New York Yankees vs Tampa Bay Devil Rays
July 26, 2002 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 26, 2002 at Tropicana Field. The New York Yankees defeated the Tampa Bay Devil Rays and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Yankees 12, Tampa Bay Devil Rays 9

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Soriano 2b 6 1 1 0
Jeter ss 4 1 1 1
Giambi 1b 3 2 0 0
Williams cf 4 3 2 0
Ventura 3b 3 1 2 3
Posada c 3 2 1 2
Mondesi rf 3 2 2 4
Johnson dh 3 0 0 0
White lf 5 0 1 2
Mussina p 0 0 0 0
  Stanton p 0 0 0 0
  Mendoza p 0 0 0 0
  Karsay p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 12 10 12
Tampa Bay Devil Rays ab   r   h rbi
Winn cf 5 2 3 1
Sheets 3b 5 0 2 1
Huff 1b 5 2 3 0
Cox dh 5 1 2 2
Hall c 5 0 1 0
Grieve rf 3 2 0 0
Abernathy 2b 5 0 3 3
Gomez ss 5 1 2 1
Crawford lf 5 1 1 1
Sosa p 0 0 0 0
  Phelps p 0 0 0 0
  Zambrano p 0 0 0 0
  Backe p 0 0 0 0
Totals 43 9 17 9
New York 000 401 42112100
Tampa Bay 001 021 3029171
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Mussina  W (13-4) 6.0 9 4 4 1 4
  Stanton   0.1 3 3 3 0 0
  Mendoza   2.1 4 2 2 1 3
  Karsay  SV (4) 0.1 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
17
9
9
2
8
  Tampa Bay Devil Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Sosa  L (1-3) 5.0 5 5 5 5 5
  Phelps   1.0 1 2 2 1 3
  Zambrano   1.2 3 4 4 4 1
  Backe   1.1 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
12
12
10
9

  E–Hall (5).  DP–New York 1, Tampa Bay 1.  2B–New York B Williams (23,off Sosa); Mondesi (20,off Sosa), Tampa Bay Gomez 2 (23,off Mussina,off Karsay); Cox (20,off Stanton).  3B–Tampa Bay Crawford (2,off Mussina); Abernathy (3,off Mussina).  HR–New York Ventura (20,8th inning off Zambrano 1 on, 2 out); Mondesi (18,9th inning off Backe 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Jeter (2,off Sosa).  HBP–Mondesi (5,by Phelps).  SB–Soriano (29,2nd base off Sosa/Hall); Jeter (24,2nd base off Phelps/Hall); Winn (21,2nd base off Mussina/Posada).  CS–Ventura (1,2nd base by Sosa/Hall).  WP–Mussina (6), Zambrano (7).  HBP–Phelps (3,Mondesi).  U-HP–Larry Barnett, 1B–Brian Runge, 2B–Tim McClelland, 3B–Chuck Meriwether.  T–3:33.  A–22,527.
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