GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: AL: NY YANKEES (84-64) at BOSTON (90-59)

AL: NY YANKEES at BOSTON

<div class="pre">AL AT BOSTON - SCORING UPDATE
SOLO HOME RUN BY MIKE LOWELL (19) TO LEFT WITH 2 OUT IN THE
8TH OFF JOBA CHAMBERLAIN.
CURRENT SCORE: NY YANKEES 4, BOSTON 2

DUE UP FOR BOSTON: J DREW (.263, 0-FOR-3)</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 0 0 1 0 0 3 4 7 1
BOSTON 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 4 0 (TOP 9)

CURRENT PITCHERS: NYY - JOBA CHAMBERLAIN
BOS - MANNY DELCARMEN

DUE UP FOR NY YANKEES: J POSADA (.335, 0-FOR-3)
R CANO (.298, 1-FOR-3, HR, RBI)
M CABRERA (.283, 0-FOR-3)</div>

 

AL: NY YANKEES at BOSTON

<div class="pre">NY YANKEES (4) VS BOSTON (2) - END 8TH - IN PROGRESS

NY YANKEES ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Damon lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .260
D Jeter ss 4 1 2 3 0 0 1 .315
B Abreu rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 .286
A Rodriguez 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .312
J Posada dh-c 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .335
R Cano 2b 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 .298
M Cabrera cf 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .283
D Mientkiewicz 1b 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 .235
J Molina c 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .246
a-J Giambi ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .244
B Sardinha pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Totals 30 4 7 4 0 3 6

a-singled to left for J Molina in the 8th.

BATTING: 2B - B Abreu (35, J Lopez). HR - R Cano (18, 5th inning off C
Schilling 0 on, 0 Out), D Jeter (11, 8th inning off C Schilling 2 on, 2 Out). S
- J Molina. RBI - R Cano (84), D Jeter 3 (67). 2-out RBI - D Jeter 3. Runners
left in scoring position, 2 out - D Jeter 1, A Rodriguez 1. Team LOB - 3.

FIELDING: E - J Damon (2, line drive).


BOSTON ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Ellsbury lf 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 .371
D Pedroia 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .322
D Ortiz dh 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 .325
M Lowell 3b 4 1 3 2 0 1 0 .330
J Drew rf 4 0 0 0 0 2 3 .262
J Varitek c 3 0 0 0 0 1 4 .251
E Hinske 1b 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .226
C Crisp cf 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .272
J Lugo ss 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 .238

Totals 28 2 4 2 3 7 11

BATTING: 2B - E Hinske (11, J Chamberlain). HR - M Lowell (19, 8th inning off J
Chamberlain 0 on, 2 Out). S - C Crisp. RBI - M Lowell 2 (108). 2-out RBI - M
Lowell. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - J Varitek 2, J Ellsbury 1.
Team LOB - 6.

BASERUNNING: SB - J Ellsbury (6, 2nd base off R Clemens/J Molina).


----------------------------------------------------
NY YANKEES - 000 010 03 -- 4
BOSTON - 100 000 01 -- 2
----------------------------------------------------

NY YANKEES ip h r er bb so hr era
R Clemens 6 2 1 0 3 4 0 4.18
J Chamberlain 2 2 1 1 0 3 1 0.50

BOSTON ip h r er bb so hr era
C Schilling 7 2/3 6 4 4 0 2 2 3.97
J Lopez 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.05
M Delcarmen 1/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.37

J Lopez pitched to 1 batter in the 8th.

Pitches-strikes: R Clemens 87-49; J Chamberlain 30-18; C Schilling 90-65; J
Lopez 1-1; M Delcarmen 4-3. Ground balls-fly balls: R Clemens 5-9; J
Chamberlain 2-1; C Schilling 11-10; J Lopez 0-0; M Delcarmen 0-0. Batters
faced: R Clemens 24; J Chamberlain 8; C Schilling 29; J Lopez 1; M Delcarmen 1.


