New York Yankees vs Tampa Bay Devil Rays
July 28, 2002 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 28, 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 9, Tampa Bay Devil Rays 1

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Soriano 2b 6 1 2 2
Jeter ss 5 1 1 0
  Wilson pr,ss 0 0 0 0
Giambi dh 5 1 1 0
Williams cf 5 1 3 1
Ventura 3b 4 1 1 4
Posada c 3 1 1 1
Mondesi rf 4 1 1 1
White lf 4 0 0 0
Johnson 1b 2 2 2 0
Pettitte p 0 0 0 0
  Mendoza p 0 0 0 0
  Knight p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 9 12 9
Tampa Bay Devil Rays ab   r   h rbi
Winn cf 2 0 0 0
Sheets ss 4 0 0 0
Huff 1b 3 0 0 0
Sandberg dh 4 0 0 0
Grieve rf 3 0 0 0
Flaherty c 4 1 2 0
Abernathy 2b 4 0 1 1
Crawford lf 4 0 1 0
Escalona 3b 3 0 0 0
Sturtze p 0 0 0 0
  Kent p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 4 1
New York 004 001 1219122
Tampa Bay 000 000 100141
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Pettitte  W (5-4) 7.1 4 1 1 3 12
  Mendoza   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Knight   1.0 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
4
14
  Tampa Bay Devil Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Sturtze  L (1-11) 7.0 9 6 6 6 3
  Kent   2.0 3 3 3 3 3
Totals
9.0
12
9
9
9
6

  E–Jeter (10), Ventura (15), Escalona (6).  DP–New York 1, Tampa Bay 1.  2B–New York Soriano (36,off Kent), Tampa Bay Flaherty (15,off Pettitte); Abernathy (16,off Pettitte).  HR–New York Ventura (22,3rd inning off Sturtze 3 on, 2 out); Posada (17,6th inning off Sturtze 0 on, 0 out).  HBP–Johnson (11,by Kent).  IBB–Posada (4,by Sturtze).  CS–White (2,2nd base by Sturtze/Flaherty).  WP–Pettitte (2), Kent (2).  HBP–Kent (3,Johnson).  IBB–Sturtze (2,Posada).  U-HP–Tim McClelland, 1B–Chuck Meriwether, 2B–Ted Barrett, 3B–Brian Runge.  T–2:48.  A–29,144.
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