Too busy on Monday morning to write about this, but man. Walk off home run against the Yankees. What a sweet ending! And I was there to see it. Really REALLY awesome! Anyone catch Kevin Mench freaking out on the field dancing and whatnot when we won? It was quite amusing. This picture about sums it up for me:
Line Score AL FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - NY YANKEES 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 3 7 2 TEXAS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 6 0 (FINAL) BATTERIES: NYY - JOSE CONTRERAS, PAUL QUANTRILL (7TH), FELIX HEREDIA (8TH), TOM GORDON (8TH) AND JOHN FLAHERTY TEX - RYAN DRESE, CARLOS ALMANZAR (9TH) AND ROD BARAJAS WP - CARLOS ALMANZAR (4-0) LP - TOM GORDON (1-2) SAVE - NONE HOME RUNS: NYY - BERNIE WILLIAMS (4) OFF RYAN DRESE IN THE 5TH, 0 ON TONY CLARK (3) OFF RYAN DRESE IN THE 5TH, 0 ON TEX - ALFONSO SORIANO (6) OFF JOSE CONTRERAS IN THE 1ST, 0 ON ROD BARAJAS (4) OFF TOM GORDON IN THE 9TH, 0 ON TIME: 2:24 ATT: 49,458 PROBABLES: NYY - JAVIER VAZQUEZ (3-4, 3.58) TEX - R.A. DICKEY (4-3, 5.06) Box Score NY YANKEES (3) VS TEXAS (4) - FINAL NY YANKEES ab r h rbi bb so lob avg K Lofton cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .233 D Jeter ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .190 A Rodriguez 3b 4 1 1 0 0 2 0 .287 G Sheffield rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .275 H Matsui lf 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 .282 B Williams dh 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 .230 T Clark 1b 3 1 1 1 0 1 2 .208 J Flaherty c 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .135 E Wilson 2b 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .188 Totals 32 3 7 3 0 3 4 BATTING: HR - B Williams (4, 5th inning off R Drese 0 on, 2 Out), T Clark (3, 5th inning off R Drese 0 on, 2 Out). RBI - B Williams (11), T Clark (8), H Matsui (23). 2-out RBI - B Williams, T Clark. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - D Jeter 1. GIDP - T Clark. Team LOB - 2. FIELDING: E - A Rodriguez (4, ground ball); T Gordon (1, throw). DP: 1 (E Wilson-D Jeter-T Clark). TEXAS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg M Young ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .353 H Blalock 3b 4 1 1 0 0 1 2 .294 A Soriano 2b 4 2 1 1 0 1 0 .299 B Fullmer dh 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 .237 M Teixeira 1b 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 .230 D Dellucci lf 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 .341 K Mench rf 4 0 1 0 0 2 3 .289 L Nix cf 3 0 0 0 1 3 1 .313 R Barajas c 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 .296 Totals 32 4 6 3 2 9 11 BATTING: HR - A Soriano (6, 1st inning off J Contreras 0 on, 2 Out), R Barajas (4, 9th inning off T Gordon 0 on, 1 Out). RBI - A Soriano (29), M Teixeira (11), R Barajas (12). 2-out RBI - A Soriano. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - K Mench 1, H Blalock 1, D Dellucci 1, R Barajas 1. GIDP - K Mench. Team LOB - 7. BASERUNNING: SB - D Dellucci (4, 2nd base off J Contreras/J Flaherty). FIELDING: Outfield assists - K Mench (K Lofton at 1st base). DP: 2 (K Mench-M Teixeira, M Teixeira-M Young-R Drese). ---------------------------------------------------- NY YANKEES - 000 020 100 -- 3 TEXAS - 100 000 021 -- 4 One out when winning run scored. ---------------------------------------------------- NY YANKEES ip h r er bb so hr era J Contreras 6 3 1 1 2 7 1 7.56 P Quantrill (H, 5) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.81 F Heredia (H, 1) 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 18.90 T Gordon (L, 1-2; B, 1) 1 1/3 2 2 1 0 1 1 1.82 TEXAS ip h r er bb so hr era R Drese 8 7 3 3 0 3 2 2.92 C Almanzar (W, 4-0) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.62 F Heredia pitched to 1 batter in the 8th. WP - J Contreras. HBP - M Teixeira (by J Contreras); D Dellucci (by J Contreras). Pitches-strikes: J Contreras 100-59; P Quantrill 11-8; F Heredia 1-1; T Gordon 14-11; R Drese 85-55; C Almanzar 7-4. Ground balls-fly balls: J Contreras 4-7; P Quantrill 0-2; F Heredia 0-0; T Gordon 4-0; R Drese 13-7; C Almanzar 1-2. Batters faced: J Contreras 25; P Quantrill 3; F Heredia 1; T Gordon 7; R Drese 29; C Almanzar 3. UMPIRES: HP--Tim Mcclelland. 1B--Tony Randazzo. 2B--Fieldin Culbreth. 3B--Jim Wolf. T--2:24. Att--49,458. Weather: 84 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 20 mph, right to left.