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 - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: E Gagne relieved M Delcarmen.
SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 0 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: NY YANKEES 4
BOSTON 2 TOP, 9TH

DUE UP FOR NY YANKEES: J Posada (.335, 0-FOR-3)</div>

 

AL: NY YANKEES at BOSTON

<div class="pre">AL AT BOSTON - PITCHING CHANGE
BOS: ERIC GAGNE (3-1, 3.77) STARTING THE 9TH
CURRENT SCORE: NY YANKEES 4, BOSTON 2

DUE UP FOR NYYANKEES: J POSADA (.335, 0-FOR-3)</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 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 4 7 1
BOSTON 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 4 0 (BOT 9)

CURRENT PITCHERS: NYY - JOBA CHAMBERLAIN
BOS - ERIC GAGNE

DUE UP FOR BOSTON: J VARITEK (.251, 0-FOR-3)
E HINSKE (.226, 1-FOR-3)
C CRISP (.272, 0-FOR-2, SAC)</div>

 

AL: NY YANKEES at BOSTON

<div class="pre">NY YANKEES (4) VS BOSTON (2) - MID 9TH - IN PROGRESS

NY YANKEES ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Damon lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .260
D Jeter ss 4 1 2 3 0 0 1 .315
B Abreu rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 .286
A Rodriguez 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .312
J Posada dh-c 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 .335
R Cano 2b 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 .298
M Cabrera cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 .282
D Mientkiewicz 1b 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 .235
J Molina c 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .246
a-J Giambi ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .244
B Sardinha pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Totals 33 4 7 4 0 4 6

a-singled to left for J Molina in the 8th.

BATTING: 2B - B Abreu (35, J Lopez). HR - R Cano (18, 5th inning off C
Schilling 0 on, 0 Out), D Jeter (11, 8th inning off C Schilling 2 on, 2 Out). S
- J Molina. RBI - R Cano (84), D Jeter 3 (67). 2-out RBI - D Jeter 3. Runners
left in scoring position, 2 out - D Jeter 1, A Rodriguez 1. Team LOB - 3.

FIELDING: E - J Damon (2, line drive).


BOSTON ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Ellsbury lf 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 .371
D Pedroia 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .322
D Ortiz dh 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 .325
M Lowell 3b 4 1 3 2 0 1 0 .330
J Drew rf 4 0 0 0 0 2 3 .262
J Varitek c 3 0 0 0 0 1 4 .251
E Hinske 1b 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .226
C Crisp cf 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .272
J Lugo ss 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 .238

Totals 28 2 4 2 3 7 11

BATTING: 2B - E Hinske (11, J Chamberlain). HR - M Lowell (19, 8th inning off J
Chamberlain 0 on, 2 Out). S - C Crisp. RBI - M Lowell 2 (108). 2-out RBI - M
Lowell. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - J Varitek 2, J Ellsbury 1.
Team LOB - 6.

BASERUNNING: SB - J Ellsbury (6, 2nd base off R Clemens/J Molina).


----------------------------------------------------
NY YANKEES - 000 010 030 -- 4
BOSTON - 100 000 01 -- 2
----------------------------------------------------

NY YANKEES ip h r er bb so hr era
R Clemens 6 2 1 0 3 4 0 4.18
J Chamberlain 2 2 1 1 0 3 1 0.50

BOSTON ip h r er bb so hr era
C Schilling 7 2/3 6 4 4 0 2 2 3.97
J Lopez 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.05
M Delcarmen 1/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.37
E Gagne 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.69

J Lopez pitched to 1 batter in the 8th.

Pitches-strikes: R Clemens 87-49; J Chamberlain 30-18; C Schilling 90-65; J
Lopez 1-1; M Delcarmen 4-3; E Gagne 11-6. Ground balls-fly balls: R Clemens
5-9; J Chamberlain 2-1; C Schilling 11-10; J Lopez 0-0; M Delcarmen 0-0; E
Gagne 0-2. Batters faced: R Clemens 24; J Chamberlain 8; C Schilling 29; J
Lopez 1; M Delcarmen 1; E Gagne 3.

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 - PITCHING CHANGE
NYY: MARIANO RIVERA (3-4, 2.91) STARTING THE 9TH
CURRENT SCORE: NY YANKEES 4, BOSTON 2

DUE UP FOR BOSTON: J VARITEK (.251, 0-FOR-3)</div>

 

AL: NY YANKEES at BOSTON

<div class="pre">AL AT BOSTON - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: M Rivera relieved J Chamberlain.
SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 0 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: NY YANKEES 4
BOSTON 2 BOTTOM, 9TH

DUE UP FOR BOSTON: J Varitek (.251, 0-FOR-3)</div>

 

AL: NY YANKEES at BOSTON

<div class="pre">AL AT BOSTON - SCORING UPDATE
DOUBLE BY JULIO LUGO SCORED JASON VARITEK.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, J LUGO ON SECOND, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: NY YANKEES 4
BOSTON 3 BOTTOM, 9TH

DUE UP FOR BOSTON: J ELLSBURY (.371, 0-FOR-4)</div>

 

Re: AL: NY YANKEES (84-64) at BOSTON (90-59)

Wow, Rivera has to face Ortiz now.

