Yankees 5, White Sox 1
Xavier Nady scores the go-ahead run in the seventh on a wild pitch (Kathy Willens/AP)
By Bryan Hoch / MLB.com
The Yankees were handcuffed for most of the night, but they woke up in the seventh, when Xavier Nady tied the game with an RBI single and scored the go-ahead run on a wild pitch. Johnny Damon and Alex Rodriguez each went deep in the eighth.
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NY Yankees 5, Chi White Sox 1
Today's Boxes 9/17/08
COL 1, SD 0
PHI 6, ATL 1
PIT 15, LAD 8
CLE 6, MIN 4
TOR 8, BAL 7
TB 10, BOS 3
FLA 14, HOU 2
NYM 9, WSH 7
CIN 3, STL 0
DET 17, TEX 4
MIL 6, CHC 2
KC 5, SEA 2
ARI 7, SF 6
OAK 3, LAA 2
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Standings thru 9/17/08 | Recap: CWS | NYY | Gameday | White Sox stats | Yankees stats
Chi White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Cabrera , SS4 1 2 0 0 0 1 .281
Wise , LF3 0 1 0 0 0 1 .300
Dye , RF4 0 0 1 0 1 2 .292
Thome , DH3 0 0 0 1 1 0 .245
Konerko , 1B4 0 0 0 0 2 2 .244
Pierzynski , C4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .283
Griffey Jr. , CF3 0 2 0 1 1 0 .248
Ramirez , 2B3 0 0 0 0 0 4 .298
Uribe , 3B3 0 0 0 0 2 4 .255
Totals 31 1 6 1 2 7 14
BATTING 2B : Cabrera 2 (31, Hughes, P, Hughes, P), Griffey Jr. (28, Coke).TB : Cabrera 4; Wise; Pierzynski; Griffey Jr. 3.RBI : Dye (89).Runners left in scoring position, 2 out : Konerko; Uribe; Cabrera.S : Wise.GIDP : Dye.Team LOB : 6.FIELDING DP : 2 (Cabrera-Ramirez-Konerko, Uribe-Ramirez-Konerko).
NY Yankees AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Damon , LF3 1 1 2 1 1 2 .308
Gardner , CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .185
Jeter , SS4 0 0 0 0 1 3 .304
Abreu , RF4 0 0 0 0 2 0 .296
Rodriguez, A , 3B3 2 1 1 1 2 0 .305
Giambi , 1B3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250
Ransom , 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .348
Nady , DH3 1 1 1 0 0 0 .311
Cano , 2B3 0 3 0 0 0 0 .262
Rodriguez, I , C3 0 1 0 0 0 2 .279
Cabrera, M , CF-LF3 1 1 0 0 0 3 .243
Totals 30 5 8 4 2 6 11
BATTING 2B : Cano (31, Richard).HR : Damon (15, 8th inning off Linebrink, 1 on, 0 out), Rodriguez, A (35, 8th inning off Linebrink, 0 on, 2 out).TB : Damon 4; Rodriguez, A 4; Nady; Cano 4; Rodriguez, I; Cabrera, M.RBI : Nady (91), Damon 2 (66), Rodriguez, A (101).2-out RBI : Nady; Rodriguez, A.Runners left in scoring position, 2 out : Jeter; Rodriguez, I.GIDP : Jeter; Cabrera, M.Team LOB : 3.FIELDING DP : (Jeter-Ransom).
WP : MacDougal.Pitches-strikes : Richard 88-56, MacDougal 7-5, Linebrink 24-15, Hughes, P 89-57, Coke 28-19, Bruney 6-5, Chamberlain 10-8, Ramirez, E 14-9.Groundouts-flyouts : Richard 10-5, MacDougal 1-0, Linebrink 0-2, Hughes, P 3-5, Coke 2-4, Bruney 2-1, Chamberlain 2-0, Ramirez, E 1-0.Batters faced : Richard 25, MacDougal 1, Linebrink 6, Hughes, P 18, Coke 7, Bruney 3, Chamberlain 3, Ramirez, E 3.Inherited runners-scored : MacDougal 2-1, Bruney 1-0.Umpires : HP: Tim Welke. 1B: Bill Welke. 2B: Brian Runge. 3B: Chuck Meriwether.Weather : 70 degrees, partly cloudy.Wind : 0 mph, R to L.T : 2:40.Att : 52,671.September 17, 2008
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