Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
NY Yankees 7, LA Angels 4
When: 7:05 PM ET, Thursday, April 30, 2009
Where: Alex Box Stadium, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Temperature: 57°
Umpires: Home - Doug Eddings, 1B - Hunter Wendelstedt, 2B - Dana DeMuth, 3B - Todd Tichenor
Attendance: 43388
Where: Alex Box Stadium, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Temperature: 57°
Umpires: Home - Doug Eddings, 1B - Hunter Wendelstedt, 2B - Dana DeMuth, 3B - Todd Tichenor
Attendance: 43388
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| LA Angels | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 1 |
| NY Yankees | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 0 |
Team Records
| Team | W/L | Home | Away | Streak |
| LA Angels | 9-12 | 6-6 | 3-6 | L1 |
| NY Yankees | 12-10 | 5-2 | 7-8 | W3 |
Recap Quick Hits
- With this win, the New York Yankees have a 5-2 record at home this season. The Los Angeles Angels have a 3-6 record on the road.
- NY Yankees has a streak of 3 straight up wins. The Yankees have won 6 of their last 10 games.
- LA Angels has a streak of 1 straight up loss. The Angels have won 5 of their last 10 games.
- Phil Coke pitched 1.0 innings for the win and now has an ERA of 3.72. Mariano Rivera closed out the game to get the save and has 5 saves for the season. Justin Speier took the loss for LA Angels.
- Johnny Damon had the only homerun for NY Yankees. Mike Napoli had the only homerun for LA Angels.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| LA Angels | NY Yankees | |
| Anthony Ortega | Player | A.J. Burnett |
| Loss | W/L | Loss |
| 6.1 | IP | 7.0 |
| 2 | Strikeouts | 5 |
| 8 | Hits | 8 |
| 4.26 | ERA | 5.14 |
Hitting
| LA Angels | NY Yankees | |
| Howie Kendrick | Player | Melky Cabrera |
| 2 | Hits | 2 |
| 0 | RBI | 1 |
| 0 | HR | 0 |
| 2 | TB | 2 |
| .667 | Avg | .500 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team | Hits | HR | TB | Avg | LOB | K | RBI | BB | SB | Errors |
| LA Angels | 9 | 1 | 15 | .281 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| NY Yankees | 12 | 1 | 18 | .353 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 |