Yankees Defeat Reds; Avoid Series Sweep

Behind strong pitching by Andy Pettite and the "power of the 'stache" (Jason Giambi), the Yankees were able to avoid being swept by the Big Red Machine. Despite a 56 minute rain delay, Yankee bats weren't cooled off by the swirling winds:

New York Yankees
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
J Damon LF	4	0	0	0	0	1	2	.323
D Jeter SS	3	1	1	0	1	1	0	.279
B Abreu RF	4	0	2	0	0	1	3	.273
A Rodriguez 3B	4	0	1	0	0	1	3	.332
H Matsui DH	4	1	1	0	0	2	2	.323
J Giambi 1B	3	2	3	2	0	0	0	.271
W Betemit PR-1B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250
J Posada C	4	0	2	1	0	2	2	.311
R Cano 2B	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	.227
M Cabrera CF	3	0	1	0	0	1	1	.254
Totals	31	4	11	4	1	9	15
BATTING 2B: J Posada 2 (9, J Cueto, J Affeldt); J Giambi (12, J Affeldt) RBI: R Cano (26), J Giambi 2 (42), J Posada (19) SF: R Cano 2-out RBI: J Giambi 2, J Posada GIDP: H Matsui Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: J Damon 1, R Cano 2 Team LOB: 6
BASERUNNING SB: J Giambi (2, 2nd base off J Cueto/D Ross) CS: B Abreu (4, 2nd base by J Cueto/D Ross)
FIELDING E: A Rodriguez (6, throw)

New York Yankees
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
A Pettitte (W, 8-5)	6.0	4	0	0	2	4	0	97-63	4.04
E Ramirez	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	9-7	2.74
K Farnsworth	0.2	2	1	1	0	1	1	14-8	4.24
M Rivera (S, 21)	1.1	2	0	0	0	1	0	30-19	0.76
Totals	9.0	8	1	1	2	7	1	150-97
PITCHING HBP: B Phillips (By A Pettitte) Batters faced: A Pettitte 24; E Ramirez 3; K Farnsworth 4; M Rivera 6 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: A Pettitte 8-5; E Ramirez 0-2; K Farnsworth 0-1; M Rivera 3-0

Scoring Summary
			CIN	NYY
	5th	R Cano hit sacrifice fly to center, J Giambi scored, J Posada to third.	0	1
	6th	J Giambi doubled to deep left, D Jeter and H Matsui scored.	0	3
	6th	J Posada doubled to deep right center, J Giambi scored.	0	4
	8th	K Griffey Jr homered to right.	1	4