2006 AL Game: TB @ NY

 May 4, 2006

   New York's Alex Rodriguez blasted 2 homeruns and drove in 7 as the Yankees defeated the Tampa Bay Devil Rays 9-5. Rodriguez was 4 for 5 in the game and the 7 RBI is the most by any player in the AL this season. Randy Johnson got the Win and is now 5-0 on the year.

Event Codes:  G
BOXSCORE: 2006 New York (AL) Yankees At 2006 Tampa Bay Devil Rays    5/4/2006
 
  Yankees            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Devil Rays         AB  R  H RBI AVG
  J.Damon DH          4  1  1  0 .209     J.Gathright CF      4  1  1  0 .215  
  D.Jeter SS          3  4  3  1 .386     C.Crawford LF       4  1  1  0 .250  
  J.Giambi 1B         3  2  0  0 .207     J.Gomes DH          3  1  1  3 .171  
  A.Rodriguez 3B      5  2  4  7 .368     T.Wigginton 3B      3  1  1  0 .245  
  H.Matsui LF         4  0  0  1 .229     T.Hall C            4  1  1  0 .207  
  J.Posada C          4  0  1  0 .308     D.Hollins RF        3  0  0  0 .182  
  R.Cano 2B           4  0  2  0 .391     G.Norton 1B         4  0  2  2 .278  
  B.Williams RF       5  0  0  0 .266     N.Green 2B          4  0  0  0 .091  
  B.Crosby CF         5  0  0  0 .231     T.Perez SS          3  0  0  0 .266  
                                        A-J.Paul PH           1  0  0  0 .241  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      37  9 11  9                 Totals      33  5  7  5
 
A-Pinch Hit For Perez In 9th Inning
 
Yankees......... 2 0 0  0 3 0  1 3 0  -  9 11  1
Devil Rays...... 0 0 0  2 3 0  0 0 0  -  5  7  0
 
Yankees (18-8)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
R.Johnson WIN(5-0)        7       7   5   5   3   7   1 146   3.24
K.Farnsworth SAVE(1st)    2       0   0   0   0   1   0  25   1.15
Totals                    9       7   5   5   3   8   1
 
Devil Rays (9-20)        IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
D.Waechter                4 1/3   6   5   5   2   4   1 103   6.56
B.Meadows LOSS(1-1)       2 1/3   3   1   1   1   2   1  44   8.15
C.Orvella                 1       1   3   3   2   0   1  33  14.85
T.Harper                  1 1/3   1   0   0   0   0   0  19   4.63
Totals                    9      11   9   9   5   6   3
 
ATTENDANCE- 16,084 DATE- Thursday, May 4th 2006 TIME- Night 
UMPIRES- Ed Montague, Jerry Layne, Mark Wagner, Marvin Hudson
T- 3:14
LEFT ON BASE- Yankees: 9  Devil Rays: 4
DOUBLE PLAYS- Yankees: 1  Devil Rays: 0
ERRORS- J.Giambi
HOME RUNS- D.Jeter(1st), A.Rodriguez-2(9th), J.Gomes(3rd)
RBIs- D.Jeter(7th), A.Rodriguez-7(28th), H.Matsui(10th), J.Gomes-3(9th),
      G.Norton-2(2nd)
SACRIFICE FLIES- H.Matsui
WALKS- D.Jeter, J.Giambi-2, J.Posada, R.Cano, J.Gomes, T.Wigginton, D.Hollins
HIT BY PITCH- J.Damon, D.Jeter
STRIKE OUTS- J.Damon, J.Giambi-2, B.Williams, B.Crosby-2, T.Wigginton,
             D.Hollins, G.Norton, N.Green-2, T.Perez-3
GIDP- D.Hollins
2-out RBI- A.Rodriguez-5, G.Norton-2
RLISP 2-out- B.Crosby, H.Matsui, J.Gathright, N.Green-2, R.Cano, B.Williams-2
TEAM RISP- Yankees: 3 for 9  Devil Rays: 2 for 8
 
Third baseman Alex Rodriguez slammed 2 homeruns and had 7 RBI as the New York
(AL) Yankees defeated the Tampa Bay Devil Rays by a score of 9 to 5 at
Tropicana Field.
 
Rodriguez enjoyed a big evening at the plate.  He smashed a two-run homer in
the 1st inning, slapped a base-hit which was good for two runs in the 5th
inning, stroked a single in the 7th inning and launched a three-run homer in
the 8th inning.  Kyle Farnsworth was perfect in relief and gained credit for
his 1st save.  
 
The victory was credited to Randy Johnson(5-0) who went 7 innings, allowing 5
runs. Brian Meadows(1-1) ended up with the loss in relief.  He surrendered 3
hits and 1 walk in 2 and 1/3 innings.  
 
'I had a big day, but there's a lot of credit to go around' Rodriguez said.
'We played well together as a team.'