GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: AL: BOSTON (31-14) at NY YANKEES (20-24)

AL: BOSTON (31-14) at NY YANKEES (20-24)

<h2>Schilling faces Pettitte in rubber game of series</h2>

Boston (31-14) at NY Yankees (20-24) 7:05 pm EDT



BRONX, New York (Ticker) -- Curt Schilling opposes AndyPettitte in the rubber game of the series between the Boston RedSox and New York Yankees.

Schilling (4-1, 3.57 ERA) has a 7-5 career record against theYankees. The righthander is 2-0 with a 3.60 ERA in his lastfour starts vs. New York.

Pettitte (2-3, 2.83) will be making his third start against theRed Sox this season. The lefthander is 0-1 with a 4.84 ERA inthose starts, including a scoreless inning of relief at FenwayPark on April 22.

Pettitte has a career record of 13-6 against Boston, including8-4 at Yankee Stadium.

The Red Sox have won six of the eight meetings this season,including a 7-3 victory on Tuesday.

Manny Ramirez hit a three-run homer off Mike Mussina in thefirst inning. The blast was Ramirez's only hit in four at-bats,dropping his average to an uncharacteristic .244.

Mike Lowell started the fourth with his ninth homer, hooking aline drive around the left field foul pole for a 4-0 advantage.

Yankees manager Joe Torre spoke before the game of how pivotalit was for his team to build on Sunday's victory over the NewYork Mets and Monday's series-opening 6-2 win - both the resultof strong starts by rookie Tyler Clippard and Chien-Ming Wang,respectively.

But Mussina was reached for seven runs and 10 hits with a walkand two strikeouts in 6 2/3 innings, suffering his secondstraight loss as New York failed to match its season-highthree-game winning streak from May 1-3 and fell 10 1/2 gamesbehind Boston.

 

AL: BOSTON at NY YANKEES

<div class="pre">BOSTON AT NY YANKEES -- LINEUPS

BOSTON NY YANKEES
AVG HR RBI AVG HR RBI
Julio Lugo SS .243 3 27 Johnny Damon CF .263 2 15
Coco Crisp CF .233 0 12 Derek Jeter SS .360 3 26
David Ortiz DH .325 9 37 Hideki Matsui LF .283 3 20
Manny Ramirez LF .244 7 28 Alex Rodriguez 3B .308 18 43
Kevin Youkilis 1B .343 6 24 Jorge Posada C .371 6 26
Mike Lowell 3B .329 9 36 Bobby Abreu RF .239 2 22
Jason Varitek C .283 3 19 Jason Giambi DH .268 6 19
Wily Mo Pena RF .250 3 6 Robinson Cano 2B .248 2 19
Dustin Pedroia 2B .260 1 7 Doug Mientkiewicz 1B .210 3 12

Curt Schilling RHP (4-1, 3.57) Andy Pettitte LHP (2-3, 2.83)</div>

 

AL: BOSTON at NY YANKEES

<div class="pre">AL AT NY YANKEES
WARMUPS: BOS - CURT SCHILLING (4-1, 3.57)
NYY - ANDY PETTITTE (2-3, 2.83)

UMPIRES: HP - C.B. BUCKNOR
1B - JOE WEST
2B - ED RAPUANO
3B - ED HICKOX

WEATHER: 71 Degrees, partly cloudy
WIND: 16 mph, right to left</div>

 

AL: BOSTON at NY YANKEES

<div class="pre">AL AT NY YANKEES
STARTING BATS: BOS - CURT SCHILLING AND JASON VARITEK
NYY - ANDY PETTITTE AND JORGE POSADA

DUE UP FOR BOSTON: J LUGO (.243, 3 HR, 27 RBI)
C CRISP (.233, 0 HR, 12 RBI)
D ORTIZ (.325, 9 HR, 37 RBI)</div>

 

AL: BOSTON at NY YANKEES

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

CURRENT PITCHERS: BOS - CURT SCHILLING
NYY - ANDY PETTITTE

DUE UP FOR NY YANKEES: J DAMON (.263, 2 HR, 15 RBI)
D JETER (.360, 3 HR, 26 RBI)
H MATSUI (.283, 3 HR, 20 RBI)</div>

 

AL: BOSTON at NY YANKEES

<div class="pre">BOSTON (0) VS NY YANKEES (0) - MID 1ST - IN PROGRESS

BOSTON ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Lugo ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .241
C Crisp cf 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .233
D Ortiz dh 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .323
M Ramirez lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .244
K Youkilis 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .343
M Lowell 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .329
J Varitek c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .283
W Pena rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250
D Pedroia 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .260

Totals 2 0 0 0 1 1 1

BATTING: Team LOB - 0.