 

AL: NY YANKEES at BOSTON

<div class="pre">AL FINAL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
NY YANKEES 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 4 7 1
BOSTON 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 5 0 (FINAL)

BATTERIES: NYY - ROGER CLEMENS, JOBA CHAMBERLAIN (7TH), MARIANO RIVERA (9TH)
AND JOSE MOLINA, JORGE POSADA (8TH)

BOS - CURT SCHILLING, JAVIER LOPEZ (8TH), MANNY
DELCARMEN (8TH), ERIC GAGNE (9TH) AND JASON VARITEK

HOME RUNS: NYY - ROBINSON CANO (18) OFF CURT SCHILLING IN THE 5TH, 0 ON
DEREK JETER (11) OFF CURT SCHILLING IN THE 8TH, 2 ON

BOS - MIKE LOWELL (19) OFF JOBA CHAMBERLAIN IN THE 8TH, 0 ON</div>

 

AL: NY YANKEES at BOSTON

<div class="pre">AL FINAL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
NY YANKEES 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 4 7 1
BOSTON 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 5 0 (FINAL)

BATTERIES: NYY - ROGER CLEMENS, JOBA CHAMBERLAIN (7TH), MARIANO RIVERA (9TH)
AND JOSE MOLINA, JORGE POSADA (8TH)

BOS - CURT SCHILLING, JAVIER LOPEZ (8TH), MANNY
DELCARMEN (8TH), ERIC GAGNE (9TH) AND JASON VARITEK


WP - JOBA CHAMBERLAIN (2-0)
LP - CURT SCHILLING (8-8)
SAVE - MARIANO RIVERA (28)

HOME RUNS: NYY - ROBINSON CANO (18) OFF CURT SCHILLING IN THE 5TH, 0 ON
DEREK JETER (11) OFF CURT SCHILLING IN THE 8TH, 2 ON

BOS - MIKE LOWELL (19) OFF JOBA CHAMBERLAIN IN THE 8TH, 0 ON


TIME: 3:10 ATT: 36,533

PROBABLES: BOS - TIM WAKEFIELD (16-10, 4.68)
TOR - DUSTIN MCGOWAN (10-9, 4.01)

PROBABLES: BAL - DANIEL CABRERA (9-16, 5.37)
NYY - PHIL HUGHES (3-3, 4.91)</div>

 

AL: NY YANKEES at BOSTON

<div class="pre">NY YANKEES (4) VS BOSTON (3) - FINAL

NY YANKEES ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Damon lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .260
D Jeter ss 4 1 2 3 0 0 1 .315
B Abreu rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 .286
A Rodriguez 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .312
J Posada dh-c 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 .335
R Cano 2b 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 .298
M Cabrera cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 .282
D Mientkiewicz 1b 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 .235
J Molina c 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .246
a-J Giambi ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .244
B Sardinha pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000
M Rivera p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Totals 33 4 7 4 0 4 6

a-singled to left for J Molina in the 8th.

BATTING: 2B - B Abreu (35, J Lopez). HR - R Cano (18, 5th inning off C
Schilling 0 on, 0 Out), D Jeter (11, 8th inning off C Schilling 2 on, 2 Out). S
- J Molina. RBI - R Cano (84), D Jeter 3 (67). 2-out RBI - D Jeter 3. Runners
left in scoring position, 2 out - D Jeter 1, A Rodriguez 1. Team LOB - 3.

FIELDING: E - J Damon (2, line drive).


BOSTON ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Ellsbury lf 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 .371
D Pedroia 2b 4 0 0 0 1 1 1 .322
D Ortiz dh 3 0 0 0 2 1 3 .324
M Lowell 3b 4 1 3 2 0 1 0 .330
J Drew rf 4 0 0 0 0 2 3 .262
J Varitek c 3 1 0 0 1 1 4 .251
E Hinske 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .224
C Crisp cf 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .271
J Lugo ss 3 0 1 1 1 1 1 .239

Totals 32 3 5 3 5 7 14

BATTING: 2B - E Hinske (11, J Chamberlain); J Lugo (36, M Rivera). HR - M
Lowell (19, 8th inning off J Chamberlain 0 on, 2 Out). S - C Crisp. RBI - M
Lowell 2 (108), J Lugo (70). 2-out RBI - M Lowell, J Lugo. Runners left in
scoring position, 2 out - J Varitek 2, D Ortiz 2, J Ellsbury 1. Team LOB - 9.


