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Rasner makes first start of season for Yankees
Apr 8, 2007 - 2:25 PM Baltimore (1-4) at NY Yankees (2-2) 1:05 pm EDTBRONX, New York (Ticker) -- The New York Yankees hope Alex Rodriguez's grand slam in the ninth inning on Saturday will help start a long winning streak.
On Sunday, Darrell Rasner will make his first start of the season for the Yankees when they close out a series against the Baltimore Orioles.
The Yankees have won 22 of their last 32 games against Baltimore. Perhaps the most thrilling victory came on Saturday when New York rallied from a 7-2 deficit. Jason Giambi hit a three-run homer off Danny Baez in the eighth inning and Rodriguez blasted a grand slam off Chris Ray in the ninth.
Rasner pitched in six games last season, going 3-1 with a 4.43 ERA. Rasner's only loss came to the Orioles in late September, when he allowed five earned runs in 2 1/3 innings of a 7-1 loss.
The Orioles send Erik Bedard (0-1) to the mound. The team's No. 1 starter had a tough Opening Day in Minnesota, allowing six runs and 10 hits in 4 2/3 innings. In seven career starts against the Yankees, the lefthander is 2-3 with a 4.98 ERA.
Rodriguez is batting .389 (7-of-18) with three home runs and nine RBI. Jorge Posada is leading the Yankees with a .438 batting average (7-of-16).
Melvin Mora (2 HR, 7 RBI) and Aubrey Huff (7-of-20) have been Baltimore's best hitters. All-Star shortstop Miguel Tejada has just four hits in 20 at-bats.
Since winning the American League East title in 1997, the Orioles are 49-102 against the Yankees.
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FINAL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
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BALTIMORE 0 2 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 6 8 0
NY YANKEES 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 8 1 (FINAL)
BATTERIES: BAL - ERIK BEDARD, JAMIE WALKER (8TH), CHAD BRADFORD (8TH), JOHN
PARRISH (8TH), CHRIS RAY (9TH) AND PAUL BAKO
NYY - DARRELL RASNER, SEAN HENN (5TH), ANDY PETTITTE
Apr 8 4:24 PM - AL
AT NY YANKEES - SCORING UPDATE
GROUND OUT BY MELKY CABRERA SCORED JOHNNY DAMON.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, NONE ON, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: BALTIMORE 6
NY YANKEES 4 BOTTOM, 8TH
DUE UP FOR NY YANKEES: D JETER (.286, 1-FOR-3)
Orioles vs. YankeesApr 8 3:44 PM - AL
AT NY YANKEES - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: J Posada hit for M Cairo.
SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, J PHELPS ON SECOND, 2 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: BALTIMORE 6
NY YANKEES 3 BOTTOM, 7TH
DUE UP FOR NY YANKEES: J Posada (.438, 1 HR, 3 RBI)
Apr 8 3:25 PM - AL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
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BALTIMORE 0 2 0 3 0 0 1 6 8 0
NY YANKEES 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 1 (BOT 7)
CURRENT PITCHERS: BAL - ERIK BEDARD
NYY - SCOTT PROCTOR
DUE UP FOR NY YANKEES: J GIAMBI (.167, 0-FOR-2)
J PHELPS (.167, 0-FOR-2)
R CANO (.400, 1-FOR-2)
Apr 8 3:17 PM - AL
AT NY YANKEES - SCORING UPDATE
SACRIFICE FLY BY KEVIN MILLAR SCORED MIGUEL TEJADA.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, J GIBBONS ON FIRST, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: BALTIMORE 6
NY YANKEES 3 TOP, 7TH
DUE UP FOR BALTIMORE: C PATTERSON (.176, 0-FOR-2, BB)
Orioles vs. YankeesApr 8 3:11 PM - AL
AT NY YANKEES - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: S Henn relieved D Rasner.
SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, A HUFF ON FIRST, N MARKAKIS ON SECOND, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: BALTIMORE 5
NY YANKEES 3 TOP, 5TH
DUE UP FOR BALTIMORE: J Gibbons (.222, 1-FOR-2)
Apr 8 2:28 PM - AL
AT NY YANKEES - PITCHING CHANGE
NYY: SEAN HENN (0-0, 0.00) IN THE 5TH
SITUATION: NO RUNS IN, A HUFF ON FIRST, N MARKAKIS ON SECOND, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: BALTIMORE 5, NY YANKEES 3
DUE UP FOR BALTIMORE: J GIBBONS (.222, 1-FOR-2)
Apr 8 2:28 PM - AL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
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BALTIMORE 0 2 0 3 5 7 0
NY YANKEES 3 0 0 0 3 3 0 (TOP 5)
CURRENT PITCHERS: BAL - ERIK BEDARD
NYY - DARRELL RASNER
DUE UP FOR BALTIMORE: N MARKAKIS (.318, 2-FOR-2)
M TEJADA (.227, 1-FOR-2)
A HUFF (.318, 0-FOR-2)
Apr 8 2:21 PM - AL
AT NY YANKEES - SCORING UPDATE
THREE-RUN HOME RUN BY PAUL BAKO (1) TO RIGHT WITH 1 OUT IN
THE 4TH OFF DARRELL RASNER SCORED KEVIN MILLAR AND COREY PATTERSON.
CURRENT SCORE: BALTIMORE 5, NY YANKEES 3
DUE UP FOR BALTIMORE: B ROBERTS (.158, 0-FOR-2)
Orioles vs. YankeesApr 8 2:11 PM - AL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
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BALTIMORE 0 2 2 3 0
NY YANKEES 3 3 3 0 (BOT 2)
CURRENT PITCHERS: BAL - ERIK BEDARD
NYY - DARRELL RASNER
DUE UP FOR NY YANKEES: R CANO (.389, 0 HR, 3 RBI)
M CAIRO (.000, 0 HR, 0 RBI)
W NIEVES (.000, 0 HR, 0 RBI)
Apr 8 1:33 PM - AL
AT NY YANKEES - SCORING UPDATE
TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY KEVIN MILLAR (1) TO LEFT WITH 1 OUT IN
THE 2ND OFF DARRELL RASNER SCORED JAY GIBBONS.
CURRENT SCORE: BALTIMORE 2, NY YANKEES 3
DUE UP FOR BALTIMORE: C PATTERSON (.200, 0 HR, 2 RBI)
Orioles vs. YankeesApr 8 1:31 PM - AL
AT NY YANKEES - SCORING UPDATE
TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY ALEX RODRIGUEZ (4) TO RIGHT WITH 1 OUT
IN THE 1ST OFF ERIK BEDARD SCORED DEREK JETER.
CURRENT SCORE: BALTIMORE 0, NY YANKEES 3
DUE UP FOR NY YANKEES: J GIAMBI (.188, 1 HR, 6 RBI)
Orioles vs. YankeesApr 8 1:23 PM - AL
AT NY YANKEES - SCORING UPDATE
SACRIFICE FLY BY BOBBY ABREU SCORED MELKY CABRERA.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, D JETER ON FIRST, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: BALTIMORE 0
NY YANKEES 1 BOTTOM, 1ST
DUE UP FOR NY YANKEES: A RODRIGUEZ (.389, 3 HR, 9 RBI)
Orioles vs. YankeesApr 8 1:22 PM
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