ST Game 1: Yankees Vs. Phillies From Bright House Field

Here are the lineups:

YANKEES
Brett Gardner CF
Derek Jeter SS
Bobby Abreu RF
Alex Rodriguez 3B
Shelley Duncan 1B
Morgan Ensberg DH -------- CHANGE YOUR NUMBER!
Jose Molina C
Greg Porter LF
Chris Woodward 2B

Pitching
Chien-Ming Wang
Darrell Rasner
Chris Britton
Jon Albaladejo
Heath Phillips
Dan Giese
Ross Ohlendorf

PHILLIES
Jimmy Rollins SS
Shane Victorino CF
Chase Utley 2B
Ryan Howard 1B
Pat Burrell DH
Geoff Jenkins RF
Greg Dobbs 3B
Chris Snelling LF
Carlos Ruiz C

Pitching
Adam Eaton
Chad Durbin
Clay Condrey
Ryan Madson
Tom Gordon

Lineups from Peter Abraham

Game Summary:

- The Yankees jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the 1st inning on a 3-run home run by Shelley "Slam" Duncan. A-Rod and Abreu had both singled to get on base.

- Chien-Ming Wang breezed through his two innings of work. Giving up no runs on one hit, while striking out one.

- The Yankees extended their lead to 5-0 in the top of the 3rd on a 2-run double by Shelley Duncan off pitcher Chad Durbin. Jeter and Abreu scored. Duncan has knocked in all five Yankee runs.

- The Phillies cut the Yankees lead to 5-1 in the bottom of the 3rd with a two-out RBI single by Chase Utley off Yankees pitcher Darrell Rasner.

- Billy Traber pitched a 1-2-3 bottom of the 4th for the Yankees.

- A-Rod crushes a solo HR into left in the top of the 5th off Clay Condrey to extend the Yankees lead to 6-1.

- Jeter, Rodriguez, and Abreu are done for the day. Chris Britton comes in to pitch (wow, he really did lose a lot of weight). Carlos Ruiz led off the bottom of the 5th with a double to left center, and then scored when Chris Woodward let a ground ball off the bat of Jimmy Rollins go through his legs -- E4. Britton got out of it, 6-2 Yankees after five.

- Montero (C), Betemit (1B), Jackson (CF), and Tabata (RF) come into the game for the Yankees in the bottom of the 6th. Heath Phillips comes on to pitch. Nice inning for Phillips, after a leadoff single by Ryan Howard he retired the side in order.

- Woodward leads off the top of the 7th with a single into right. Betemit followed with a pop up to deep second. Jason Lane singles, 1st and 2nd with one out for the Yanks. The Phils then retired Eduardo Nunez and Mark Vechinonacci to get out of the inning. 6-2 Yankees after six and a half.

- Eric Duncan now at first, Betemit moves over to 2nd, and Jonathan Albaladejo is the new pitcher for the Yanks in the bottom of the 7th. Albaladejo struck out the first batter he faced(Chris Snelling) with a very nice slider. He then struck out Jason Jaramillo on a sinking fastball, and got Casey Smith to fly out to deep left.

- Jose Tabata led off the for the Yankees in the top of the 8th and grounded out to second. Bernie Castro grounds to third, 2 away. The next batter Jesus Montero stepped in and slammed an opposite field HR - impressive shot - Yanks lead 7-2. Austin Jackson then flew out to deep center, three out.

- Dan Giese now pitching for the Yanks in the bottom of the 8th. He gave up a leadoff homer to center fielder Greg Golson, 7-3 Yankees. Giese then retired the next three in order, capped-off by a nice shoe-string grab by Austin Jackson to end the inning.

- Choke artist former Yankee Tom Gordon comes into pitch for the Phillies. Eric Duncan led off the inning with a line-drive single up the middle. Then Betemit launched one over the right field wall, 9-3 Yankees. Jason Lane strikes out, 1 down. Eduardo Nunez then popped one foul to So Taguchi, 2 away. Vechinonacci then drew a walked which chased Tom Gordon out of the game. Tabata then struck out to end the inning.

- Ross Ohlendorf came in for the bottom of the 9th, and retired the first two batters he faces. then gave up a single to Chris Snelling. Ohlendorf then retired the next batter on a ground out to end the game.

Ballgame over, Yankees win, thaaaaaaaaaa Yankees win!

FINAL: Yankees 9 - Phillies 3

Hitting Totals:

NY Yankees AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG Gardner, B, CF 3 0 1 0 0 2 1 .333 Betemit, 1B-2B 2 1 1 2 0 0 1 .500 Jeter, SS 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 .500 Lane, RF-LF 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 .500 Abreu, RF 3 2 2 0 0 1 1 .667 Nunez, E, SS 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 Rodriguez, A, 3B 3 2 2 1 0 1 2 .667 Vechionacci, 3B 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 .000 Duncan, 1B 3 1 2 5 0 0 0 .667 Tabata, J, RF 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 Ensberg, DH 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 .000 a-Castro, B, PH-DH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Molina, C 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Montero, C 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 Porter, LF 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Jackson, A, CF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Woodward, 2B 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .667 Duncan, E, 1B 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 Totals 39 9 14 9 2 8 13

Pitching Totals:

NY Yankees	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Wang	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.00
Rasner	1.0	2	1	1	2	0	0	9.00
Traber	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
Britton	1.0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0.00
Phillips	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0.00
Albaladejo	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0.00
Giese	1.0	1	1	1	0	1	1	9.00
Ohlendorf	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00