BASERUNNING: CS - C Crisp (2, 2nd base by A Pettitte).


NY YANKEES ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Damon cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .263
D Jeter ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .360
H Matsui lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .283
A Rodriguez 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .308
J Posada c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .371
B Abreu rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .239
J Giambi dh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .268
R Cano 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .248
D Mientkiewicz 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .210

Totals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

BATTING: Team LOB - 0.


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BOSTON - 0 -- 0
NY YANKEES - -- 0
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BOSTON ip h r er bb so hr era
C Schilling 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.57

NY YANKEES ip h r er bb so hr era
A Pettitte 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 2.78

Pitches-strikes: A Pettitte 15-7. Ground balls-fly balls: A Pettitte 1-0.
Batters faced: A Pettitte 3.

UMPIRES: HP--C.B. Bucknor. 1B--Joe West. 2B--Ed Rapuano. 3B--Ed Hickox.

Weather: 68 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 15 mph, right to left.</div>

 

AL: BOSTON at NY YANKEES

<div class="pre">AL AT NY YANKEES
CONFIRMED STARTERS: BOS - CURT SCHILLING
NYY - ANDY PETTITTE</div>

 

AL: BOSTON at NY YANKEES

<div class="pre">AL AT NY YANKEES - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY DEREK JETER SCORED JOHNNY DAMON.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, D JETER ON FIRST, 0 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: BOSTON 0
NY YANKEES 1 BOTTOM, 1ST

DUE UP FOR NY YANKEES: H MATSUI (.283, 3 HR, 20 RBI)</div>

 

AL: BOSTON at NY YANKEES

<div class="pre">AL BOSTON AT NY YANKEES
NOTE: NEW YORK SHORTSTOP DEREK JETER SINGLED IN THE FIRST
INNING TO EXTEND HIS HITTING STREAK TO 18 GAMES.</div>

 

AL: BOSTON at NY YANKEES

<div class="pre">AL AT NY YANKEES - SCORING UPDATE
TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY HIDEKI MATSUI (4) TO RIGHT WITH 0 OUT
IN THE 1ST OFF CURT SCHILLING SCORED DEREK JETER.
CURRENT SCORE: BOSTON 0, NY YANKEES 3

DUE UP FOR NY YANKEES: A RODRIGUEZ (.308, 18 HR, 43 RBI)</div>

 

AL: BOSTON at NY YANKEES

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

CURRENT PITCHERS: BOS - CURT SCHILLING
NYY - ANDY PETTITTE

DUE UP FOR BOSTON: M RAMIREZ (.244, 0-FOR-0)
K YOUKILIS (.343, 6 HR, 24 RBI)
M LOWELL (.329, 9 HR, 36 RBI)</div>

 

AL: BOSTON at NY YANKEES

<div class="pre">BOSTON (0) VS NY YANKEES (3) - END 1ST - IN PROGRESS

BOSTON ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Lugo ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .241
C Crisp cf 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .233
D Ortiz dh 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .323
M Ramirez lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .244
K Youkilis 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .343
M Lowell 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .329
J Varitek c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .283
W Pena rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250
D Pedroia 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .260

Totals 2 0 0 0 1 1 1

BATTING: Team LOB - 0.

BASERUNNING: CS - C Crisp (2, 2nd base by A Pettitte).


NY YANKEES ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Damon cf 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .268
D Jeter ss 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 .364
H Matsui lf 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 .289
A Rodriguez 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .306
J Posada c 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .368
B Abreu rf 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .243
J Giambi dh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .268
R Cano 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .248
D Mientkiewicz 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .210

Totals 6 3 4 3 0 0 0

BATTING: 2B - J Damon (6, C Schilling). HR - H Matsui (4, 1st inning off C
Schilling 1 on, 0 Out). RBI - D Jeter (27), H Matsui 2 (22). Team LOB - 0.

BASERUNNING: Picked Off - B Abreu (1st base, C Schilling).


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BOSTON - 0 -- 0
NY YANKEES - 3 -- 3
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BOSTON ip h r er bb so hr era
C Schilling 1 4 3 3 0 0 1 3.97

NY YANKEES ip h r er bb so hr era
A Pettitte 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 2.78

Pitches-strikes: C Schilling 23-14; A Pettitte 15-7. Ground balls-fly balls:
C Schilling 1-1; A Pettitte 1-0. Batters faced: C Schilling 6; A Pettitte 3.

UMPIRES: HP--C.B. Bucknor. 1B--Joe West. 2B--Ed Rapuano. 3B--Ed Hickox.

