ST. PETERSBURG -- The Rays are now one game away from winning their first pennant in franchise history. In the first inning, Alex Rodriguez belted a solo homer to left to give the Yankees an early one-run lead, but the Rays tied it up in the bottom of the inning with a fielder's choice allowing Akinori Iwamura to score from third, the Rays then took the lead in that inning on a wild pitch allowing Carlos Pena to score from third. The Rays scored twice more in the third on back-to-back solo jacks by Carlos Pena and Evan Longoria. The Rays then took a three-run lead in the fourth with an RBI single off the bat of Jason Bartlett. The Yankees then homered back-to-back innings in the fifth and six to narrow the lead; Hideki Matsui in the fifth, and Bobby Abreu in the sixth. B.J. Upton belted a solo homer in the seventh to go up by three, but then Alex Rodriguez hit a solo homer in the eighth, his second of the game. Then in the bottom of the inning, Akinori Iwamura came up with an RBI single to get that run back. Jason Giambi tried to spark something in the top of the ninth with a solo homer, but the Rays held on and are just one win away from winning the pennant.
Final Score:
Yankees: 5
Rays: 7
Mike Mussina (L): 4.1 IP, 6 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
Carl Pavano: 3.2 IP, 7 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
Bobby Abreu: 1-4, HR, RBI, R
Alex Rodriguez: 2-3, 2 HR, 2 RBI, 2 R, BB
Jason Giambi: HR, RBI, R, K, 2 BB
Hideki Matsui: 1-3, HR, RBI, R, BB
Matt Garza (W): 8 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 3 BB, 2 K
Dan Wheeler (SV): 1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 0 K
Akinori Iwamura: 2-5, 2B, RBI, R
B.J. Upton: 2-5, 2B, HR, RBI, R
Carlos Pena: 2-4, HR, 2 RBI, 2 R
Evan Longoria: 1-4, HR, RBI, R
Cliff Floyd: 2-4, R
Rocco Baldelli: 0-4, R
Jason Bartlett: 2-4, RBI
Reds: 3 (0)
Brewers: 5 (4)
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