BASERUNNING: SB - J Ellsbury (6, 2nd base off R Clemens/J Molina).


----------------------------------------------------
NY YANKEES - 000 010 030 -- 4
BOSTON - 100 000 011 -- 3
----------------------------------------------------

NY YANKEES ip h r er bb so hr era
R Clemens 6 2 1 0 3 4 0 4.18
J Chamberlain (W, 2-0) 2 2 1 1 0 3 1 0.50
M Rivera (S, 28) 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 3.00

BOSTON ip h r er bb so hr era
C Schilling (L, 8-8) 7 2/3 6 4 4 0 2 2 3.97
J Lopez 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.05
M Delcarmen 1/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.37
E Gagne 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.69

J Lopez pitched to 1 batter in the 8th.

HBP - J Ellsbury (by M Rivera). Pitches-strikes: R Clemens 87-49; J
Chamberlain 30-18; M Rivera 29-16; C Schilling 90-65; J Lopez 1-1; M Delcarmen
4-3; E Gagne 11-6. Ground balls-fly balls: R Clemens 5-9; J Chamberlain 2-1; M
Rivera 2-1; C Schilling 11-10; J Lopez 0-0; M Delcarmen 0-0; E Gagne 0-2.
Batters faced: R Clemens 24; J Chamberlain 8; M Rivera 7; C Schilling 29; J
Lopez 1; M Delcarmen 1; E Gagne 3.

UMPIRES: HP--Lance Barksdale. 1B--Tim Welke. 2B--Jim Reynolds. 3B--Gary
Cederstrom.

T--3:10. Att--36,533.
Weather: 55 degrees, cloudy. Wind: 10 mph, out to
left.</div>

 

AL: NY YANKEES at BOSTON

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
AL
NY YANKEES 4
BOSTON 3 FINAL</div>

 

AL: NY YANKEES at BOSTON

<div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
NY YANKEES (4) AT BOSTON (3) - HOW THEY SCORED
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

BOSTON 1ST: J Ellsbury safe at first on error by left fielder J Damon.
D Pedroia flied out to right. J Ellsbury stole second. D Ortiz walked. M Lowell
singled to left, J Ellsbury scored, D Ortiz to second. J Drew flied out to
left. J Varitek grounded out to first. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 1 Error) NY YANKEES 0,
BOSTON 1.

NY YANKEES 5TH: R Cano homered to left. M Cabrera grounded out to first.
D Mientkiewicz flied out to center. J Molina grounded out to first. (1 Run,
1 Hit, 0 Errors) NY YANKEES 1, BOSTON 1.

NY YANKEES 8TH: M Cabrera struck out swinging. D Mientkiewicz singled to
left. J Giambi hit for J Molina. J Giambi singled to left, D Mientkiewicz to
third, J Giambi to second advancing on throw. B Sardinha ran for J Giambi.
J Damon grounded out to second. D Jeter homered to left, D Mientkiewicz and
B Sardinha scored. J Lopez relieved C Schilling. B Abreu doubled to left.
M Delcarmen relieved J Lopez. A Rodriguez struck out swinging. (3 Runs, 4 Hits,
0 Errors) NY YANKEES 4, BOSTON 1.

BOSTON 8TH: J Posada catching. D Pedroia struck out looking. D Ortiz flied
out to left. M Lowell homered to left. J Drew struck out looking. (1 Run,
1 Hit, 0 Errors) NY YANKEES 4, BOSTON 2.

BOSTON 9TH: M Rivera relieved J Chamberlain. J Varitek walked. E Hinske
grounded out to first, J Varitek to second. C Crisp grounded out to second,
J Varitek to third. J Lugo doubled to left center, J Varitek scored. J Ellsbury
hit by pitch. D Pedroia walked, J Lugo to third, J Ellsbury to second.
D Ortiz popped out to shortstop. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) NY YANKEES 4, BOSTON 3.</div>

 

AL: NY YANKEES at BOSTON

<div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
NY YANKEES (4) AT BOSTON (3) - EVENT LOG
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Ny Yankees Starting Lineups -- J Damon LF, D Jeter SS, B Abreu RF, A Rodriguez 3B,
J Posada DH, R Cano 2B, M Cabrera CF, D Mientkiewicz 1B, J Molina C, R Clemens RHP.

