Yankees vs. Rays - Box Score - April 14, 2008

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And That Happened
Published 4/15/2008 by Craig Calcaterra at ShysterBall
... Yankees 8, Rays 7: Ian Kennedy allows ten base runners in six innings, but only gives up three runs in what passes for the best start of the season from New York's young duo. Having A-Rod (4-5, HR), Damon (2-3, HR, 3 RBI), and Cano (1-1, PH homer to put the Bombers ahead to stay) in your corner helps an awful lot. Al Reyes (.2 IP, gave up Cano homer and hung with the loss) continues to have an utterly forgettable week. ...

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Published 4/15/2008 by Dave & Aziz Nekoukar at NJ.com: Pride of the Yankees
... each noted, on March 31, that Jason Giambi would be one of the most important players on the team this season, because production from him would be so valuable and unexpected. As it has already turned out, Matt's stat shows that the Yanks won't be able to rely on production from him at all, at least not in the near future, and that's causing problems already. For instance, last night's hitters , from spots five through nine in the lineup, just weren't that scary: Hideki Matsui , Morgan Ensberg , Melky Cabrera , Chad Moeller and Alberto Gonzalez . Granted, one of those ...