New York Yankees vs. Tampa Bay Rays - Box Score - September 26, 2011 - ESPN

Scores for Sep 26, 2011

Final

Series: Game 1 of 3

Tampa Bay leads 1-0 (as of 9/26)

Game 1: Monday, September 26
NY Yankees	2	Final
Tampa Bay	5	Final
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Game 2: Tuesday, September 27
NY Yankees	3	Final
Tampa Bay	5	Final
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Game 3: Wednesday, September 28
NY Yankees	7	Final in 12
Tampa Bay	8	Final in 12
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Yankees 2

(97-63, 45-34 away)

Rays 5

(89-71, 45-34 home)

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7:10 PM ET, September 26, 2011

Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida

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

W: J. Shields (16-12)

L: H. Noesi (2-2)

S: K. Farnsworth (24)

New York Yankees
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
D Jeter SS	3	0	0	0	1	1	13	.298	.356	.390
C Granderson CF	4	0	0	0	0	1	16	.264	.366	.557
R Cano 2B	4	1	2	2	0	1	14	.305	.352	.539
A Rodriguez DH	4	0	1	0	0	0	17	.278	.361	.464
J Posada 1B	4	0	0	0	0	0	11	.239	.318	.404
E Chavez 3B	3	0	0	0	1	0	17	.259	.318	.354
R Martin C	2	0	1	0	0	1	4	.237	.325	.402
A Romine C	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	.167	.211	.167
a-J Montero PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	.351	.431	.632
E Nunez RF	2	0	1	0	1	0	15	.262	.310	.382
B Gardner LF	3	1	1	0	0	0	7	.259	.343	.370
Totals	31	2	6	2	3	4	123
a-grounded to third for A Romine in the 9th
BATTING 2B: E Nunez (17, J Shields) HR: R Cano (28, 1st inning off J Shields 0 on, 2 Out) RBI: R Cano 2 (118) 2-out RBI: R Cano GIDP: J Posada 2 Yankees RISP: 1-6 (C Granderson 0-1, J Montero 0-1, B Gardner 0-1, A Rodriguez 0-1, J Posada 0-1, R Cano 1-1) Team LOB: 5
BASERUNNING Picked Off: E Nunez (1st base by J Shields)
FIELDING DP: 1 (J Posada-R Martin).

New York Yankees
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
H Noesi (L, 2-2)	2.0	5	3	3	2	1	0	59-34	4.47
R Valdes	2.0	2	1	1	0	2	1	33-20	3.18
P Hughes	1.2	1	0	0	2	1	0	36-18	5.86
G Kontos	0.2	0	1	1	2	1	0	21-8	3.38
L Ayala	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	21-11	1.64
A Brackman	0.2	0	0	0	1	0	0	10-5	0.00
Totals	8.0	9	5	5	8	6	1	180-96
PITCHING H Noesi pitched to 4 batters in the 3rd WP: H Noesi 2 First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: H Noesi 7/12; R Valdes 4/6; P Hughes 3/8; G Kontos 1/4; L Ayala 2/5; A Brackman 1/3 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: H Noesi 8-4-14-8; R Valdes 6-6-4-4; P Hughes 5-2-7-4; G Kontos 2-3-2-1; L Ayala 1-2-5-3; A Brackman 0-1-2-2 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: H Noesi 3-2; R Valdes 1-1; P Hughes 0-4; G Kontos 0-1; L Ayala 0-2; A Brackman 1-1 Game Scores: H Noesi 33

Tampa Bay Rays
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
D Jennings LF	3	1	0	0	2	1	32	.271	.368	.470
B Upton CF	4	2	2	2	1	0	22	.244	.329	.430
E Longoria 3B	1	0	1	0	3	0	18	.242	.350	.483
B Zobrist 2B-RF	2	0	0	0	2	1	23	.268	.352	.465
J Damon DH	3	0	1	2	0	0	19	.261	.324	.420
M Joyce RF	4	0	2	0	0	1	22	.279	.350	.477
S Rodriguez 2B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.221	.320	.358
C Kotchman 1B	4	0	1	0	0	0	15	.305	.377	.422
K Shoppach C	4	1	1	1	0	1	15	.181	.272	.349
R Brignac SS	4	1	1	0	0	2	14	.188	.223	.216
Totals	29	5	9	5	8	6	180
BATTING 2B: B Upton 2 (26, H Noesi 2); M Joyce (32, P Hughes) HR: K Shoppach (11, 4th inning off R Valdes 0 on, 2 Out) RBI: B Upton 2 (80), J Damon 2 (73), K Shoppach (22) SF: J Damon 2-out RBI: K Shoppach Rays RISP: 3-13 (B Zobrist 0-2, M Joyce 0-1, E Longoria 1-1, K Shoppach 0-2, R Brignac 0-1, J Damon 1-2, B Upton 1-2, C Kotchman 0-2) Team LOB: 9
BASERUNNING SB: B Upton (34, 3rd base off H Noesi/R Martin) CS: J Damon (6, 2nd base by R Valdes/R Martin)
FIELDING E: E Longoria (14, ground ball) DP: 2 (R Brignac-C Kotchman, S Rodriguez-R Brignac-C Kotchman).

Tampa Bay Rays
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
J Shields (W, 16-12)	8.2	6	2	2	3	4	1	117-64	2.82
K Farnsworth (S, 24)	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6-4	2.26
Totals	9.0	6	2	2	3	4	1	123-68
PITCHING First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: J Shields 17/33; K Farnsworth 0/1 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: J Shields 17-6-15-26; K Farnsworth 0-2-1-1 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: J Shields 12-9; K Farnsworth 1-0 Game Scores: J Shields 65

Scoring Summary

			NYY	TB
	1st	R Cano homered to center (420 feet).	1	0
	3rd	R Cano singled to right, B Gardner scored, D Jeter to second.	2	0
	3rd	B Upton doubled to left, R Brignac and D Jennings scored.	2	2
	3rd	J Damon singled to right, B Upton scored, E Longoria to third.	2	3
	4th	K Shoppach homered to left (402 feet).	2	4
	7th	J Damon hit sacrifice fly to right, B Upton scored, E Longoria to third.	2	5
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Game Notes

YANKEES CATCHER RUSSELL MARTIN WAS EJECTED BY HOME PLATE UMPIRE PAUL SCHRIEBER IN THE BOTTOM OF THE FIFTH INNING FOR ARGUING BALLS AND STRIKES.

Game Information

Stadium	Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, FL
Attendance	18,772 (55.1% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	3:07
Weather	indoors
Umpires	Home Plate - Paul Schrieber, First Base - Chad Fairchild, Second Base - Joe West, Third Base - Sam Holbrook