Boston Starting Lineups -- J Ellsbury LF, D Pedroia 2B, D Ortiz DH, M Lowell 3B,
J Drew RF, J Varitek C, E Hinske 1B, C Crisp CF, J Lugo SS, C Schilling RHP.

Umpires -- Lance Barksdale (HP), Tim Welke (1B), Jim Reynolds (2B),
Gary Cederstrom (3B).

Gametime Weather: 55 degrees, Cloudy, wind out to left at 10 mph.


NY YANKEES 1ST: J Damon popped out to second. D Jeter singled to deep
left. B Abreu struck out swinging. A Rodriguez grounded into fielder's choice
to shortstop, D Jeter out at second. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) NY YANKEES 0,
BOSTON 0.

BOSTON 1ST: J Ellsbury safe at first on error by left fielder J Damon.
D Pedroia flied out to right. J Ellsbury stole second. D Ortiz walked. M Lowell
singled to left, J Ellsbury scored, D Ortiz to second. J Drew flied out to
left. J Varitek grounded out to first. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 1 Error) NY YANKEES 0,
BOSTON 1.

NY YANKEES 2ND: J Posada flied out to left. R Cano popped out to second.
M Cabrera grounded out to second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) NY YANKEES 0,
BOSTON 1.

BOSTON 2ND: E Hinske grounded out to second. C Crisp flied out to center.
J Lugo walked. J Ellsbury grounded out to first. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
NY YANKEES 0, BOSTON 1.

NY YANKEES 3RD: D Mientkiewicz singled to left. J Molina sacrificed to
first, D Mientkiewicz to second. J Damon grounded out to shortstop, D
Mientkiewicz to third. D Jeter flied out to right. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
NY YANKEES 0, BOSTON 1.

BOSTON 3RD: D Pedroia flied out to left. D Ortiz struck out swinging.
M Lowell struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) NY YANKEES 0,
BOSTON 1.

NY YANKEES 4TH: B Abreu flied out to right. A Rodriguez grounded out to
shortstop. J Posada flied out to center. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
NY YANKEES 0, BOSTON 1.

BOSTON 4TH: J Drew struck out looking. J Varitek struck out swinging.
E Hinske lined out to shortstop. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) NY YANKEES 0,
BOSTON 1.

NY YANKEES 5TH: R Cano homered to left. M Cabrera grounded out to first.
D Mientkiewicz flied out to center. J Molina grounded out to first. (1 Run,
1 Hit, 0 Errors) NY YANKEES 1, BOSTON 1.

BOSTON 5TH: C Crisp flied out to left. J Lugo lined out to first.
J Ellsbury grounded out to first. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) NY YANKEES 1,
BOSTON 1.

NY YANKEES 6TH: J Damon grounded out to shortstop. D Jeter grounded out to
shortstop. B Abreu popped out to shortstop. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
NY YANKEES 1, BOSTON 1.

BOSTON 6TH: D Pedroia flied out to right. D Ortiz walked. M Lowell
singled to right, D Ortiz to second. J Drew grounded into fielder's choice to
second, M Lowell out at second, D Ortiz to third. J Varitek flied out to left.
(0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) NY YANKEES 1, BOSTON 1.

NY YANKEES 7TH: A Rodriguez flied out to center. J Posada flied out to
right. R Cano grounded out to second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) NY YANKEES 1,
BOSTON 1.

BOSTON 7TH: J Chamberlain relieved R Clemens. E Hinske doubled to left.
C Crisp sacrificed to third, E Hinske to third. J Lugo struck out swinging.
J Ellsbury grounded out to first. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) NY YANKEES 1,
BOSTON 1.

NY YANKEES 8TH: M Cabrera struck out swinging. D Mientkiewicz singled to
left. J Giambi hit for J Molina. J Giambi singled to left, D Mientkiewicz to
third, J Giambi to second advancing on throw. B Sardinha ran for J Giambi.
J Damon grounded out to second. D Jeter homered to left, D Mientkiewicz and
B Sardinha scored. J Lopez relieved C Schilling. B Abreu doubled to left.
M Delcarmen relieved J Lopez. A Rodriguez struck out swinging. (3 Runs, 4 Hits,
0 Errors) NY YANKEES 4, BOSTON 1.

