AL: NY YANKEES (84-64) at BOSTON (90-59) <h3>Clemens, Schilling square off in series finale</h3> <div class="pre">NY Yankees (84-64) at Boston (90-59) 8:05 pm EDT</div> BOSTON (Ticker) - Roger Clemens makes what could be his finalstart at Fenway Park on Sunday night when the New York Yankeesface the Boston Red Sox in the finale of a three-game series. Clemens won two of his seven Cy Young Awards as a member ofthe Red Sox in 1986 and 1987. He picked up 199 of his 354career victories as a member of the Red Sox before leavingthe franchise following the 1996 season. On Sunday, Clemens (6-6, 4.45 ERA) takes the mound for thefirst time since receiving a cortisone shot in his elbowlast week. The 45-year-old righthander beat the Red Sox onAugust 29 at Yankee Stadium, allowing one run and two hitsin six innings. With Clemens on the mound, the Yankees will look to movecloser to the Red Sox in the American League East. NewYork trails Boston by 5 1/2 games, but is 2 1/2 games infront of Detroit (82-67) in the wild card race. Boston will counter with Curt Schilling (8-7, 3.93), who lastfaced Clemens in Game Seven of the 2001 World Series as a memberof the Arizona Diamondbacks. The 41-year-old righthander is a different pitcher these days,relying on command and changing speeds instead of a devastatingfastball and splitter. Schilling is 1-2 over his last fourstarts - including a loss to the Yankees on August 30 - but hasa 2.52 ERA over that span. Clemens and Schilling have combined for 569 career wins. After the Yankees rallied for an 8-7 win in the series opener,the Red Sox bounced back behind a sterling effort from Cy Youngcontender Josh Beckett in a 10-1 victory on Saturday.
AL: NY YANKEES (84-64) at BOSTON (90-59) <h3>Clemens, Schilling square off in series finale</h3> <div class="pre">NY Yankees (84-64) at Boston (90-59) 8:05 pm EDT</div> BOSTON (Ticker) - Roger Clemens makes what could be his finalstart at Fenway Park on Sunday night when the New York Yankeesface the Boston Red Sox in the finale of a three-game series. Clemens won three of his seven Cy Young Awards as a member ofthe Red Sox in 1986, 1987 and 1991. He picked up 199 of his 354career victories as a member of the Red Sox before leaving thefranchise following the 1996 season. On Sunday, Clemens (6-6, 4.45 ERA) takes the mound for the firsttime since receiving a cortisone shot in his elbow last week.The 45-year-old righthander beat the Red Sox on August 29 atYankee Stadium, allowing one run and two hits in six innings. With Clemens on the mound, the Yankees will look to move closerto the Red Sox in the American League East. New York trailsBoston by 5 1/2 games, but is 2 1/2 games in front of Detroit(82-67) in the wild card race. Boston will counter with Curt Schilling (8-7, 3.93), who lastfaced Clemens in Game Seven of the 2001 World Series as a memberof the Arizona Diamondbacks. The 41-year-old righthander is a different pitcher these days,relying on command and changing speeds instead of a devastatingfastball and splitter. Schilling is 1-2 over his last fourstarts - including a loss to the Yankees on August 30 - but hasa 2.52 ERA over that span. Clemens and Schilling have combined for 569 career wins. After the Yankees rallied for an 8-7 win in the series opener,the Red Sox bounced back behind a sterling effort from Cy Youngcontender Josh Beckett in a 10-1 victory on Saturday.
Re: AL: NY YANKEES (84-64) at BOSTON (90-59) i hope this is a close game so i can see Joba vs Boston. i really wana see how the kid reacts in a hostile environment. the kid has handled himself exceptionally as everyone knows and i expect he won't be intimiated or faulter in fenway. even if he does its great to get young kids, especially kids taht are the future of our franchise to pitch in a place like this and they better get used to fenway and ny/bos games quick because it takes over the baseball world when these two teams meet up. lets go Joba/Yanks!!!
