Yankees 8, 
Rays 7
| New York Yankees | ||||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG |
| J Damon LF | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .213 |
| D Jeter SS | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .241 |
| B Abreu RF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .294 |
| A Rodriguez 3B | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .309 |
| H Matsui DH | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .304 |
| M Ensberg 1B | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .385 |
| M Cabrera CF | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .306 |
| C Moeller C | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .250 |
| A Gonzalez 2B | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .333 |
| a-R Cano PH-2B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .185 |
| Totals | 42 | 8 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 12 | |
| a-homered to right for A Gonzalez in the 8th | ||||||||
| BATTING 2B: J Damon (3, A Sonnanstine) HR: J Damon (1, 1st inning off A Sonnanstine 0 on, 0 Out); A Rodriguez (3, 1st inning off A Sonnanstine 0 on, 2 Out); M Ensberg (1, 2nd inning off A Sonnanstine 0 on, 0 Out); R Cano (1, 8th inning off A Reyes 0 on, 1 Out) RBI: J Damon 3 (5), A Rodriguez (8), M Ensberg (1), D Jeter 2 (3), R Cano (3) 2-out RBI: A Rodriguez GIDP: H Matsui Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: A Gonzalez 1, A Rodriguez 1, H Matsui 2 Team LOB: 8 | ||||||||
| BASERUNNING SB: M Cabrera (1, 2nd base off S Dohmann/S Riggans) | ||||||||
| New York Yankees | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | PC-ST | ERA |
| I Kennedy | 6.0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 94-60 | 8.74 |
| B Traber | 0.1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11-6 | 4.91 |
| B Bruney (W, 1-0; B, 1) | 1.1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 20-16 | 2.16 |
| M Rivera (S, 4) | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14-10 | 0.00 |
| Totals | 9.0 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 139-92 | |
| PITCHING HBP: C Pena (By B Traber) Batters faced: I Kennedy 27; B Traber 3; B Bruney 6; M Rivera 4 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: I Kennedy 6-7; B Traber 0-1; B Bruney 2-1; M Rivera 1-1 Game Scores: I Kennedy 46 | |||||||||
| Tampa Bay Rays | ||||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG |
| A Iwamura 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .235 |
| C Crawford LF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .228 |
| C Pena 1B | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .191 |
| B Upton CF | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .313 |
| E Longoria 3B | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .444 |
| E Hinske DH | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .323 |
| S Riggans C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .200 |
| N Haynes RF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .231 |
| J Bartlett SS | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .167 |
| Totals | 36 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 10 | |
| BATTING 2B: E Longoria (1, I Kennedy); E Hinske (4, I Kennedy) HR: C Crawford (1, 7th inning off B Traber 1 on, 1 Out); B Upton (2, 7th inning off B Bruney 1 on, 1 Out); E Longoria (1, 7th inning off B Bruney 0 on, 1 Out) RBI: C Crawford 3 (7), E Hinske (5), B Upton 2 (13), E Longoria (2) SF: C Crawford Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: N Haynes 2 Team LOB: 6 | ||||||||
| BASERUNNING SB: N Haynes (4, 2nd base off I Kennedy/C Moeller); B Upton (4, 2nd base off I Kennedy/C Moeller) CS: B Upton (2, 3rd base by I Kennedy/C Moeller) | ||||||||
| FIELDING E: E Longoria (1, ground ball) DP: 1 (A Iwamura-J Bartlett-C Pena). | ||||||||
| Tampa Bay Rays | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | PC-ST | ERA |
| A Sonnanstine | 3.1 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 62-45 | 8.80 |
| S Dohmann | 3.2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47-30 | 3.68 |
| A Reyes (L, 1-2) | 0.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 26-16 | 9.00 |
| G Glover | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12-9 | 3.37 |
| Totals | 9.0 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 147-100 | |
| PITCHING Batters faced: A Sonnanstine 20; S Dohmann 14; A Reyes 5; G Glover 4 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: A Sonnanstine 6-2; S Dohmann 7-4; A Reyes 0-0; G Glover 2-1 Game Scores: A Sonnanstine 15 | |||||||||
| Scoring Summary | ||||
| NYY | TAM | |||
 | 1st | J Damon homered to right. | 1 | 0 |
| 1st | A Rodriguez homered to left. | 2 | 0 |
| 2nd | M Ensberg homered to left. | 3 | 0 |
 | 3rd | C Crawford hit sacrifice fly to left, N Haynes scored. | 3 | 1 |
| 4th | J Damon doubled to right, M Cabrera and C Moeller scored, A Gonzalez to third. | 5 | 1 |
| 4th | D Jeter singled to center, A Gonzalez and J Damon scored. | 7 | 1 |
| 4th | E Hinske hit a ground rule double to deep left, E Longoria scored. | 7 | 2 |
| 7th | C Crawford homered to right, J Bartlett scored. | 7 | 4 |
| 7th | B Upton homered to center, C Pena scored. | 7 | 6 |
| 7th | E Longoria homered to left. | 7 | 7 |
| 8th | R Cano homered to right. | 8 | 7 |
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| Game Notes |
| THE HOME RUN BY ALEX RODRIGUEZ IN THE TOP OF THE FIRST INNING WAS THE 521ST OF HIS CAREER, TYING HIM WITH TED WILLIAMS AND WILLIE MCCOVEY FOR 15TH ON THE ALL-TIME LIST. |
| Game Information | |
| Stadium | Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, FL |
| Attendance | 18,872 (52.4% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 3:05 |
| Weather | indoors |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Brian Runge, First Base - Charlie Reliford, Second Base - Greg Gibson, Third Base - Chris Guccione |
MLB Scores
Monday, April 14th 2008
| Boston | 6 | Final |
| Cleveland | 4 |
| Toronto | 3 | Final |
| Baltimore | 4 |
| Minnesota | 9 | Final |
| Detroit | 11 |
| NY Yankees | 8 | Final |
| Tampa Bay | 7 |
| LA Angels | 7 | Final |
| Texas | 4 |
| Oakland | 2 | Final |
| Chi White Sox | 1 |
| Kansas City | 5 | Final |
| Seattle | 1 |
| Pittsburgh | 6 | Final |
| LA Dodgers | 4 |
| Arizona | 4 | Final |
| San Francisco | 5 |