BOSTON 8TH: J Posada catching. D Pedroia struck out looking. D Ortiz flied
out to left. M Lowell homered to left. J Drew struck out looking. (1 Run,
1 Hit, 0 Errors) NY YANKEES 4, BOSTON 2.

NY YANKEES 9TH: E Gagne relieved M Delcarmen. J Posada struck out swinging.
R Cano popped out to second. M Cabrera flied out to left. (0 Runs, 0 Hits,
0 Errors) NY YANKEES 4, BOSTON 2.

BOSTON 9TH: M Rivera relieved J Chamberlain. J Varitek walked. E Hinske
grounded out to first, J Varitek to second. C Crisp grounded out to second,
J Varitek to third. J Lugo doubled to left center, J Varitek scored. J Ellsbury
hit by pitch. D Pedroia walked, J Lugo to third, J Ellsbury to second.
D Ortiz popped out to shortstop. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) NY YANKEES 4, BOSTON 3.</div>

 

Jeter's blast leads Yankees past Red Sox

<h3>NY YANKEES 4, BOSTON 3</h3>By Mike Salk
PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer


BOSTON (Ticker) -- With a pair of aging aces on the mound atFenway, the pitchers ruled the day for seven innings. But withthe game on the line in eighth, it was New York Yankees' captainDerek Jeter who stole the show.


Jeter hit a three-run blast and Roger Clemens turned in a guttyperformance against his former team to lead the Yankees to a 4-3victory over the Boston Red Sox on Sunday.


With runners on second and third in a 1-1 game, Jeter hammered ahanging splitter from Boston starter Curt Schilling (8-8) overthe wall in left to put the Yankees on top, 4-1, and ultimatelyearn a victory in the final regular-season meeting between thestoried rivals this season.


In his first start at Fenway Park since Game Three of the 2003American League Championship Series, Clemens was effectivethrough six innings. With the crowd derisively chanting hisname, the seven-time Cy Young award winner who spent the first12 seasons of his career with the Red Sox, allowed only two hitsand one unearned run.


The Sox struck for that unearned run in the first after JacobyEllsbury led off with a line drive to left that was dropped byJohnny Damon. He proceeded to steal second and later scored ona single by Mike Lowell.


Damon, who played center field for Boston for four seasons, hadnot played left field here since he was a member of the Oakland<div class="pre">Athletics in 2001. He rebounded to make a stronger play in the</div>sixth, diving to take a hit away from Jason Varitek withrunners on first and third.


Boston's 1-0 advantage held up for five innings until RobinsonCano led off the fifth with a home run into the Monster seats inleft field. It with his 18th of the year, and his fifth in 18contests against the Red Sox.


While Clemens was out after six, his counterpart kept his pitchcount down and lasted into the eighth. But after striking outMelky Cabrera to start the inning, Schilling allowed consecutivehard singles to former teammate Doug Mientkiewicz, and pinchhitter Jason Giambi.


Schilling caught a break as Mientkiewicz stayed at third onDamon's groundout to first, but after throwing five pitches toJeter, he left a splitter over the plate for the three-runblast.


Schilling was charged with four runs and six hits in 7 2/3innings, while striking out two and not issuing a walk. The41-year-old missed his location very few times, throwing 65 ofhis 90 pitches for strikes.


The Red Sox got a run back in their half of the eighth whenLowell hit a solo blast off Yankees rookie Joba Chamberlain(1-0). It was the first earned run allowed by the 21-year-oldrighthander in 18 career major league innings.


New York closer Mariano Rivera made it interesting in the ninth,allowing a run and loading the bases, but he got Boston sluggerDavid Ortiz to pop out to shallow center field to end the gameand earn his 28th save of the season.

 

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captain clutch comes through again. we all know the longer schilling is out there the more the matchups favor us. Joba was solid even though he gave up the HR. i liked it actually because he gave up a run, it was on the road, in a big game and @ fenway vs the sawks. i wanted to see how he would respond and he responded by closing out the inning without any problems. this was a growing game for him. Mo didnt have his good stuff this night but he toughed it out and got papi with the bases loaded to pop out to who else, but the captain. great win, we toughed it out and now we just need to continue to win series. toronto,baltimore,tampa here we come.