Final/10
Granderson's homer in 10th gives Yankees 6-5 win
Jun 24, 2010 - 6:50 AMVideo
PHOENIX(AP) -- Mariano Rivera was on the brink of a rare pratfall, then he did it again.
The magnificent closer mustered another remarkable string of pitches, and the New York Yankees escaped with a dramatic victory before heading to Los Angeles to face their old manager Joe Torre and his Dodgers.
Curtis Granderson led off the top of the 10th with a home run and Rivera got out of a bases-loaded, no-out jam in the bottom of the inning to give the Yankees a 6-5 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Wednesday night.
"I've seen him do it before," New York manager Joe Girardi said of Rivera's effort. "You know he has the ability to strike people out and you know that he can get the job done. He's done it so many times in his career."
Alex Rodriguez's sacrifice fly in the ninth inning tied the game at 5. Granderson greeted Carlos Rosa (0-2), the Diamondbacks' fifth reliever, with a towering home run to right field.
Rivera (1-1), in his first two-inning appearance of the season, loaded the bases only to get Chris Young to foul out to the catcher, Adam LaRoche to pop up to third and then struck out Mark Reynolds.
"You hold your composure, made your pitches and a little help from the Lord you get it done," Rivera said. "Nothing's that easy. The game's still by one run. You still have a chance."
The Yankees took two out of three from Arizona increased their AL East lead to 2 1/2 games because Boston and Tampa Bay lost to NL West foes.
"That's quite a range of emotions," a hoarse Diamondbacks manager A.J. Hinch said after the four-hour, seven minute roller coaster ride. "Just a terrible loss, a terrible feeling of a loss."
LaRoche, 2 of 16 in his career against New York starter Javier Vazquez entering the game, had two-run singles in the first and fourth innings. His swinging dribbler in front of the plate brought Young in with the go-ahead run on a fielder's choice in the sixth to match his career best with five RBIs.
A standout relief appearance by newcomer Sam Demel and a scoreless eighth by Juan Guittierez kept Arizona ahead 5-4 entering the ninth.
Aaron Heilman, who has been the best of what has been a mostly atrocious lot in the Diamondbacks bullpen, walked Derek Jeter and Nick Swisher to start the inning. They were the last of a season-high 13 walks allowed by Arizona.
"I think I'd rather give up a home run," Heilman said, "at least make them hit the ball, put it in play, as opposed to giving two free passes, especially late in the game, you just can't have that."
The runners advanced on a groundout, then Hinch chose to pitch to Rodriguez rather than walk him intentionally and load the bases for Robinson Cano, who entered the game with a major league-best .363 average.
Rodriguez scored Jeter with a fly to right.
Hinch said he thought about walking Rodriguez, but only for an instant.
"Cano's a human highlight reel this year," Hinch said. "... I don't want to put the game in his hands with the bases loaded."
Cano had a difficult night.
He came to bat with two runners on and one out in the first and third innings. In the first, he struck out and Mark Teixeira was thrown out trying to steal third. In the third, Cano bounced into an inning-ending double play.
Then in the fifth, with runners at first and second and one out, Cano hit a line shot to deep left that Gerardo Parra caught with a diving, face-first grab running toward the wall. Parra threw to second baseman Kelly Johnson, who doubled up Rodriguez as he tried to scramble back to first.
Dontrelle Willis, in his third start for Arizona since being acquired from Detroit, again struggled with his control, walking seven in 2 1-3 innings, three of them on four pitches.
Demel, in his third hitless major league appearance since being acquired from Oakland, came on in the sixth to get Jeter to hit into an inning-ending double play, then struck out Swisher, Teixeira and Rodriguez in order in the seventh.
Notes: The Yankees will meet the Dodgers for the second time in a regular-season series. The teams have faced each other in 11 World Series. ... Vazquez, 3-1 with a 2.25 ERA in his previous four starts, went five innings, his shortest outing since May 1. ... With the crowd of 46,325, the series drew the second-, third- and fourth-largest home crowds of the season.
- Diamondbacks 5, Yankees 6 - FINAL
NY YANKEES ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
D Jeter ss 4 3 0 0 2 0 5 .279
N Swisher rf 3 0 1 1 2 1 0 .299
K Russo pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .196
M Rivera p 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000
M Teixeira 1b 3 0 1 0 2 1 0 .229
A Rodriguez 3b 1 0 0 2 3 1 0 .280
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Jun 24 1:49 AM - ML
AT ARIZONA - SCORING UPDATE
SOLO HOME RUN BY CURTIS GRANDERSON (7) TO RIGHT WITH 0 OUT
IN THE 10TH OFF CARLOS ROSA.
