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New York Yankees @ Tampa Bay Rays

2002-07-28 · Day game · Tropicana Field · Att: 29144 · 72°F, dome, dry · Wind to RF · 2:48

New York Yankees defeated Tampa Bay Devil Rays 9–1. New York Yankees put up 4 in the 3rd. Andy Pettitte earned the win. Robin Ventura went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
NYA	0	0	4	0	0	1	1	2	1	9	12
TBA	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4

W: Andy Pettitte L: Tanyon Sturtze SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Tim McClelland · 1B: Chuck Meriwether · 2B: Ted Barrett · 3B: Brian Runge · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Alfonso Soriano	6	1	2	2	0	1
Derek Jeter	5	1	1	0	1	0
Jason Giambi	5	1	1	0	1	0
Bernie Williams	5	1	3	1	0	1
Robin Ventura	4	1	1	4	1	1
Jorge Posada	3	1	1	1	2	2
Raul Mondesi	4	1	1	1	1	0
Rondell White	4	0	0	0	1	1
Nick Johnson	2	2	2	0	2	0

Tampa Bay Rays — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Randy Winn	2	0	0	0	2	1
Andy Sheets	4	0	0	0	0	1
Aubrey Huff	3	0	0	0	1	1
Jared Sandberg	4	0	0	0	0	3
Ben Grieve	3	0	0	0	1	3
John Flaherty	4	1	2	0	0	0
Brent Abernathy	4	0	1	1	0	1
Carl Crawford	4	0	1	0	0	2
Felix Escalona	3	0	0	0	0	2

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Andy Pettitte	7.1	4	3	12
Ramiro Mendoza	0.2	0	0	0
Brandon Knight	1.0	0	1	2

Tampa Bay Rays — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Tanyon Sturtze	7.0	9	6	3
Steve Kent	2.0	3	3	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Alfonso Soriano: 53/G5
Derek Jeter: 43/G4
Jason Giambi: S8/L8LS
Bernie Williams: 6(1)/FO/G6

Bot 1

Randy Winn: 43/G4S
Andy Sheets: K
Aubrey Huff: K/C

Top 2

Robin Ventura: W
Jorge Posada: W.1-2
Raul Mondesi: 8/F8LD.2-3
Rondell White: 54(1)3/GDP/G5

Bot 2

Jared Sandberg: K
Ben Grieve: K
John Flaherty: D7/L7LS
Brent Abernathy: 4/P4M

Top 3

Nick Johnson: S8/G4M
Alfonso Soriano: K
Derek Jeter: S9/L34D.1-3
Jason Giambi: W.1-2
Bernie Williams: K
Robin Ventura: HR/F9D.3-H;2-H;1-H
Jorge Posada: K

Bot 3

Carl Crawford: K
Felix Escalona: K
Randy Winn: K

Top 4

Raul Mondesi: 4/P4D
Rondell White: W
Nick Johnson: CS2(26)
Nick Johnson: S8/L8RS
Alfonso Soriano: 9/F9M

Bot 4

Andy Sheets: 4/L4
Aubrey Huff: 43/G4
Jared Sandberg: K

Top 5

Derek Jeter: 63/G6
Jason Giambi: 7/F7LD
Bernie Williams: S7/G56
Robin Ventura: 7/F78M

Bot 5

Ben Grieve: K
John Flaherty: 8/F8LXD
Brent Abernathy: E5/G5
Carl Crawford: S8/G4M.1-2
Felix Escalona: 6/P6D

Top 6

Jorge Posada: HR/L9LD
Raul Mondesi: 8/F8RD
Rondell White: E5/G5
Nick Johnson: W.1-2
Alfonso Soriano: 7/F7M
Derek Jeter: 64(1)/FO/G6

Bot 6

Randy Winn: W
Andy Sheets: 53/G5S.1-2
Aubrey Huff: E6/G6M.2-3
Jared Sandberg: K
Ben Grieve: PO1(13)

Top 7

Jason Giambi: 7/F7M
Bernie Williams: S7/L78S
Robin Ventura: 43/G4S.1-2
Jorge Posada: IW
Raul Mondesi: S8/L4MD.2-H;1-3
Rondell White: 7/F78D

Bot 7

Ben Grieve: K/C
John Flaherty: S7/G
Brent Abernathy: D9/F8RD.1-H
Carl Crawford: 43/G4.2-3
Felix Escalona: K

Top 8

Nick Johnson: HP
Alfonso Soriano: WP.1-2
Alfonso Soriano: D9/F9D.2-H
Derek Jeter: W
Jason Giambi: 43/G4S.2-3;1-2
Bernie Williams: S7/L7S.3-H;2-3
Robin Ventura: K
Jorge Posada: K

Bot 8

Randy Winn: W
Andy Sheets: WP.1-2
Andy Sheets: 63/G6
Aubrey Huff: W
Jared Sandberg: 54(1)3/GDP/G5

Top 9

Raul Mondesi: W
Rondell White: K
Nick Johnson: W.1-2
Alfonso Soriano: S7/G56.2-H;1-2
Derek Jeter: 64(1)/FO/G6M.2-3
Jason Giambi: 9/F89D

Bot 9

Ben Grieve: W
John Flaherty: 7/F7D
Brent Abernathy: K
Carl Crawford: DI.1-2
Carl Crawford: K23