New York Yankees vs Tampa Bay Rays
April 14, 2009 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 14, 2009 at Tropicana Field. The New York Yankees defeated the Tampa Bay Rays and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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New York Yankees 7, Tampa Bay Rays 2

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Gardner cf 5 3 3 1
Jeter ss 5 1 3 3
Teixeira 1b 3 0 0 1
Swisher lf 4 1 2 1
Posada dh 3 0 0 1
Cano 2b 4 1 1 0
Nady rf 3 0 1 0
  Cabrera rf 1 1 1 0
Pena 3b 3 0 0 0
Molina c 4 0 0 0
Burnett p 0 0 0 0
  Bruney p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 7 11 7
Tampa Bay Rays ab   r   h rbi
Upton cf 4 0 0 0
Crawford lf 4 1 1 0
Longoria 3b 4 1 1 0
Pena 1b 3 0 1 1
Burrell dh 1 0 0 1
Navarro c 3 0 0 0
Zobrist rf 3 0 0 0
Iwamura 2b 3 0 0 0
Bartlett ss 3 0 0 0
Garza p 0 0 0 0
  Howell p 0 0 0 0
  Wheeler p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 2 3 2
New York 100 100 0147110
Tampa Bay 000 000 200230
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Burnett  W(2-0) 8.0 3 2 2 1 9
  Bruney   1.0 0 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
3
2
2
1
12
  Tampa Bay Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Garza   7.0 5 2 2 2 9
  Howell  L(0-1) 1.0 2 1 1 0 0
  Wheeler   1.0 4 4 4 0 1
Totals
9.0
11
7
7
2
10

  E–None.  DP–New York 1. Pena, Tampa Bay 1. Pena.  2B–New York Swisher (4,off Garza); Gardner 2 (3,off Howell,off Wheeler).  HR–New York Swisher (4,4th inning off Garza 0 on 0 out); Jeter (2,9th inning off Wheeler 2 on 2 out).  SF–Posada (1,off Garza); Teixeira (1,off Howell); Burrell (1,off Burnett).  Team LOB–5.  Team–1.  U-HP–Chris Guccione, 1B–Ed Montague, 2B–Jerry Layne, 3B–Tony Randazzo.  T–2:58.  A–36,973.
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