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It appeared that the Rays had this one wrapped up when the offense chased Randy Johnson after three innings. But that lead wasn't safe, and Tampa Bay wound up on the losing end in the Bronx after the bullpen allowed 13 runs to score in the eighth inning.

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Bombers send 16 men to plate, score 13 in eighth

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Yankee Stadium, quieted after the Big Unit gave up three homers, came to life after the Bombers staged a stunning comeback, rapping four homers in the eighth to snatch victory from the Rays.

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Tampa Bay (24-47)
Lost 1

NY Yankees 20, Tampa Bay 11

NY Yankees (37-33)
Won 1

June 21, 2005

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Tampa Bay	0	5	2	3	0	0	1	0	0	11	18	0
NY Yankees	0	1	1	0	4	1	0	13	X	20	23	1

Standings through 6/21/05 | Gameday | Devil Rays Stats | Yankees Stats

Tampa Bay	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Crawford, LF	6	2	4	1	0	1	0	.283
Lugo, SS	5	1	2	1	1	2	1	.293
Cantu, 2B	6	0	1	1	0	1	6	.305
Huff, RF	4	1	0	0	1	0	4	.251
Perez, 1B	1	2	1	0	1	0	0	.262
a-Lee, PH-1B	3	0	2	1	0	0	2	.260
Gomes, DH	5	1	3	2	0	0	4	.362
Hollins, CF	5	1	2	4	0	0	3	.320
Cash, C	4	1	1	1	1	3	2	.273
Gonzalez, 3B	5	2	2	0	0	1	3	.245
Totals	44	11	18	11	4	8	25
a-Reached on error for Perez in the 4th.
BATTING 2B: Lee (11, Groom). 3B: Crawford (7, Johnson). HR: Hollins (7, 2nd inning off Johnson, 1 on, 1 out), Cash (2, 2nd inning off Johnson, 0 on, 1 out), Gomes (4, 3rd inning off Johnson, 1 on, 0 out). TB: Crawford 6; Lugo 2; Cantu; Perez; Lee 3; Gomes 6; Hollins 5; Cash 4; Gonzalez 2. RBI: Hollins 4 (24), Cash (2), Crawford (43), Lugo (32), Gomes 2 (9), Lee (18), Cantu (37). 2-out RBI: Hollins 2. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Huff 2; Cash; Cantu. GIDP: Gonzalez. Team LOB: 10. BASERUNNING SB: Lugo 2 (19, 2nd base off Johnson/Flaherty, 2nd base off Proctor/Flaherty), Gonzalez (2, 2nd base off Johnson/Flaherty), Crawford (19, 3rd base off Proctor/Flaherty). CS: Lee (2, 2nd base by Sturtze/Posada).

NY Yankees	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Jeter, SS	6	5	5	1	0	0	0	.309
Womack, LF	4	1	1	0	0	2	1	.244
b-Sierra, R, PH-LF	2	1	1	1	0	0	1	.233
Sheffield, RF	6	3	4	7	0	0	0	.313
Rodriguez, A, 3B	6	2	2	2	0	1	1	.323
Matsui, DH	5	4	4	2	1	1	0	.300
Giambi, 1B	3	0	2	0	2	0	1	.245
1-Johnson, PR-1B	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.286
Williams, CF	4	1	2	5	0	0	2	.251
Flaherty, C	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	.208
a-Posada, PH-C	2	1	1	2	1	0	1	.290
Cano, 2B	5	1	1	0	0	1	3	.279
Totals	46	20	23	20	4	5	12
a-Walked for Flaherty in the 5th. b-Grounded out for Womack in the 8th. 1-Ran for Giambi in the 8th.
BATTING 2B: Giambi (6, Nomo), Jeter (11, Nomo), Williams (11, Nomo), Matsui (22, Harper). 3B: Williams (1, Harper). HR: Sheffield 2 (12, 5th inning off Nomo, 2 on, 1 out; 8th inning off Harper, 2 on, 2 out), Jeter (9, 6th inning off Orvella, 0 on, 0 out), Posada (10, 8th inning off Harper, 1 on, 1 out), Rodriguez, A (20, 8th inning off Harper, 0 on, 2 out), Matsui (9, 8th inning off Harper, 0 on, 2 out). TB: Jeter 9; Womack; Sierra, R; Sheffield 10; Rodriguez, A 5; Matsui 8; Giambi 3; Williams 5; Posada 4; Cano. RBI: Williams 5 (25), Sheffield 7 (51), Jeter (32), Sierra, R (15), Rodriguez, A 2 (63), Matsui 2 (56), Posada 2 (37). 2-out RBI: Sheffield 4; Williams; Rodriguez, A; Matsui. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Flaherty 2; Cano 2. SF: Williams. Team LOB: 7. FIELDING E: Cano (6, fielding). DP: (Rodriguez, A-Cano-Giambi).

Tampa Bay	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Nomo	4.2	10	6	6	1	3	1	6.61
Orvella	2.1	1	1	1	2	2	1	4.35
Nunez	0.1	4	4	4	0	0	0	9.00
Harper (BS, 2)(L, 1-6)	0.2	8	9	9	1	0	4	9.22

NY Yankees	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Johnson	3.0	8	7	7	1	3	3	4.02
Proctor	2.0	3	3	1	2	2	0	4.50
Stanton	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	6.39
Sturtze	1.1	4	1	1	0	1	0	3.89
Groom (W, 1-0)	1.1	2	0	0	1	0	0	4.50
Gordon	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2.51

IBB: Giambi (by Harper), Huff (by Proctor).
Pitches-strikes: Nomo 81-49, Orvella 39-22, Nunez 20-14, Harper 46-25, Johnson 60-40, Proctor 45-23, Stanton 6-5, Sturtze 25-17, Groom 23-12, Gordon 12-10.
Ground outs-fly outs: Nomo 5-6, Orvella 0-5, Nunez 1-0, Harper 0-2, Johnson 2-4, Proctor 2-2, Stanton 1-0, Sturtze 2-0, Groom 3-1, Gordon 0-1.
Batters faced: Nomo 25, Orvella 10, Nunez 5, Harper 11, Johnson 18, Proctor 12, Stanton 2, Sturtze 7, Groom 6, Gordon 3.
Inherited runners-scored: Orvella 2-0, Harper 2-2, Sturtze 1-0, Groom 2-0.
Umpires: HP: Eric Cooper. 1B: Fieldin Culbreth. 2B: Marvin Hudson. 3B: Larry Young.
Weather: 78 degrees, partly cloudy.
Wind: 17 mph, R to L.
T: 3:36.
Att: 40,241.

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