單局「雙響砲」及7分打點，洋基A-Rod真的做到了！
A-Rod在今天比賽之前還差2轟、7分打點，達到30轟、100分點，才能延續生涯13年達到單季至少30轟、100分打點的成就，而且獨自成為大聯盟史上首人，他今天竟在六局上先3分轟再滿貫砲，單局2轟、7打點神奇般達成，同時成為美聯史上首名單局7分打點的紀錄。
13季30轟、100打點
A-Rod生涯第13次單季至少30轟、100分打點，擺脫曼寧．拉米瑞茲、貝比魯斯、法克斯和他自己共同保持的12次紀錄；全壘打總數達到583轟，追平麥奎爾成績，共同在大聯盟史上排名第八。
過去美聯單局最多打點是6分，總共出現12次，最近一次出現是紅襪老爹歐提茲在去年8月12日締造，大聯盟紀錄是紅雀隊塔提斯在1999年4月23日單局兩發滿貫砲，轟下8分打點。
A-Rod因為臀部開刀，休養一個月，使他本季追求這個紀錄變得有難度，A-Rod曾表示追求30轟100打點仍是他的目標，但他不會刻意追求，不過當他先轟3分砲後，發現洋基在六局打不完，他對辛斯基說，如果接著有滿壘機會，他或許會來一轟，不過事後他指出這句話是玩笑話，沒想到因故意保送塔薛爾拉形成滿壘，真的被他擊中滿貫砲。
洋基靠六局灌進10分，10：2打敗光芒，A-Rod對於季後賽期望是洋基11連勝登上世界大賽冠軍，將這場好手氣帶到季後賽，柏奈特靠A-Rod打下個人生涯第100勝，另外總經理凱許曼和總教練吉拉迪明天將討論洋基隊季後賽名單。
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Alex Rodriguez sat in the dugout and spoke bluntly. About the revelation that prompted an embarrassing news conference during spring training. About the hip surgery that threatened to end his season before it began. About his recent postseason disappointments.
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Then he went out and had a record-setting day that had his manager and teammates shaking their heads. "Incredible," Mark Teixeira said.
Rodriguez set an American League record with seven RBIs in a 10-run sixth inning yesterday, propelling the Yankees to a 10-2 win over the Rays in their regular-season finale.
His three-run homer to left-center erased a 2-0 deficit and - after Teixeira was intentionally walked to load the bases with two outs - his grand slam to right-center ended the scoring.
It was A-Rod's 18th grand slam and 583rd career homer, tying him with Mark McGwire for eighth on the all-time list, and it allowed him to reach two benchmark numbers - 30 home runs and 100 RBIs - for the 12th straight season. It was the 13th season in the last 14 in which he's reached the 30-100 mark, a major-league record. It also gave the Yankees a franchise-record 244 home runs, two more than they hit in 2004.
"That's a high-water mark for any hitter whether he plays 162 or whatever it is," said Teixeira, who led the American League in RBIs with 122 and tied the Rays' Carlos Peña for the league lead in home runs with 39. "For Alex to get that in I don't know how many games it was , the month or whatever he missed, that's incredible."
It was a season Rodriguez certainly didn't envision during a spring training that started under the cloud created by the disclosure that he had used performance-enhancing drugs and ended with him missing the first five weeks of the season as he recovered from hip surgery.
"I think it's fair to say I hit rock bottom this spring," he said before the game. "Between the embarrassment of the press conference and my career being threatened with my hip injury, and the unknown of not knowing whether I could bounce back, I think my life and my career was at a crossroad, and I was either going to stay at the bottom or I was going to bounce back."
He bounced back in his first game May 8, hitting a three-run homer on the first pitch he saw. The Yankees were a major league-best 90-44 after his return. "That's the type of player he is," Joe Girardi said. "We've talked about Alex, his ability to change games. His first swing of the year was a three-run homer and his last swing of the regular season was a grand slam. He's had a huge impact on our club."
An impact that in recent years hasn't extended into the postseason, a smudge on his resume that he didn't run from yesterday.
"Here's the deal - I hit cleanup for a reason," he said before the game. "My team expects a lot out of me. We all understand [it takes] 25 men to win a championship, you need every guy. And when you lose, people look around and numbers get dissected. And I understand the score and that's the way it is. That's the way it should be."
It was suggested to Rodriguez that yesterday's game, one in which he carried the day at the plate and A.J. Burnett picked up his 100th career win, might portend better things this postseason than he's experienced in the past. "It was a great game," he said. "I loved the way A.J. threw the ball, I liked the way we swung the bats, so, sure, hopefully it is a springboard."