CURRENT SCORE: NY YANKEES 6, ARIZONA 5
DUE UP FOR NY YANKEES: B GARDNER (.319, 1-FOR-4, RBI)
Yankees 6, Diamondbacks 5 Top 10, 0 OutsJun 24 1:23 AM - 132
roots - ML
AT ARIZONA - SCORING UPDATE
SACRIFICE FLY BY ALEX RODRIGUEZ SCORED DEREK JETER
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, K RUSSO ON SECOND, 2 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: NY YANKEES 5
ARIZONA 5 TOP,9TH
DUE UP FOR NY YANKEES: R CANO (.362, 1-FOR-4)
Yankees 5, Diamondbacks 5 Top 9, 0 OutsJun 24 1:08 AM - ML
AT ARIZONA - SCORING UPDATE
GROUND OUT BY ADAM LAROCHE SCORED CHRIS YOUNG
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, NONE ON, 2 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: NY YANKEES 4
ARIZONA 5 BOTTOM,6TH
DUE UP FOR ARIZONA: M REYNOLDS (.217, 0-FOR-2)
Yankees 4, Diamondbacks 5 Bot 6, 0 OutsJun 24 12:02 AM - ML
AT ARIZONA - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY COLIN CURTIS SCORED CURTIS GRANDERSON
SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, C CURTIS ON FIRST, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: NY YANKEES 4
ARIZONA 4 TOP,6TH
DUE UP FOR NY YANKEES: D JETER (.281, 0-FOR-2, BB)
Yankees 4, Diamondbacks 4 Top 6, 0 OutsJun 23 11:45 PM - ML
AT ARIZONA - SCORING UPDATE
GROUND OUT BY BRETT GARDNER SCORED FRANCISCO CERVELLI
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, C GRANDERSON ON THIRD, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: NY YANKEES 3
ARIZONA 4 TOP,6TH
DUE UP FOR NY YANKEES: J VAZQUEZ (.000, 0-FOR-0, 2 BB)
Yankees 3, Diamondbacks 4 Top 6, 0 OutsJun 23 11:44 PM - ML
AT ARIZONA - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY ADAM LAROCHE SCORED CHRIS YOUNG AND MIGUEL
MONTERO
SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, A LAROCHE ON FIRST, 0 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: NY YANKEES 2
ARIZONA 4 BOTTOM,4TH
DUE UP FOR ARIZONA: M REYNOLDS (.218, 0-FOR-1)
Yankees 2, Diamondbacks 4 Bot 4, 0 OutsJun 23 11:10 PM - ML
AT ARIZONA - SCORING UPDATE
BASES LOADED WALK TO ALEX RODRIGUEZ SCORED DEREK JETER
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, A RODRIGUEZ ON FIRST, M TEIXEIRA ON SECOND, N
SWISHER ON THIRD, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: NY YANKEES 2
ARIZONA 2 TOP,3RD
DUE UP FOR NY YANKEES: R CANO (.362, 0-FOR-1)
Yankees 2, Diamondbacks 2 Top 3, 0 OutsJun 23 10:42 PM - ML
AT ARIZONA - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY ADAM LAROCHE SCORED JUSTIN UPTON AND STEPHEN DREW
SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, A LAROCHE ON FIRST, M MONTERO ON SECOND, 2 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: NY YANKEES 1
ARIZONA 2 BOTTOM,1ST
DUE UP FOR ARIZONA: M REYNOLDS (.218, 17 HR, 48 RBI)
Yankees 1, Diamondbacks 2 Bot 1, 0 OutsJun 23 10:13 PM - ML
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
NY YANKEES 1 1 1 0
ARIZONA 0 0 0 (BOT 1)
CURRENT PITCHERS: NYY - JAVIER VAZQUEZ
ARI - DONTRELLE WILLIS
DUE UP FOR ARIZONA: K JOHNSON (.267, 13 HR, 35 RBI)
S DREW (.268, 4 HR, 28 RBI)
J UPTON (.259, 13 HR, 38 RBI)
Yankees 1, Diamondbacks 0 Bot 1, 0 OutsJun 23 9:54 PM
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