Remember that time Derek Jeter played against the Yankees, for the yanks? Here it is, an exhibition played between the 2009 US WBC team and the eventual world champion 2009 Yankees in Tampa. Jeter hit into a very Jeterian double play on a grounder to second in the first, but drove in two runs on a single up the middle in the third, reached and scored on a Jeterian infield hit to second in the sixth, walked in the seventh, and struck out in the ninth.
Most of the action came in the sixth, with the US extending a 2-1 lead by plating four in the top of the inning, and the Yankees countering with three in the bottom to reach the final score of 6-4. The US rally was a station-to-station affair against a New York hurler I have no recollection of, Hacker (Apparently Eric Hacker, a righty would make his MLB debut that year with Pittsburgh and go on to have brief appearances with Minnesota in 2011 and San Francisco in 2012. So at least he got a ring out of the deal despite only making nine major league appearances). The Yankee rally was punctuated by a two-run double by Nick Swisher.
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