Re: AL: NY YANKEES (84-64) at BOSTON (90-59) xcalibur, joba was my classmate back when i was at university of nebraska. lol</p> Great guy, talks to everyone, never had the I'm at the top of the world aproach. (they won the college world series that year)</p> </p>
AL: NY YANKEES at BOSTON <div class="pre">NY YANKEES AT BOSTON -- LINEUPS NY YANKEES BOSTON AVG HR RBI AVG HR RBI Johnny Damon LF .262 11 58 Jacoby Ellsbury LF .394 3 14 Derek Jeter SS .314 10 64 Dustin Pedroia 2B .324 7 49 Bobby Abreu RF .286 16 96 David Ortiz DH .326 31 106 Alex Rodriguez 3B .315 52 141 Mike Lowell 3B .326 18 106 Jorge Posada DH .338 20 85 J.D. Drew RF .265 8 52 Robinson Cano 2B .298 17 83 Jason Varitek C .253 13 62 Melky Cabrera CF .285 8 62 Eric Hinske 1B .224 6 21 Doug Mientkiewicz 1B .225 4 16 Coco Crisp CF .273 6 59 Jose Molina C .247 1 14 Julio Lugo SS .239 6 69 Roger Clemens RHP (6-6, 4.45) Curt Schilling RHP (8-7, 3.93)</div>
AL: NY YANKEES at BOSTON <div class="pre">AL AT BOSTON WARMUPS: NYY - ROGER CLEMENS (6-6, 4.45) BOS - CURT SCHILLING (8-7, 3.93) UMPIRES: HP - LANCE BARKSDALE 1B - TIM WELKE 2B - JIM REYNOLDS 3B - GARY CEDERSTROM WEATHER: 55 Degrees, cloudy WIND: 10 mph, out to left</div>
Re: AL: NY YANKEES (84-64) at BOSTON (90-59) Are these the only two teams in baseball that matter?</p> </p>
Re: AL: NY YANKEES (84-64) at BOSTON (90-59) <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Denny Crane)</div><div class='quotemain'> Are these the only two teams in baseball that matter?</p> </p> </div></p> No.</p> </p> </p> </p> </p> </p> </p> </p> </p> </p> </p> </p> Only the Yankees matter.</p> </p>
AL: NY YANKEES at BOSTON <div class="pre">AL AT BOSTON STARTING BATS: NYY - ROGER CLEMENS AND JOSE MOLINA BOS - CURT SCHILLING AND JASON VARITEK DUE UP FOR NY YANKEES: J DAMON (.262, 11 HR, 58 RBI) D JETER (.314, 10 HR, 64 RBI) B ABREU (.286, 16 HR, 96 RBI)</div>
AL: NY YANKEES at BOSTON <div class="pre">AL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - NY YANKEES 0 0 1 0 BOSTON 0 0 0 (BOT 1) CURRENT PITCHERS: NYY - ROGER CLEMENS BOS - CURT SCHILLING DUE UP FOR BOSTON: J ELLSBURY (.394, 3 HR, 14 RBI) D PEDROIA (.324, 7 HR, 49 RBI) D ORTIZ (.326, 31 HR, 106 RBI)</div>
AL: NY YANKEES at BOSTON <div class="pre">NY YANKEES (0) VS BOSTON (0) - MID 1ST - IN PROGRESS NY YANKEES ab r h rbi bb so lob avg J Damon lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .262 D Jeter ss 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .315 B Abreu rf 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .286 A Rodriguez 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .314 J Posada dh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .338 R Cano 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .298 M Cabrera cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .285 D Mientkiewicz 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .225 J Molina c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .247 Totals 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 BATTING: Team LOB - 1. BOSTON ab r h rbi bb so lob avg J Ellsbury lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .394 D Pedroia 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .324 D Ortiz dh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .326 M Lowell 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .326 J Drew rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .265 J Varitek c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .253 E Hinske 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .224 C Crisp cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .273 J Lugo ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .239 Totals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 BATTING: Team LOB - 0. ---------------------------------------------------- NY YANKEES - 0 -- 0 BOSTON - -- 0 ---------------------------------------------------- NY YANKEES ip h r er bb so hr era R Clemens 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.45 BOSTON ip h r er bb so hr era C Schilling 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 3.90 Pitches-strikes: C Schilling 16-13. Ground balls-fly balls: C Schilling 1-1. Batters faced: C Schilling 4. UMPIRES: HP--Lance Barksdale. 1B--Tim Welke. 2B--Jim Reynolds. 3B--Gary Cederstrom. Weather: 55 degrees, cloudy. Wind: 10 mph, out to left.</div>
AL: NY YANKEES at BOSTON <div class="pre">AL AT BOSTON CONFIRMED STARTERS: NYY - ROGER CLEMENS BOS - CURT SCHILLING</div>
AL: NY YANKEES at BOSTON <div class="pre">AL AT BOSTON - SCORING UPDATE SINGLE BY MIKE LOWELL SCORED JACOBY ELLSBURY. SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, M LOWELL ON FIRST, D ORTIZ ON SECOND, 1 OUT CURRENT SCORE: NY YANKEES 0 BOSTON 1 BOTTOM, 1ST DUE UP FOR BOSTON: J DREW (.265, 8 HR, 52 RBI)</div>
AL: NY YANKEES at BOSTON <div class="pre">AL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - NY YANKEES 0 0 1 1 BOSTON 1 1 1 0 (TOP 2) CURRENT PITCHERS: NYY - ROGER CLEMENS BOS - CURT SCHILLING DUE UP FOR NY YANKEES: J POSADA (.338, 20 HR, 85 RBI) R CANO (.298, 17 HR, 83 RBI) M CABRERA (.285, 8 HR, 62 RBI)</div>
