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Pena Homers As Rays Rough Up Yanks 13-4

Posted Apr 4, 08 10:58 PM CDT in Sports 

(Newser) – Pinch-hitter Shawn Riggans hit a three-run double, Carlos Pena a three-run homer in a seven-run eighth inning, and the Tampa Bay Rays roughed up Yankees youngster Ian Kennedy for six runs in a 13-4 win over New York. Yankees manager Joe Girardi missed his first game as New York's manager because of an upper respiratory infection, writes AP.

Bench coach Rob Thomson managed his first big league game. The Rays took advantage of Kennedy's wildness to score six times in the first three innings - five in the third - and then added seven runs in the eighth off relievers LaTroy Hawkins and Kyle Farnsworth. In all, the Rays had 15 hits off six Yankees pitchers

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New York Yankees second baseman Robinson Cano stretches for a ground ball hit by Tampa Bay Rays' Carl Crawford during the third inning Friday, April 4, 2008 at Yankee Stadium in New York.   (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
Tampa Bay Rays' Carlos Pena, center, is greeted at home plate by Akinori Iwamura, left, and Carl Crawford after hitting a three-run home run against the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium on Friday.   (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
New York Yankees pitcher Ian Kennedy, center, hands the ball to bench coach Rob Thomson, left, as he is relieved during the third inning against the Tampa Bay Rays on Friday, April 4, 2008.   (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
Tampa Bay Rays' Shawn Riggans follows through on a three-run double against the New York Yankees during the third inning on Friday, April 4, 2008 at Yankee Stadium in New York.   (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
New York Yankees bench coach Rob Thomson, left, greets home plate umpire Doug Eddings before the start of their game against the Tampa By Rays Friday, April 4, 2008 at Yankee Stadium in New York.   (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
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