Yankees vs. Rays - Box Score - September 04, 2008

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Bronx Banter: The Big Yawn
Published 9/5/2008 at Baseball Toaster
... relief, giving up just one run and was a bright spot, and the Yanks did make it interesting late. Tampa led 7-0 going into the ninth but the Yanks scored five runs before calling it a night: with two out, Derek Jeter smacked a three-run homer to right and then Alex Rodriguez hit an absolute blast into the catwalk in left. Rodriguez's shot was dumb nice, career dinger #550. But it was too little too late, the story of the Yankees' season, as Xavier Nady popped out to end the game. Rays 7, Yanks 5 . So our boys take the long cross-country flight to Seattle where Melky Cabrera ...

THT Daily: Head to head
Published 9/5/2008 by THT Staff at The Hardball Times
... that he felt fine, but that he just couldn't get the job done. From the game story: "Tigers manager Jim Leyland thought Rogers is fighting some nagging pain but didn't think the pitcher would admit it. 'He won't make excuses. He's a professional,' Leyland said." In light of recent events , it's quite obvious that those comments were not truly aimed at praising Rogers' professionalism as much as they were aimed at Justin Verlander 's perceived lack thereof. Rays 7, Yankees 5 : The Darrell Rasner era continues to go swimmingly in the Bronx (1.1 ...

And That Happened
Published 9/5/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (Craig Calcaterra) at ShysterBall
... Rays 7, Yankees 5: The Darrell Rasner era continues to go swimmingly in the Bronx (1.1 IP, 6 H, 5 ER). That's just not going to cut it against Scott Kazmir (6 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 7K). But it almost cut it against the whole of the Rays' staff, as the Yankees put up five runs in the ninth to make this one a lot closer than it looked like it would be.