MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
TORONTO BLUE JAYS AT NEW YORK YANKEES
10/02/2005
 
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
TORONTO BLUE JAYS AT NEW YORK YANKEES
GAME ID: 12211 - SUNDAY, OCTOBER 2ND , 2005 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Toronto Blue Jays (79-83) 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 4 9 1
New York Yankees (81-81) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 6 0
Ricky Sosa Reaches 200 Wins
Ricky Sosa of the Toronto Blue Jays will go down as one of the league's legendary pitchers after his 4-1 win today against the New York Yankees.

"It felt like it was a postseason game, one out at a time," said his manager. "It was something special to see."

The 37-year-old Sosa picked up his 200th career victory at Yankee Stadium. He hurled 8 innings, gave up 6 hits and registered 8 strikeouts along with no walks.

"I've worked a long time for this," Sosa said. "I can't believe it's really here. It feels great!"

So far in his career, Sosa has collected 200 wins and 155 losses and has recorded an ERA of 3.90 and struck out 2768 batters while pitching 3220 innings.
TORONTO BATTING LINESCORE NEW YORK BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
S. Pratt 2B 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .233 7 46
K. Griffey Jr. RF 4 2 2 2 0 1 0 .283 32 74
C. Quentin LF 3 1 1 0 1 1 0 .253 27 108
C. Wakeland DH 3 0 0 0 1 1 2 .200 29 80
T. Helton 1B 4 1 3 1 0 0 0 .283 13 97
Y. Molina C 4 0 3 1 0 0 1 .309 13 73
B. Inge 3B 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 .272 12 74
A. Ethier CF 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .285 21 107
J. Peralta SS 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .232 12 61
Totals 33 4 9 4 2 4 9      
BATTING
Doubles: Y. Molina (28, 4th Inning off B. Morrow, 1 on, 2 outs) , T. Helton (57, 4th Inning off B. Morrow, 0 on, 2 outs) , C. Quentin (39, 8th Inning off K. Gross, 0 on, 2 outs)
Home Runs: K. Griffey Jr. 2 (32, 1st Inning off Z. Greinke, 0 on, 1 out; 4th Inning off Z. Greinke, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: K. Griffey Jr. 8 , C. Quentin 2 , T. Helton 4 , Y. Molina 4
2-out RBI: T. Helton , Y. Molina
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: C. Wakeland , B. Inge
GIDP: B. Inge , A. Ethier
Team LOB: 4

BASERUNNING
CS: C. Wakeland (5)

FIELDING
Errors: R. Sosa (1)
Double Plays: 1 (Peralta-Pratt-Helton)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
K. Randel 2B 4 0 0 0 0 3 2 .191 3 8
M. Cabrera CF 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .296 11 72
W. Aldana 1B 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 .258 3 14
A. Rodriguez SS 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 .321 33 108
D. Trumble DH 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .095 0 1
   a-T. Hafner DH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .310 20 80
J. Francoeur RF 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .305 28 101
H. Blalock 3B 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 .241 13 64
P. McAnulty LF 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 .114 1 2
L. Carlin C 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 .317 0 4
Totals 32 1 6 1 0 8 9      
a - T. Hafner inserted as DH in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: H. Blalock (17, 5th Inning off R. Sosa, 0 on, 2 outs) , L. Carlin (2, 6th Inning off R. Sosa, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: M. Cabrera , W. Aldana 2 , H. Blalock 2 , P. McAnulty , L. Carlin 2
2-out RBI: W. Aldana
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: M. Cabrera , P. McAnulty
GIDP: A. Rodriguez
Team LOB: 4

FIELDING
Double Plays: 2 (Rodriguez-Randel-Aldana, Blalock-Randel-Aldana)
TORONTO PITCHING LINESCORE NEW YORK PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
R. Sosa W (11-7) 8.0 6 1 1 0 8 0 116 5.14   
P. Neshek SV (32) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3.69   
PITCHING
Game Score: R. Sosa 74
Batters Faced: R. Sosa 29, P. Neshek 3
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: R. Sosa 12-3, P. Neshek 2-1
Pitches - Strikes: R. Sosa 116-81, P. Neshek 6-4
WP: R. Sosa
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
Z. Greinke L (6-9) 3.1 3 2 2 1 2 2 50 6.23   
B. Morrow 2.0 2 2 2 1 0 0 24 8.04   
J. Soria 1.2 1 0 0 0 1 0 24 4.76   
K. Gross 1.1 3 0 0 0 1 0 20 5.17   
J. Faigin 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5.84   
PITCHING
Game Score: Z. Greinke 45
Batters Faced: Z. Greinke 13, B. Morrow 8, J. Soria 6, K. Gross 7, J. Faigin 1
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: Z. Greinke 6-1, B. Morrow 4-1, J. Soria 2-2, K. Gross 1-2, J. Faigin 1-0
Pitches - Strikes: Z. Greinke 50-32, B. Morrow 24-15, J. Soria 24-15, K. Gross 20-14, J. Faigin 3-2
Inherited Runners - Scored: B. Morrow 1-0 , J. Soria 1-1 , J. Faigin 2-0
WP: J. Soria
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Ricky Sosa
Ballpark: Yankee Stadium
Weather: Partly Cloudy (64 degrees), wind blowing in from center at 12 mph
Start Time: 1:05 PM ET
Time: 2:41
Attendance: 39613
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