Before today's game, most people probably would have thought out of the four games the Yankees and Devil Rays play this week, tonight's would feature the best pitching as Randy Johnson went up against Hideo Nomo. However, that was not the case tonight as the Yankees came back from an eight-run defecit to defeat the D'Rays 20-11 in a game that saw 41 total hits (23 by the Yankees) and nine home runs (six by New York). The Yankees started to rally in the 5th after trailing 10-2, but the most memorable inning of tonight's game was the bottom of the 8th in which they scored 13 runs to turn an 11-7 defecit into a 20-11 lead. The Yankees hit four home runs in the inning, including back-to-back-to-back home runs by Sheffield, A-Rod, and Matsui. All three Devil Ray home runs came off of Randy Johnson as he failed to pitch more than 3 innings and Hideo Nomo came out of the game in the 5th after giving up 5 runs.

Every Yankee starter had a hit in the game except John Flaherty (Posada pinch hit for him in the 5th, went 1-2 with a two-run homer). Derek Jeter had 5 hits including a home run and was only a triple away from the cycle as he raised his batting average to .309. Gary Sheffield was 4-6 hit two three-run homers and Hideki Matsui also had four hits including a home run, which I might add went pretty deep into the black seats. Alex Rodriguez added his 20th home run to re-grab a share of the Major League home run lead.

The Yankees have now won 7 out of their last 8 games and kept pace with the Orioles, who also won tonight, to stay 5 games back in the AL East race. Tonight was the second time this season that the Yankees scored 13 runs in an inning. Both times were during home games against Tampa Bay.