August 14, 2005 · 1:05 PM EDT
C2-4H-ABHR · 3 RBI · 1 RTop hitterAR
Alex Rodriguez
3B3-4H-ABHR · 3 RBI · 2 R
Shawn ChaconP5.0IP3 ER · 5 K · W
Joaquín BenoitP4.2IP3 ER · 5 K · LLosing pitcherBiggest lead TEX by 1 · NYY by 7 · 2 lead changes
| W | L | PCT | GB | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1CW White Sox | 99 | 63 | .611 | — |
2BO Red Sox | 95 | 67 | .586 | 4.0 |
3LA Angels | 95 | 67 | .586 | 4.0 |
| 4NYYankees | 95 | 67 | .586 | 4.0 |
5CL Guardians | 93 | 69 | .574 | 6.0 |
6OA Athletics | 88 | 74 | .543 | 11.0 |
7MI Twins | 83 | 79 | .512 | 16.0 |
8TO Blue Jays | 80 | 82 | .494 | 19.0 |
| 9TERangers | 79 | 83 | .488 | 20.0 |
10BA Orioles | 74 | 88 | .457 | 25.0 |
11DE Tigers | 71 | 91 | .438 | 28.0 |
12SE Mariners | 69 | 93 | .426 | 30.0 |
13TB Rays | 67 | 95 | .414 | 32.0 |
14KC Royals | 56 | 106 | .346 | 43.0 |
54 balls in play · 22 hits · filled is a hit, hollow is an out
| DDDavid DellucciLF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
MY Michael YoungSS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
MT Mark Teixeira1B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
HB Hank Blalock3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
AS Alfonso Soriano2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
PN Phil Nevin1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
GM Gary Matthews Jr.CF | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| KMKevin MenchRF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| RBRod BarajasC | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
MD Mark DeRosaSS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SKSteve KarsayP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MMMarshall McDougall3B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 36 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
2B: Teixeira, Matthews Jr. 2
HR: Barajas
RBI: Barajas 3
LOB: 18
| BSBrian Shouse | 0.1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 20 |
| DBDoug Brocail | 1.0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
| JBJoaquín BenoitL | 4.2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 104 |
| KGKevin Gryboski | 1.0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 28 |
| SKSteve Karsay | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 |
| Totals | 8.0 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 178 |
DJ Derek JeterSS | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
RC Robinson Canó2B | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
GS Gary SheffieldRF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| ARAlex Rodriguez3B | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
HM Hideki MatsuiLF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
JG Jason Giambi1B | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
JP Jorge PosadaC | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
BW Bernie WilliamsDH | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
TW Tony WomackCF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| BCBubba CrosbyRF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
TM Tino Martinez1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | 35 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 9 |
2B: Posada
HR: Rodriguez, Matsui
RBI: Rodriguez 3, Matsui 3, Williams 2
LOB: 20
| AEAlan Embree | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| FRFelix Rodriguez | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| SPScott Proctor | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| SCShawn ChaconW | 5.0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 88 |
| TSTanyon Sturtze | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 17 |
| Totals | 9.0 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 145 |
The Yankees routed the Rangers 10-3 at Yankee Stadium I.
Shawn Chacon got the win and Joaquín Benoit took the loss. Alex Rodriguez went 3-for-4 for the Yankees, while Rod Barajas went 2-for-4 for the Rangers.
Written by StatPro from the box score and play-by-play.
