Saturday, April 5, 2008
Rays 13, Yankees 4
NEW YORK—A nasty cough and fever quarantined Joe Girardi behind closed doors in his Yankee Stadium office. What transpired up the dugout runway couldn’t have made him feel much better.
With bench coach Rob Thomson pinch-hitting at the controls, Ian Kennedy struggled with his control and joined his manager in the clubhouse by the third inning. Shawn Riggans had the early blow, a three-run double, and both Cliff Floyd and Carlos Pena later homered as the Rays trounced the Yankees on Friday, 13-4.
It was the first ugly game of the 2008 season for the Yankees. Hopefully, they got it out of their system. Same for Girardi’s flu.
SG is away for the weekend and I’ll be traveling as well. I will try to post the Game Chatter for tomorrow’s 1:05 start in the morning if the lineups are in early.
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