Rays 8 - 2 Yankees
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Pettitte aims for his seventh straight win

Sep 2, 2007 - 2:39 PM Tampa Bay (55-81) at NY Yankees (76-60), 1:05 pm EDT

BRONX, New York (Ticker) - Andy Pettitte searches for his seventh win as the New York Yankees faces the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the finale of a weekend series on Sunday.

Pettitte (12-7, 3.70 ERA) has been one of the hottest hurlers of late, having not endured a setback since a 4-2 loss on July 27 at Baltimore. He has only failed to reach the seventh inning only once during this impressive stretch.

On Tuesday, the 35-year-old Pettitte gave up three runs and six hits in seven frames for a 5-3 win over rival Boston. The lefthander has dominated Tampa Bay, posting a stellar 13-1 record with a 3.34 ERA all-time in the series.

On Saturday, rookie Ian Kennedy pitched seven solid innings in his debut and Alex Rodriguez drove in four runs as the Yankees posted a 9-6 victory.

Jason Hammel (1-4, 7.44) gets the ball for the Devil Rays with the hopes of finally breaking through into the win column as a starter. In his last outing, the righthander gave up five runs in six frames, but did not figure into Tuesday's decision.

Ironically, Hammel made his first start this season against the Yankees, who recorded two runs and three hits over four innings off the righthander on July 21.








  • AL
    FINAL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    TAMPA BAY 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 3 0 8 14 1
    NY YANKEES 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 8 1 (FINAL)

    BATTERIES: TAM - JASON HAMMEL, SCOTT DOHMANN (6TH), GRANT BALFOUR (7TH), DAN
    WHEELER (8TH), GARY GLOVER (9TH) AND DIONER NAVARRO
    NYY - ANDY PETTITTE, EDWAR RAMIREZ (7TH), JOSE

    Sep 2 4:52 PM


  • AL
    AT NY YANKEES - SCORING UPDATE
    TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY AKINORI IWAMURA (6) TO RIGHT WITH 2 OUT
    IN THE 8TH OFF EDWAR RAMIREZ SCORED DIONER NAVARRO.
    CURRENT SCORE: TAMPA BAY 8, NY YANKEES 2
    DUE UP FOR TAMPA BAY: C CRAWFORD (.315, 1-FOR-3, BB)

    Rays vs. YankeesSep 2 4:13 PM


  • AL
    AT NY YANKEES - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY JOSH WILSON (2) TO LEFT WITH 2 OUT IN THE
    8TH OFF EDWAR RAMIREZ.
    CURRENT SCORE: TAMPA BAY 6, NY YANKEES 2
    DUE UP FOR TAMPA BAY: D NAVARRO (.213, 2-FOR-3, HR, RBI)

    Rays vs. YankeesSep 2 4:13 PM


  • AL
    AT NY YANKEES - SCORING UPDATE
    TRIPLE BY BOBBY ABREU SCORED JOHNNY DAMON.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, B ABREU ON THIRD, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: TAMPA BAY 5
    NY YANKEES 2 BOTTOM, 7TH
    DUE UP FOR NY YANKEES: A RODRIGUEZ (.307, 0-FOR-2, HBP)

    Rays vs. YankeesSep 2 4:12 PM


  • AL
    AT NY YANKEES - SCORING UPDATE
    THREE-RUN HOME RUN BY CARLOS PENA (34) TO RIGHT WITH 1 OUT
    IN THE 7TH OFF ANDY PETTITTE SCORED DIONER NAVARRO AND CARL
    CRAWFORD.
    CURRENT SCORE: TAMPA BAY 5, NY YANKEES 1
    DUE UP FOR TAMPA BAY: B UPTON (.314, 0-FOR-2, SF, RBI)

    Rays vs. YankeesSep 2 3:49 PM


  • AL
    AT NY YANKEES - SCORING UPDATE
    SACRIFICE FLY BY B.J. UPTON SCORED CARL CRAWFORD.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, C PENA ON FIRST, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: TAMPA BAY 2
    NY YANKEES 1 TOP, 6TH
    DUE UP FOR TAMPA BAY: D YOUNG (.295, 1-FOR-2)

    Rays vs. YankeesSep 2 2:58 PM


  • AL
    AT NY YANKEES - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY MELKY CABRERA SCORED ANDY PHILLIPS.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, M CABRERA ON THIRD, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: TAMPA BAY 1
    NY YANKEES 1 BOTTOM, 5TH
    DUE UP FOR NY YANKEES: J DAMON (.259, 0-FOR-2)

    Rays vs. YankeesSep 2 2:37 PM


  • AL
    AT NY YANKEES - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY DIONER NAVARRO (7) TO LEFT WITH 1 OUT IN
    THE 3RD OFF ANDY PETTITTE.
    CURRENT SCORE: TAMPA BAY 1, NY YANKEES 0
    DUE UP FOR TAMPA BAY: A IWAMURA (.280, 0-FOR-1)

    Rays vs. YankeesSep 2 1:47 PM

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