Too busy on Monday morning to write about this. Would have been shocked if we swept the Yankees, but I’ll take 2 out of 3 against them any time.
Line Score AL FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - NY YANKEES 1 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 1 8 13 0 TEXAS 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 7 2 (FINAL) BATTERIES: NYY - JAVIER VAZQUEZ, PAUL QUANTRILL (7TH), MARIANO RIVERA (9TH) AND JORGE POSADA TEX - R.A. DICKEY, RON MAHAY (6TH), FRANK FRANCISCO (6TH), BRIAN SHOUSE (7TH), JAY POWELL (8TH), ERASMO RAMIREZ (9TH) AND ROD BARAJAS WP - JAVIER VAZQUEZ (4-4) LP - R.A. DICKEY (4-4) SAVE - NONE HOME RUNS: NYY - ENRIQUE WILSON (2) OFF R.A. DICKEY IN THE 4TH, 1 ON TEX - NONE TIME: 3:09 ATT: 50,241 PROBABLES: NYY - JON LIEBER (3-1, 4.40) BAL - ERIK BEDARD (1-1, 4.97) PROBABLES: TEX - KENNY ROGERS (6-2, 3.37) CHA - SCOTT SCHOENEWEIS (4-1, 3.33) Box Score NY YANKEES (8) VS TEXAS (3) - FINAL NY YANKEES ab r h rbi bb so lob avg K Lofton cf 4 2 2 0 0 0 1 .250 B Crosby cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .211 D Jeter ss 5 0 1 1 0 1 2 .190 A Rodriguez 3b 4 0 2 0 1 2 2 .292 G Sheffield rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 .268 J Posada c 4 0 0 0 1 1 4 .313 H Matsui lf 5 2 3 0 0 0 1 .292 B Williams dh 4 1 1 1 1 0 1 .231 T Clark 1b 4 1 1 1 1 0 0 .212 E Wilson 2b 5 2 3 3 0 0 2 .211 Totals 40 8 13 6 4 4 17 BATTING: 2B - H Matsui 2 (10, R Dickey, J Powell); A Rodriguez (9, R Dickey); E Wilson (3, R Mahay). 3B - K Lofton (4, R Dickey). HR - E Wilson (2, 4th inning off R Dickey 1 on, 1 Out). RBI - T Clark (9), E Wilson 3 (12), D Jeter (16), B Williams (12). 2-out RBI - B Williams. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - J Posada 3, E Wilson 1, H Matsui 1. Team LOB - 10. TEXAS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg M Young ss 5 0 1 1 0 0 3 .349 H Blalock 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .287 A Soriano 2b 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 .298 B Fullmer dh 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 .230 M Teixeira 1b 4 0 1 0 0 2 0 .231 D Dellucci lf 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 .330 K Mench rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .289 a-B Jordan ph-rf 3 0 0 0 1 2 2 .102 L Nix cf 4 2 3 1 0 0 1 .330 R Barajas c 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 .293 Totals 35 3 7 3 2 6 13 a-struck out swinging for K Mench in the 2nd. BATTING: 2B - L Nix (8, J Vazquez); M Teixeira (8, J Vazquez). RBI - L Nix (21), R Barajas (13), M Young (33). 2-out RBI - L Nix, R Barajas. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - B Fullmer 1, M Young 1, L Nix 1. Team LOB - 7. FIELDING: E - M Young (7, throw); A Soriano (4, ground ball). Outfield assists - K Mench (A Rodriguez at Home). ---------------------------------------------------- NY YANKEES - 100 303 001 -- 8 TEXAS - 020 010 000 -- 3 ---------------------------------------------------- NY YANKEES ip h r er bb so hr era J Vazquez (W, 4-4) 6 6 3 3 1 6 0 3.67 P Quantrill 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.56 M Rivera 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1.08 TEXAS ip h r er bb so hr era R Dickey (L, 4-4) 5 8 4 4 1 2 1 5.26 R Mahay 1/3 1 3 2 1 0 0 6.75 F Francisco 2/3 1 0 0 1 1 0 3.37 B Shouse 1 1/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 J Powell 1 1/3 2 1 1 1 1 0 3.93 E Ramirez 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.86 WP - J Vazquez 2, R Dickey. HBP - G Sheffield (by R Dickey). Pitches-strikes: J Vazquez 99-66; P Quantrill 24-16; M Rivera 18-10; R Dickey 86-53; R Mahay 16-11; F Francisco 14-7; B Shouse 21-14; J Powell 32-17; E Ramirez 3-1. Ground balls-fly balls: J Vazquez 3-10; P Quantrill 3-3; M Rivera 1-2; R Dickey 7-5; R Mahay 1-0; F Francisco 0-1; B Shouse 2-2; J Powell 1-2; E Ramirez 0-1. Batters faced: J Vazquez 26; P Quantrill 6; M Rivera 5; R Dickey 24; R Mahay 4; F Francisco 4; B Shouse 5; J Powell 7; E Ramirez 1. UMPIRES: HP--Tony Randazzo. 1B--Fieldin Culbreth. 2B--Jim Wolf. 3B--Tim Mcclelland. T--3:09. Att--50,241. Weather: 86 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 20 mph, right to left.