Mobile UPI  |   About UPI  |   UPI en Español  |   UPI Arabic  |   UPIU  |   My Account
Search:
Go

Sports News

MLB: N.Y. Yankees 5, Tampa Bay 1

|
|
 
  
Published: July 9, 2006 at 12:01 AM

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., July 8 (UPI) -- A two-run triple by Johnny Damon Saturday night helped the New York Yankees beat Tampa Bay, 5-1, for their fourth straight win.

Melky Cabrera, Derek Jeter and Jorge Posada all hit RBI singles; Cabrera had three hits; and Kevin Thompson had two hits for the Yankees (50-35).

Winner Chien-Ming Wang (9-4) limited Tampa Bay to a run and six hits in 8 1/3 innings with two walks and two strikeouts.

Johnny Gomes hit a sacrifice fly to break up Wang's shutout bid in the bottom of the ninth, and Aubrey Huff had a run and two hits for the Devil Rays (38-50), who dropped their third straight game.

In 6 1/3 innings, loser Scott Kazmir (10-6) surrendered three runs and seven hits with four walks and seven strikeouts.

The win gave Yankees Manager Joe Torre 1,926 for his career, tying him with Casey Stengel for 10th place on the all-time list.

Topics: Aubrey Huff, Casey Stengel, Chien-Ming Wang, Derek Jeter, Joe Torre, Johnny Damon, Johnny Gomes, Jorge Posada, Manager Joe Torre, Melky Cabrera, Scott Kazmir
© 2006 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Any reproduction, republication, redistribution and/or modification of any UPI content is expressly prohibited without UPI's prior written consent.

Order reprints
  
Join the conversation
Most Popular Collections
Linsanity The Daytona 500 Cheerleaders of 2012
Additional Sports News Stories
1 of 32
Marilyn Monroe Cupcake Portrait at Madame Tussauds in New York
View Caption
A one-of-a-kind 8 x 4 foot portrait of Marilyn Monroe made from 2,100 bite sized stuffed cupcakes stands in the lobby next to her wax figure on the eve of Marilyn Monroe's 86th birthday at Madame Tussauds in New York City on May 31, 2012. UPI/John Angelillo
fark
40 of the most powerful photographs ever taken. Subby made it to #36 before it got way too dusty...
I fap, you fap, we all fap *fap fap fap*
The "Miami Zombie" case has "spread to various social media outlets and a wave of dark humor has...
Man, the price of Bunga Bunga has really gone up
Funny Pictures Thread. Woohoo
Since pressuring banks to make loans to insolvent minorities worked out so well, the feds are now...