Satan's Luau

TOP 1: Chacon going for NY -- Dellucci grounds a leadoff single through to right -- Young grounded to second into a 443 double play, two away -- Teixeira goes down looking to retire the side

BOT 1: Benoit going for TEX -- Jeter grounds to short ... Young makes a great throw across his body, one down -- Cano flies to left ... Dellucci backs on it and drops the ball, Cano in at second on the play

Sheffield flies to center, the runner tags and goes to third on the play, two gone -- ARod rips a liner off the wall in right for a two out, run scoring single -- Yankees lead, 1-0

Matsui pops foul to third to end the rally

TOP 2: Blalock lifts a leadoff single to left -- Soriano flies to left, one down --Nevin grounds to third into an inning ending 543 double play

BOT 2: Giambi draws a leadoff walk on the high full count payoff -- Posada lines one to the rightfield corner, runner to third on the hit, Posada in with a double

Runners now second and third for Bernie, he grounds a single past Teixeira at first and into right, one run scores, and the lag runner to third -- the Yankees now lead, 2-0

Runners at the corners for Womack, he grounds to first ... Teixeira double clutches then throws home, Posada is hung up in a rundown off third, he is run down, one away -- runners at first and second for Jeter, he battles with a two strike count, but goes down swinging, two down -- Cano also goes down swinging to end the rally

TOP 3: Matthews Jr. blasts one to the gap in left center ... in with a leadoff double --Mench grounds to third ... ARod makes a diving stab and makes the play to first, one down -- on the 0-2 pitch to Barajas, the pitch is over the glove of Posada and to the backstop, the runner goes to third on the wild pitch

Runner at third for Barajas, he flares a single to left, one run scores -- the score is now NY 2-1

Runner at first for Dellucci, he goes down swinging, two away -- Young grounds a two out single through to left, runner to second on the hit -- runners first and second for Teixeira, he goes down swinging to end the rally

BOT 3: Sheffield goes down swinging, one down -- ARod grounds to third ... the throw from Blalock is offline, but Teixeira applies the tag, two gone -
- Matsui is greenlighted on the 3-0 and lines to center to end the inning

TOP 4: Full count to Blalock, he flies to left, one down -- Soriano grounds to second, two gone -- Nevin goes down looking to retire the side

BOT 4: Full count to Giambi, the payoff ... he draws a leadoff walk -- runner at first for Posada, he pops to short, one down -- Bernie goes down swinging, two away -- Womack pops to short to end the inning

TOP 5:
Matthews Jr. lines a shot to the rightfield wall ... and hustles in with a leadoff double -- Posada is shaken up on the 1-0 pitch in the dirt, looks like it bounced up and got him in the throat -- Torre and the trainer out, Posada will stay in

Mench goes down swinging ... and loses the bat forward past the mound, one down -- Barajas blasts one to left center for a two run shot -- Rangers take the lead, 3-2

Dellucci flies to left center, two down -- Young flies to right to end the rally

BOT 5: Jeter goes down swinging, one down -- Cano grounds the first pitch to first, two gone -- full count to Sheffield, the payoff ...
- A. Rodriguez walked, G. Sheffield to second

That will be all for Benoit, the new pitcher for TEX is Shouse -- Matsui blasts one to right ... just inside the foulpole ... GONE!!!, a two out, three run shot -- Yankees go back ahead, 5-3

Full count to Giambi, the payoff ... low, he draws a walk -- Gryboski warms for TEX -- It is raining buckets now -- Posada lines a single to center, runners now first and second

Bernie bloops a single to right, Giambi is waved ... the throw is not in time, he will score, the lag runner to third -- the score is now NY 6-3

On the 0-1 pitch to Womack, the ball slips out of Shouse's hand ... and the ball is airmailed behind Womack and to the backstop, the runner comes home from third, lag runner to second on the wild pitch -- the Yankees extend to 7-3

Hershiser out to confer, the rain is ridiculous at this point ... the umpire chief asks for the mound to be worked on, the grounds crew is out ... and now the umps have called a rain delay and out come the tarps

RAIN DELAY

Runner at second for Womack, he goes down swinging to end the rally

TOP 6: Embree in to pitch for NY -- Teixeira blasts one to the gap in right center, a leadoff double -- Stottlemyre out to confer, Sturtze warms -- Blalock grounds slowly up the first baseline ... Embree fields and gets the putout to first, runner to third on the play, one down

Torre out to get the ball, Sturtze is brought in to pitch -- Soriano pops to left, Teixeira shows the tag ... Matsui throws in a great ball, cutoff by ARod, Teixeira is chased back, two away -- You can hear the thunder rolling again -- Nevin goes down swinging to retire the side

BOT 6: Gryboski in to pitch for TEX -- full count to Jeter, he battles and ruins two, then draws a leadoff walk -- Cano flies to left center, one down -- runner at first for Sheffield, he lines to right, two gone -- ARod blasts one to left center ... GONE!!, a two out, two run shot into the visiting pen -- Yankees lead, 9-3

Matsui draws a walk -- Brocail warms for Rangers -- full count to Giambi, the payoff ... he goes down swinging to end the two out rally

TOP 7: Sturtze continues -- Tino in at 1B -- GMJ goes down swinging on a checkswing, one down -- Mench flies the first pitch to right, two away -- and here comes the rain again -- Barajas goes down swinging on a checkswing to retire the side ... that was a get out of the rain call, sheesh

Seventh Inning Stretch, Yankees lead, 9-3

Good Lord, here comes the rain again in fairly ugly quantities

RAIN DELAY

BOT 7: Brocail now pitching for TEX -- Felix Rodriguez warms for NY -- Posada lines a two out single through to right -- Bernie grounds a single up the middle and through to center -- runners now first and second for Womack, he grounds a single past the diving Blalock at third into left

Bases loaded for Jeter, he grounds to short into a 643 double play, one run scores, two gone -- Yankees lead, 10-3

Runner at third for Cano, he goes down swinging to end the inning

TOP 8: F-Rod now pitching for NY -- Crosby in at RF -- Dellucci pops to short, one down -- Young grounds to second, two gone -- Teixeira lines a two out single to right -- Blalock grounds to first, the pitcher covering to retire the side

BOT 8: Karsay now pitching for TEX --- DeRosa at SS, McDougall at 3B, Nevin at 1B -- Crosby grounds to second, one gone -- ARod lines a single to center -- Matsui pops to left, two down -- Tino goes down swinging to end the inning

TOP 9: Proctor in for NY -- Soriano lines a leadoff single to left --
Nevin grounds to third ... it ticks off ARod's glove to short, runner to second on the infield hit

Runners now first and second for Matthews Jr., he flies to center, one down --
Mench pops foul to the catcher, two away -- Barajas flies to center to end the game

FINAL: Yankees win, 10-3

The Yankees complete the four game sweep over the Rangers. They head to Tampa Bay tomorrow to start a three game series against the Rays, who have owned them all season

64UP 52DOWN ... four straight wins