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After clinching playoff spot, Yankees eye AL East

Sep 27, 2007 - 1:16 PM Ny Yankees (91-67) at Tampa Bay (65-93) 7:10 pm EDT

ST. PETERSBURG, Florida (Ticker) - With a playoff spot wrapped up, the New York Yankees will concentrate on winning the American League East Division on Thursday when they take on the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the finale of a three-game series.

The Yankees took the middle game of the set on Wednesday, 12-4, clinching a postseason birth for the 13th consecutive season.

New York, which currently holds the AL wild card, isn't out of the division race yet, trailing the Boston Red Sox (94-64) by three games in the AL East. However, the Yanks will need plenty of help since they have just four games left.

Rookie Phil Hughes (4-3, 4.80 ERA) take the mound for the Yankees. The 21-year-old righthander failed to factor into the decision against Toronto on Saturday after allowing three runs and seven hits in five innings.

New York is 4-0 in the last four games that Hughes has started.

The Devil Rays will counter with Scott Kazmir (13-9, 3.54), who is locked in a battle with fellow lefthander Johan Santana of the Minnesota Twins for AL strikeout title.

Kazmir struck out nine batters in his last start against the Red Sox on Friday, giving him 229 on the season. He is six strikeouts behind Santana, who made his final regular-season start Wednesday.








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

    BATTERIES: NYY - PHIL HUGHES, JOBA CHAMBERLAIN (8TH), JOSE VERAS (9TH) AND JOSE
    MOLINA
    TAM - SCOTT KAZMIR, JON SWITZER (7TH), GARY GLOVER
    (7TH), SCOTT DOHMANN (9TH) AND DIONE

    Sep 27 10:04 PM


  • AL
    AT TAMPA BAY - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY JOSE MOLINA SCORED SHELLEY DUNCAN AND ROBINSON
    CANO.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, J MOLINA ON FIRST, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: NY YANKEES 3
    TAMPA BAY 1 TOP, 7TH
    DUE UP FOR NY YANKEES: B SARDINHA (.250, 1-FOR-2)

    Yankees vs. RaysSep 27 9:05 PM


  • AL
    AT TAMPA BAY - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY JOHNNY DAMON SCORED ALBERTO GONZALEZ.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, J DAMON ON SECOND, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: NY YANKEES 1
    TAMPA BAY 1 TOP, 6TH
    DUE UP FOR NY YANKEES: W BETEMIT (.208, 0-FOR-2)

    Yankees vs. RaysSep 27 8:44 PM


  • AL
    AT TAMPA BAY - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY CARLOS PENA (44) TO RIGHT WITH 0 OUT IN
    THE 4TH OFF PHIL HUGHES.
    CURRENT SCORE: NY YANKEES 0, TAMPA BAY 1
    DUE UP FOR TAMPA BAY: B UPTON (.305, 0-FOR-0, HBP)

    Yankees vs. RaysSep 27 8:10 PM

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