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Tampa Bay Rays @ New York Yankees

2004-09-06 · Night game · Yankee Stadium I · Att: 44422 · 70°F · Wind 3 mph to LF · 2:57

New York Yankees defeated Tampa Bay Devil Rays 7–4. New York Yankees put up 4 in the 4th. Orlando Hernandez earned the win and Paul Quantrill picked up the save. Geoff Blum went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Orlando Hernandez L: Doug Waechter SV: Paul Quantrill

Umpires — HP: Rob Drake · 1B: Brian O'Nora · 2B: Jerry Crawford · 3B: Phil Cuzzi · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Tampa Bay Rays — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Julio Lugo	5	0	0	0	0	1
Rocco Baldelli	4	1	2	0	0	0
Tino Martinez	3	0	1	0	0	0
Randall Simon	3	0	0	0	0	0
Jose Cruz	4	0	2	1	0	1
Jorge Cantu	4	2	2	1	0	1
Geoff Blum	4	1	1	2	0	0
Toby Hall	4	0	0	0	0	1
B. J. Upton	3	0	0	0	1	2

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Derek Jeter	3	2	1	1	1	0
Alex Rodriguez	4	0	2	3	1	1
Gary Sheffield	4	0	0	1	0	2
Hideki Matsui	3	0	0	0	1	0
Jorge Posada	4	1	2	0	0	0
John Olerud	4	0	2	0	0	1
Bernie Williams	4	2	2	0	0	0
Miguel Cairo	3	0	1	1	0	0
Kenny Lofton	3	1	1	0	0	0
Ruben Sierra	1	0	1	1	0	0

Tampa Bay Rays — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Doug Waechter	4.0	6	3	2
John Halama	1.1	3	0	0
Franklin Nunez	1.0	0	0	1
Bobby Seay	1.0	2	0	0
Lance Carter	0.2	1	0	1

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Orlando Hernandez	7.0	4	1	5
Paul Quantrill	2.0	4	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Julio Lugo: 6/P6D
Rocco Baldelli: 8/L89D
Tino Martinez: S8/G4
Randall Simon: HP.1-2
Jose Cruz: 7/F78M

Bot 1

Derek Jeter: 5/L6
Alex Rodriguez: W
Gary Sheffield: K
Hideki Matsui: W.1-2
Jorge Posada: 6(1)/FO/G6S

Top 2

Jorge Cantu: HR/F8RXD+
Geoff Blum: 3/G3
Toby Hall: 2/P2R
B. J. Upton: 63/G6

Bot 2

John Olerud: 13/G13
Bernie Williams: 13/G13
Miguel Cairo: 43/G34

Top 3

Julio Lugo: K
Rocco Baldelli: 9/F89M
Tino Martinez: HP
Randall Simon: 8/F8LD

Bot 3

Kenny Lofton: 7/F7M
Derek Jeter: S6/G6S
Alex Rodriguez: D7/F7M.1-3
Gary Sheffield: 43/G4S.3-H;2-3
Hideki Matsui: 5/P5F

Top 4

Jose Cruz: K
Jorge Cantu: 3/P34
Geoff Blum: 6/P56

Bot 4

Jorge Posada: S7/L78M+
John Olerud: PO1(E1).1-2
John Olerud: K
Bernie Williams: S9/G34.2-3
Miguel Cairo: 7/SF/F78M.3-H
Kenny Lofton: S9/G34.1-2
Derek Jeter: W.2-3;1-2
Alex Rodriguez: D7/G5.3-H;2-H;1-H
Gary Sheffield: 41/G34

Top 5

Toby Hall: 13/G15
B. J. Upton: K
Julio Lugo: 7/F8LS

Bot 5

Hideki Matsui: 9/F9M
Jorge Posada: S9/L9S
John Olerud: S9/L9M+.1-2
Bernie Williams: 46(1)3/GDP/G4M

Top 6

Rocco Baldelli: D7/G5
Tino Martinez: 6/P6D
Randall Simon: 31/G34.2-3
Jose Cruz: S9/G34.3-H
Jorge Cantu: K

Bot 6

Miguel Cairo: S8/L89D
Kenny Lofton: 2/BP2LF
Derek Jeter: 53/G56.1-3
Alex Rodriguez: 63/G6

Top 7

Geoff Blum: 3/G3
Toby Hall: K
B. J. Upton: W
Julio Lugo: SB2
Julio Lugo: 63/G6

Bot 7

Gary Sheffield: K
Hideki Matsui: 43/G4
Jorge Posada: 7/F7M

Top 8

Rocco Baldelli: S8/G6M
Tino Martinez: 7/L7M
Randall Simon: 7/F78M
Jose Cruz: S/BR/G4S+.1X2(4)

Bot 8

John Olerud: S7/L78M+
Bernie Williams: S7/L78S+.1-2
Miguel Cairo: 8/F8RD.2-3
Ruben Sierra: S8/L8RS.3-H;1-3
Derek Jeter: 9/SF/F9LD.3-H
Alex Rodriguez: K

Top 9

Jorge Cantu: S8/L6MD
Geoff Blum: HR/F89XD+.1-H
Toby Hall: 13/G56S
B. J. Upton: K
Julio Lugo: 3/G3

Notes & reviews

TBA outfielder Huff missed flight to NY because of flooding around his home due to Hurricane Frances; this game was scheduled for a 3pm double header but the Devil Rays left Tampa about 3pm and arrived at the stadium about 6pm
Orlando Hernandez and coach Mel Stottlemyre ejected by HP umpire Rob Drake for arguing balls and strikes from the dugout steps

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