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Yanks win quietly
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Yankees 4, Rays 3
Hideki Matsui drives in the winning run with a fielder's-choice groundout on Sunday. (AP)
By Jared Diamond / MLB.com
The Yankees have mounted more impressive comebacks this season, but in the end, every win looks good in the record books. So the Bombers are no doubt every bit as pleased with Sunday's two-hit, three-run eighth inning as any rally they've put together this season.
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Series at a glance:
TB
Tampa Bay (29-29)
Lost 1 		NY Yankees 4, Tampa Bay 3   NYY
NY Yankees (33-23)
Won 1
June 7, 2009
   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   R   H   E 
Tampa Bay
 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0   3 6 1
NY Yankees
 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 X   4 6 1
Standings thru 6/7/09  |  Recap: TB | NYY  |  Gameday  |  Rays stats  |  Yankees stats
Tampa Bay AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Upton, B, CF 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 .221
Crawford, LF 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 .323
Aybar, W, 3B 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 .250
Pena, C, 1B 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 .223
Zobrist, 2B 4 0 0 0 0 3 3 .296
Joyce, RF 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 .207
Gross, DH 4 0 1 2 0 1 1 .255
Navarro, C 3 0 1 0 0 1 2 .206
  a-Longoria, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .320
Brignac, R, SS 3 1 1 0 0 0 2 .222
Totals 33 3 6 3 1 9 13  

a-Grounded out for Navarro in the 9th.

BATTING
2B: Upton, B (11, Chamberlain).
TB: Upton, B 2; Aybar, W; Pena, C; Gross; Navarro; Brignac, R.
RBI: Upton, B (15), Gross 2 (16).
2-out RBI: Gross 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Gross; Aybar, W; Upton, B; Navarro 2.
Team RISP: 1-for-8.
Team LOB: 5.

BASERUNNING
SB: Gross (3, 2nd base off Chamberlain/Posada).
CS: Brignac, R (2, 2nd base by Aceves, A/Posada).

FIELDING
E: Aybar, W (3, fielding).
 
NY Yankees AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Jeter, SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .307
Damon, LF 4 1 2 0 0 1 2 .300
Teixeira, 1B 4 1 1 0 0 0 3 .286
Rodriguez, A, 3B 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 .255
Cano, 2B 3 0 0 1 1 1 1 .300
Posada, C 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 .306
Matsui, H, DH 4 0 0 1 0 0 4 .249
  1-Berroa, PR-DH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .133
Swisher, RF 2 1 1 1 2 0 0 .250
  Gardner, CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .265
Cabrera, Me, CF-RF 3 0 0 0 1 2 3 .303
Totals 31 4 6 4 5 4 16  


1-Ran for Matsui, H in the 8th.

BATTING
2B: Damon (14, Garza).
HR: Swisher (11, 3rd inning off Garza, 0 on, 0 out).
TB: Damon 3; Teixeira; Rodriguez, A; Posada; Swisher 4.
RBI: Swisher (33), Cano (34), Posada (27), Matsui, H (23).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Matsui, H; Teixeira 3; Cabrera, Me 2.
Team RISP: 0-for-9.
Team LOB: 8.

FIELDING
E: Posada (3, throw).
 
Tampa Bay IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Garza 5.0 4 1 1 2 2 1 3.55
Nelson, J (H, 5) 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5.55
Balfour (H, 8)(L, 2-1) 0.1 2 3 2 1 0 0 6.31
Howell (BS, 5) 0.2 0 0 0 2 1 0 2.17
 
NY Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Chamberlain 6.0 5 3 3 1 4 0 3.79
Aceves, A (W, 4-1) 2.0 1 0 0 0 4 0 2.70
Rivera, Ma (S, 13) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.33

HBP: Pena, C (by Chamberlain).
Pitches-strikes: Garza 96-56, Nelson, J 19-11, Balfour 19-9, Howell 15-6, Chamberlain 100-56, Aceves, A 33-21, Rivera, Ma 10-8.
Groundouts-flyouts: Garza 9-4, Nelson, J 1-4, Balfour 0-1, Howell 1-0, Chamberlain 8-6, Aceves, A 0-1, Rivera, Ma 2-0.
Batters faced: Garza 21, Nelson, J 6, Balfour 4, Howell 5, Chamberlain 26, Aceves, A 6, Rivera, Ma 3.
Inherited runners-scored: Howell 3-3.
Umpires: HP: Scott Barry. 1B: Ted Barrett. 2B: Tim McClelland. 3B: Adrian Johnson.
Weather: 77 degrees, partly cloudy.
Wind: 9 mph, In from CF.
T: 3:13.
Att: 46,465.
June 7, 2009

Box score official statistics approved by Major League Baseball Office of the Commissioner