellucci 4 (21), L Nix 4 (20). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - A Soriano 2, L Nix 1. GIDP - B Fullmer. Team LOB - 7. FIELDING: DP: 1 (H Blalock-A Soriano-M Teixeira). ---------------------------------------------------- NY YANKEES - 200 200 003 -- 7 TEXAS - 010 400 40x -- 9 ---------------------------------------------------- NY YANKEES ip h r er bb so hr era K Brown (L, 5-1) 4 2/3 10 5 5 1 2 1 3.60 F Heredia 1/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 16.20 T Sturtze 2 3 4 4 2 3 2 18.00 B Prinz 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 TEXAS ip h r er bb so hr era J Benoit (W, 2-1) 5 8 4 4 1 4 2 5.40 E Ramirez (H, 3) 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3.95 F Francisco (H, 1) 2 2 0 0 0 4 0 3.86 J Powell 1/3 2 3 3 1 0 0 3.71 F Cordero (S, 14) 2/3 2 0 0 0 2 0 2.20 Pitches-strikes: K Brown 90-61; F Heredia 4-3; T Sturtze 44-27; B Prinz 12-9; J Benoit 88-53; E Ramirez 20-11; F Francisco 26-20; J Powell 12-6; F Cordero 16-12. Ground balls-fly balls: K Brown 4-8; F Heredia 0-0; T Sturtze 2-1; B Prinz 3-0; J Benoit 6-5; E Ramirez 1-2; F Francisco 0-2; J Powell 0-1; F Cordero 0-0. Batters faced: K Brown 25; F Heredia 1; T Sturtze 11; B Prinz 3; J Benoit 23; E Ramirez 5; F Francisco 8; J Powell 4; F Cordero 4. UMPIRES: HP--Jim Wolf. 1B--Tim Mcclelland. 2B--Tony Randazzo. 3B--Fieldin Culbreth. T--3:07. Att--49,195. Weather: 88 degrees, clear. Wind: 24 mph, in from right.