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YANKEES 12
DEVIL RAYS 2



Wednesday night in Tampa, the Yankees defeated the Devil Rays, 12-2. The victory clinched a playoff spot for the Yankees, which will be the 13th consecutive year they will be in the playoffs.


Chien-Ming Wang earned his 19th victory tonight, hurling six innings and scattering seven hits, allowing a first-inning run and Carlos Pena’s 43rd homer — a solo shot in the fifth — but little else. Wang walked three and struck out six before yielding to Joba Chamberlain for the seventh inning.
Chamberlain did his usual job…but Vizcaino got hit for 2 runs.



Derek Jeter homered to lead off the fourth and gave the Yankees a 2-1 lead with a sacrifice fly in the fifth. The fifth inning ended up being the game!! Jorge Posada would add a two-run single and Robinson Cano sent the next over the right-field wall for a three-run homer, part of a five-RBI night for the second baseman. The Yankees would score 2 in the 4th, 7 in the 5th, and 3 in the sixth inning, on their way to 18 hits and 12 runs.



The Yankees will now most likely be playing some meaningless games, since Joe Torre decided to not go for the win last night in the extra inning loss. Well..lets just get ready for the Wild Card…which will most likely (and hopefully) be Cleveland!!



GAME NOTES:
WANG: 6IP, 7H, 2ER, 6SO
JETER: 3-5, HR, 2 RBI
POSADA: 3-6, 3 RBI
CANO: 2-5, HR, 5 RBI



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