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June 15, 2008

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Yankees 13 15 0
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Yankees 13 15 0
Astros 0 6 1

Hideki Matsui Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .400 .325
OBP .400 .403
At Bats 5 237
Hits 2 77
• Singles 1 57
• Doubles 1 13
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 7
Walks 0 28
RBI’s 1 34

Tim Byrdak Season Stats

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Minute Maid Park - June 15, 2008
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Tim Byrdak
Humberto Quintero
Darin Erstad
Mark Loretta
Brad Ausmus
Geoff Blum
Reggie Abercrombie
Michael Bourn
Hunter Pence
Hideki Matsui
Count: 3-2, 2 Outs
Count: 3-2, 2 Outs

Matsui takes first base on ball four.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Gonzalez hits a ball on the ground towards second. Loretta scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Top 9 Tim Byrdak now pitching. Humberto Quintero now catching. Geoff Blum now playing shortstop. Brad Ausmus now playing third base. Damon hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Blum hits a fly ball into left field. Matsui settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Humberto Quintero pinch hits for Oscar Villarreal. Quintero strikes out.
Bottom 8 Tejada hits a line drive into left field. Matsui settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 LaTroy Hawkins now pitching. Chad Moeller now catching. Jorge Posada now playing first base. Wilson Betemit now playing third base. Erstad takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Betemit hits a line drive into center field. Bourn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Cabrera hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Loretta fields it and throws to second for the out. Moeller scores. Posada moves to third.
Top 8 Cano takes first base on ball four. Rodriguez scores. Moeller moves to third. Posada moves to second.
Top 8 Posada takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Chad Moeller pinch hits for Edwar Ramirez. Moeller hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Abercrombie. Moeller reaches second base with a double. Rodriguez moves to third.
Top 8 Rodriguez hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Top 8 Matsui hits a fly ball into left field. Abercrombie settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Pence strikes out.
Bottom 7 Abercrombie is hit by the pitch. Ausmus moves to second.
Bottom 7 Ausmus takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Bourn hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cano scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Alberto Gonzalez now playing shortstop. Edwar Ramirez now pitching. Loretta hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gonzalez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Alberto Gonzalez pinch hits for Derek Jeter. Gonzalez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Blum fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 7 Damon hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 7 Betemit hits a popup towards short. Tejada settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Oscar Villarreal now pitching. Reggie Abercrombie now playing left field. Cabrera hits a fly ball into left field. Abercrombie settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Blum hits a fly ball into center field. Damon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Lee hits a line drive towards third. Rodriguez reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Tejada strikes out.
Bottom 6 Ross Ohlendorf now pitching. Wilson Betemit now playing first base. Erstad takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Cano hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tejada scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Posada hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. Two runs are unearned.
Top 6 Giambi is hit by the pitch.
Top 6 Rodriguez hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. Three runs are unearned.
Top 6 Wesley Wright now pitching. Matsui hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Damon scores. Jeter moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 6 Jeter hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Cano scores. Wang scores. Damon moves to third. Two runs are unearned.
Top 6 Damon hits a ball on the ground and there's an error on the play. Cano moves to third. Wang moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 6 Wang bunts towards the mound. Oswalt fields it and throws to third for the out. Cano moves to second.
Top 6 Cabrera hits a fly ball into left field. Lee settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Cano hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Posada moves to second.
Top 6 Posada hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Pence hits a fly ball into right field. Cabrera settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Oswalt hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Ausmus hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jeter fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 5 Bourn hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Giambi strikes out.
Top 5 Rodriguez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Loretta scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Matsui hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Loretta reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Loretta hits a line drive into left field. Matsui settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Blum hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cano scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Lee strikes out.
Top 4 Jeter hits a ball on the ground towards first. Erstad scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Jeter for the out.
Top 4 There goes Damon. The throw from Ausmus and he is out, Tejada applying the tag.
Top 4 Damon hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Wang strikes out.
Bottom 3 Tejada hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rodriguez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Erstad hits a line drive beyond second. Cano can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit. Oswalt moves to third.
Bottom 3 Pence strikes out.
Bottom 3 Oswalt hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cano fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 3 Ausmus hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Cano reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Cabrera strikes out.
Top 3 Cano hits a popup beyond third. Blum can't reach the ball in time. That's a base hit. Rodriguez scores. Giambi scores. Posada moves to third.
Top 3 Posada takes first base on ball four. Matsui scores. Rodriguez moves to third. Giambi moves to second.
Top 3 Giambi takes first base on ball four. Matsui moves to third. Rodriguez moves to second.
Top 3 Rodriguez takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Matsui hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Bourn. Matsui reaches second base with a double.
Top 3 Jeter hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Loretta scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Damon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Blum fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Bourn hits a ball on the ground towards first. Giambi scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Bourn for the out.
Bottom 2 Loretta hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Posada settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Blum hits a popup towards third. Rodriguez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Wang strikes out.
Top 2 Cabrera strikes out.
Top 2 Cano strikes out.
Top 2 Posada takes first base on ball four. Giambi moves to second.
Top 2 Giambi hits a ball on the ground towards first. Erstad fields the ball and throws to Oswalt covering. Safe.
Bottom 1 Lee strikes out.
Bottom 1 Tejada hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Erstad hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rodriguez fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 1 Pence hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Rodriguez hits a line drive into center field. Bourn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Matsui hits a fly ball into center field. Bourn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Jeter hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Damon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Loretta scoops it up and throws to first for the out.