AL: NY YANKEES at BOSTON <div class="pre">NY YANKEES (0) VS BOSTON (1) - END 1ST - IN PROGRESS NY YANKEES ab r h rbi bb so lob avg J Damon lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .262 D Jeter ss 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .315 B Abreu rf 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .286 A Rodriguez 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .314 J Posada dh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .338 R Cano 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .298 M Cabrera cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .285 D Mientkiewicz 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .225 J Molina c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .247 Totals 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 BATTING: Team LOB - 1. FIELDING: E - J Damon (2, line drive). BOSTON ab r h rbi bb so lob avg J Ellsbury lf 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .388 D Pedroia 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .324 D Ortiz dh 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .326 M Lowell 3b 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .328 J Drew rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .264 J Varitek c 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .252 E Hinske 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .224 C Crisp cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .273 J Lugo ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .239 Totals 5 1 1 1 1 0 5 BATTING: RBI - M Lowell (107). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - J Varitek 1. Team LOB - 2. BASERUNNING: SB - J Ellsbury (6, 2nd base off R Clemens/J Molina). ---------------------------------------------------- NY YANKEES - 0 -- 0 BOSTON - 1 -- 1 ---------------------------------------------------- NY YANKEES ip h r er bb so hr era R Clemens 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 4.40 BOSTON ip h r er bb so hr era C Schilling 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 3.90 Pitches-strikes: R Clemens 19-10; C Schilling 16-13. Ground balls-fly balls: R Clemens 1-2; C Schilling 1-1. Batters faced: R Clemens 6; C Schilling 4. UMPIRES: HP--Lance Barksdale. 1B--Tim Welke. 2B--Jim Reynolds. 3B--Gary Cederstrom. Weather: 55 degrees, cloudy. Wind: 10 mph, out to left.</div>
Re: AL: NY YANKEES (84-64) at BOSTON (90-59) Damon has the worst arm I have EVER seen on an OFer.</p> -Petey</p>
AL: NY YANKEES at BOSTON <div class="pre">NY YANKEES (0) VS BOSTON (1) - MID 2ND - IN PROGRESS NY YANKEES ab r h rbi bb so lob avg J Damon lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .262 D Jeter ss 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .315 B Abreu rf 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .286 A Rodriguez 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .314 J Posada dh 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .337 R Cano 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .298 M Cabrera cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .284 D Mientkiewicz 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .225 J Molina c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .247 Totals 7 0 1 0 0 1 2 BATTING: Team LOB - 1. FIELDING: E - J Damon (2, line drive). BOSTON ab r h rbi bb so lob avg J Ellsbury lf 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .388 D Pedroia 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .324 D Ortiz dh 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .326 M Lowell 3b 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .328 J Drew rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .264 J Varitek c 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .252 E Hinske 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .224 C Crisp cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .273 J Lugo ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .239 Totals 5 1 1 1 1 0 5 BATTING: RBI - M Lowell (107). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - J Varitek 1. Team LOB - 2. BASERUNNING: SB - J Ellsbury (6, 2nd base off R Clemens/J Molina). ---------------------------------------------------- NY YANKEES - 00 -- 0 BOSTON - 1 -- 1 ---------------------------------------------------- NY YANKEES ip h r er bb so hr era R Clemens 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 4.40 BOSTON ip h r er bb so hr era C Schilling 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 3.88 Pitches-strikes: R Clemens 19-10; C Schilling 22-19. Ground balls-fly balls: R Clemens 1-2; C Schilling 2-3. Batters faced: R Clemens 6; C Schilling 7. UMPIRES: HP--Lance Barksdale. 1B--Tim Welke. 2B--Jim Reynolds. 3B--Gary Cederstrom. Weather: 55 degrees, cloudy. Wind: 10 mph, out to left.</div>
