New York Yankees vs. Kansas City Royals - Box Score - September 07, 2007 - ESPN

Scores for Sep 7, 2007

Final

Series: Game 1 of 3

NY Yankees leads 1-0 (as of 9/7)

Game 1: Friday, September 7
NY Yankees	3	Final
Kansas City	2	Final
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Game 2: Saturday, September 8
NY Yankees	11	Final
Kansas City	5	Final
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Game 3: Sunday, September 9
NY Yankees	6	Final
Kansas City	3	Final
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Yankees 3

(79-62, 32-35 away)

Royals 2

(62-78, 31-38 home)

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8:10 PM ET, September 7, 2007

Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
NYY	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	9	0
KC	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	9	2

W: K. Farnsworth (2-1)

L: N. Musser (0-1)

S: M. Rivera (24)

New York Yankees
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
J Damon LF	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	.256
D Jeter SS	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	.320
B Abreu RF	5	0	1	1	0	2	4	.288
A Rodriguez 3B	4	1	3	1	1	0	0	.315
H Matsui DH	4	0	0	0	1	0	1	.294
J Posada C	4	1	1	1	1	0	5	.336
J Giambi 1B	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	.246
D Mientkiewicz 1B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222
R Cano 2B	4	0	0	0	0	1	5	.299
M Cabrera CF	4	0	2	0	0	1	0	.294
Totals	37	3	9	3	4	5	19
BATTING 2B: B Abreu (29, N Musser) HR: A Rodriguez (49, 2nd inning off G Meche 0 on, 0 Out); J Posada (19, 2nd inning off G Meche 0 on, 1 Out) RBI: A Rodriguez (135), J Posada (82), B Abreu (92) 2-out RBI: B Abreu Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: B Abreu 3, J Posada 2, R Cano 3 Team LOB: 12
BASERUNNING SB: M Cabrera (13, 2nd base off G Meche/J Buck); J Damon (23, 2nd base off D Riske/J Buck)
FIELDING PB: J Posada.

New York Yankees
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
I Kennedy	5.0	7	2	2	3	2	0	87-53	2.25
K Farnsworth (W, 2-1)	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	11-8	4.33
J Chamberlain (H, 8)	2.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	29-19	0.00
M Rivera (S, 30)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	7-6	3.06
Totals	9.0	9	2	2	3	6	0	134-86
PITCHING Batters faced: I Kennedy 24; K Farnsworth 3; J Chamberlain 8; M Rivera 3 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: I Kennedy 4-8; K Farnsworth 0-1; J Chamberlain 2-3; M Rivera 1-1 Game Scores: I Kennedy 44

Kansas City Royals
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
J Gathright LF	4	0	1	0	1	1	2	.317
M Grudzielanek 2B	5	0	2	1	0	1	1	.306
R Gload 1B	3	0	1	0	1	1	3	.300
B Butler DH	4	0	1	0	0	0	5	.299
M Teahen RF	3	0	0	0	1	0	2	.288
D DeJesus CF	4	0	0	0	0	0	5	.267
A Gordon 3B	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	.252
J Smith SS	4	1	1	1	0	2	1	.202
J Buck C	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	.232
a-M Sweeney PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.256
Totals	35	2	9	2	3	6	19
a-grounded to shortstop for J Buck in the 9th
BATTING 2B: A Gordon (30, I Kennedy) RBI: J Smith (15), M Grudzielanek (46) Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: D DeJesus 3, B Butler 1 Team LOB: 9
BASERUNNING CS: J Gathright (5, 2nd base by I Kennedy/J Posada)
FIELDING E: G Meche 2 (3, throw 2)

Kansas City Royals
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
G Meche	6.0	5	2	2	2	3	2	105-70	3.82
N Musser (L, 0-1)	0.2	2	1	1	2	1	0	23-9	4.44
J Peralta	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5-3	3.71
J Gobble	0.2	2	0	0	0	0	0	10-6	3.35
D Riske	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	28-17	2.24
Totals	9.0	9	3	3	4	5	2	171-105
PITCHING IBB: A Rodriguez (By N Musser) HBP: D Jeter (By D Riske) Batters faced: G Meche 26; N Musser 6; J Peralta 1; J Gobble 4; D Riske 5 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: G Meche 8-7; N Musser 1-0; J Peralta 0-1; J Gobble 1-1; D Riske 0-3 Game Scores: G Meche 55

Scoring Summary

			NYY	KC
	2nd	A Rodriguez homered to left.	1	0
	2nd	J Posada homered to right.	2	0
	2nd	J Smith singled to left center, A Gordon scored.	2	1
	2nd	M Grudzielanek singled to center, J Smith scored, J Buck to second.	2	2
	7th	B Abreu doubled to deep center, D Jeter scored.	3	2
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