Road Trip, Game 8

2:05PM

TOP 1: Sheets going for Brewers today -- Jeter goes down swinging, the ball is dropped, and he is put out at first, one down -- Womack goes down looking, two away -- Sheffield also down looking, and Sheets has struck out the side

BOT 1: Pavano going for Yankees today -- Clark leads off with a bloop single to center -- Cirillo chops one up the middle, Cano charges and guns, one away, and the runner to second on the play

Runner on second, one down for Jenkins, he chops to second, two down, the runner to third -- Lee hits a slow roller to the left of the mound, Pavano fields and puts Lee out at first to end the inning

2:22PM HST

TOP 2: Matsui hits the first pitch and flies out to right, one down -- ARod grounds to second, two away -- Giambi draws a two out walk -- Posada flies out to right center to retire the side

BOT 2: Overbay draws a leadoff walk -- Hall smashes the first offering into the seats in right, a two run shot, Brewers 2-0

Spivey goes down looking, one away -- Moeller grounds to short, two down -- Sheets goes down swinging to end the rally

2:37PM HST

TOP 3: Cano hits the first pitch and flies out to left, one down -- Pavano rips the first pitch down the first baseline ... but Overbay ROBS him, two away -- Jeter lines a two out single to right -- Womack hits the first pitch the opposite way for a single to left, runners now first and second

Runners first and second, two down for Sheffield, he draws a walk on four pitches, the bases are now loaded -- Maddux in to confer with Sheets

Bases loaded, two down for Matsui, he grounds out to second to retire the side

BOT 3: Clark grounds to short, one away -- Cirillo grounds a single up the middle -- Jenkins grounds to short into an inning ending 643 double play

2:53PM HST

TOP 4: ARod grounds to short, one down -- Giambi flies out to left center, two away -- Posada goes down swinging to retire the side

BOT 4: Lee grounds to deep short, one down ... good play by Jeter -- Overbay hits a broken bat grounder to short, two away -- Halls hits a laser into the left field corner and off the wall, two out double -- Spivey grounds to short, busy inning for Jeter, to end the inning

3:09PM HST

TOP 5: Cano hits the first pitch, and flies to deep center, one away -- Pavano grounds to short, two down -- full count to Jeter, the payoff ... ball 4, he is aboard with a 2-out walk -- Womack chops to short, the shortstop steps on second to retire the side

BOT 5: Moeller hits one over the leaping Jeter and into left center for a leadoff single -- Sheets lays down a sacbunt to first, one down, the lead runner to second

Clark grounds to short, the runner is checked back, two away -- Cirillo draws a walk, runners now first and second

Jenkins hits a soft comebacker to Pavano to end the inning

TOP 6: Full count to Sheffield, the payoff ... outside, he draws a leadoff walk -- Matsui hits the first pitch and flies to left, one down -- ARod grounds to third, the force play is made at second, Sheffield puts a hard slide on Spivey ... the throw is offline, two away

Runner at first, two down for Giambi -- on the 0-1 to Giambi, the pitch gets away from Moeller's glove, runner to second on the pitch

Runner now at second, Giambi draws a walk, runners now first and second -- Maddux out to confer -- full count to Posada, the payoff ... Posada pops up to short to retire the side

BOT 6: Lee grounds to third, one down -- Overbay grounds to third, ARod reaches, gloves, and guns, two away -- Hall down looking, the ball is dropped, but he is tagged out at the plate to end the inning

TOP 7: Cano grounds to short, one away -- Tino PH for pitcher, he pops up to second, two down -- Quantrill warming for Yankees, Bottalico warms for Brewers -- Jeter down looking to retire the side

Seventh Inning Snore, Brewers lead 2-0

BOT 7: Q going for Yankees -- Spivey hits a laser to left, but right at Womack, one down -- Moeller drives the first pitch to the gap in left center for a double

MacGruder to PH for Sheets, he draws a walk, runners now first and second -- Stanton warms for Yankees -- Clark pops the first pitch to first, two away

Runners first and second, two down for Cirillo, he grounds to short, the force play is made at second to end the inning

TOP 8: Bottalico now pitching for Brewers -- full count to Womack, he flies out to left center, one away -- Sheffield flies out to center, two down -- full count to Matsui, he draws a 2-out walk -- ARod grounds up the middle, but the second basemen is shifted perfectly to retire the side by making the force at second

BOT 8: Stanton in for Yankees -- full count to Jenkins, the payoff is in the dirt and away ... he draws a walk -- Torre out to do the double switch

Gordon in to pitch for Yankees, Bernie in to play CF -- runner at first for Lee, he hits a line out to first, one down -- Overbay grounds the first pitch to second, the force play is made, two away -- Turnbow warms for the Brewers -- Hall goes down swinging to retire the side

TOP 9: Turnbow in for Brewers -- Giambi drives one to the warning track in right, one down -- Posada hits a flare over short and into left for a single

Cano hits a laser to right, Jenkins dives, gloves ... and the ground has knocked it out, the runner to third on the play ... and Cano hustles into second for a double

Runners now second and third, one out for Bernie, he grounds the first pitch to second, one run scores -- the Brewers lead is cut to 2-1

Runner at third, two down for Jeter, he hits the first pitch softly back at Turnbow, he puts Jeter out at first to end the game

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FINAL: Brewers win, 2-1

Boring, tiresome and frustrating

28UP 30DOWN ... 3 straight losses, and 8 of the last 9