![]() ![]() Pettitte then walked Quinton McCracken to load the bases. Next up, another future Yankee Randy Winn reached on a fielding error by Scott Brosius at third. With two out, future Yankee Miguel Cairo singled. Their best shot at victory came in the eighth. Through seven frames, Tampa only managed to get a runner into scoring position once. Otherwise, it was all quiet on the Western front so to speak.īut Andy was dealing, so those two runs were more than enough. After Girardi’s dinger, New York managed only one more hit, a sixth inning single by Tino Martinez. A two-run oppo taco put the Bronx Bombers up by two, the only runs they ended up needing.Īnd it’s a good thing they managed those two because the lineup called it a day from there. Rekar plunked Scott Brosius to put a man on. He wasn’t so lucky in the second stanza, however. With two out, a pair of hits and a walk loaded the bases but Devil Rays starter Bryan Rekar, in his first season with Tampa after coming over from the Rockies, managed to escape. In front of a crowd of over 38,000, New York almost jumped all over Tampa in the very first inning of this one. July 9: Yankees 2, Devil Rays 0 ( box score ) Behind eight shutout innings from Pettitte and a clutch dinger from future manager Joe Girardi, the Yankees started the second half of 1998 the same way they spent more of the first. In the opener against Tampa, it was more of the same. Andy had gone 10-5 in the first half, hurling 120 innings for the Yanks. Joe Torre handed the ball to Andy Pettitte to start the second half of the season. Coming out of the All-Star Break, the club opened a set against Tampa at the Trop, looking to keep the train rolling. Obviously we know they didn’t quite manage that, but still. The Yankees finished the first half of the season at 61-20, a breathtaking 162-game pace if they could keep it up. ![]()
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