Weather: 68 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 15 mph, right to left.</div>

 

AL: BOSTON at NY YANKEES

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

CURRENT PITCHERS: BOS - CURT SCHILLING
NYY - ANDY PETTITTE

DUE UP FOR NY YANKEES: J GIAMBI (.268, 0-FOR-0)
R CANO (.248, 2 HR, 19 RBI)
D MIENTKIEWICZ (.210, 3 HR, 12 RBI)</div>

 

AL: BOSTON at NY YANKEES

<div class="pre">BOSTON (0) VS NY YANKEES (3) - MID 2ND - IN PROGRESS

BOSTON ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Lugo ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .241
C Crisp cf 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .233
D Ortiz dh 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .323
M Ramirez lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .243
K Youkilis 1b 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .347
M Lowell 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .327
J Varitek c 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .281
W Pena rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250
D Pedroia 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .260

Totals 6 0 1 0 1 1 3

BATTING: 2B - K Youkilis (14, A Pettitte). Runners left in scoring position, 2
out - J Varitek 1. Team LOB - 1.

BASERUNNING: CS - C Crisp (2, 2nd base by A Pettitte).


NY YANKEES ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Damon cf 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .268
D Jeter ss 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 .364
H Matsui lf 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 .289
A Rodriguez 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .306
J Posada c 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .368
B Abreu rf 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .243
J Giambi dh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .268
R Cano 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .248
D Mientkiewicz 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .210

Totals 6 3 4 3 0 0 0

BATTING: 2B - J Damon (6, C Schilling). HR - H Matsui (4, 1st inning off C
Schilling 1 on, 0 Out). RBI - D Jeter (27), H Matsui 2 (22). Team LOB - 0.

BASERUNNING: Picked Off - B Abreu (1st base, C Schilling).


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BOSTON - 00 -- 0
NY YANKEES - 3 -- 3
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BOSTON ip h r er bb so hr era
C Schilling 1 4 3 3 0 0 1 3.97

NY YANKEES ip h r er bb so hr era
A Pettitte 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 2.73

Pitches-strikes: C Schilling 23-14; A Pettitte 26-16. Ground balls-fly balls:
C Schilling 1-1; A Pettitte 1-3. Batters faced: C Schilling 6; A Pettitte 7.

UMPIRES: HP--C.B. Bucknor. 1B--Joe West. 2B--Ed Rapuano. 3B--Ed Hickox.

Weather: 68 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 15 mph, right to left.</div>

 

AL: BOSTON at NY YANKEES

<div class="pre">AL AT NY YANKEES - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY DEREK JETER SCORED ROBINSON CANO.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, D JETER ON FIRST, J DAMON ON SECOND, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: BOSTON 0
NY YANKEES 4 BOTTOM, 2ND

DUE UP FOR NY YANKEES: H MATSUI (.289, 1-FOR-1, HR, 2 RBI)</div>

 

AL: BOSTON at NY YANKEES

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

CURRENT PITCHERS: BOS - CURT SCHILLING
NYY - ANDY PETTITTE

DUE UP FOR BOSTON: W PENA (.250, 3 HR, 6 RBI)
D PEDROIA (.260, 1 HR, 7 RBI)
J LUGO (.241, 0-FOR-1)</div>

 

AL: BOSTON at NY YANKEES

<div class="pre">BOSTON (0) VS NY YANKEES (4) - END 2ND - IN PROGRESS

BOSTON ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Lugo ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .241
C Crisp cf 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .233
D Ortiz dh 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .323
M Ramirez lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .243
K Youkilis 1b 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .347
M Lowell 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .327
J Varitek c 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .281
W Pena rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250
D Pedroia 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .260

Totals 6 0 1 0 1 1 3

BATTING: 2B - K Youkilis (14, A Pettitte). Runners left in scoring position, 2
out - J Varitek 1. Team LOB - 1.

BASERUNNING: CS - C Crisp (2, 2nd base by A Pettitte).

FIELDING: E - J Lugo (5, throw).


NY YANKEES ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Damon cf 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 .273
D Jeter ss 2 1 2 2 0 0 0 .367
H Matsui lf 2 1 1 2 0 0 2 .287
A Rodriguez 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .306
J Posada c 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .368
B Abreu rf 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .243
J Giambi dh 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .266
R Cano 2b 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .253
D Mientkiewicz 1b 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .208

Totals 12 4 7 4 0 2 3

BATTING: 2B - J Damon (6, C Schilling). HR - H Matsui (4, 1st inning off C
Schilling 1 on, 0 Out). RBI - D Jeter 2 (28), H Matsui 2 (22). 2-out RBI - D
Jeter. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - H Matsui 1. Team LOB - 2.

BASERUNNING: Picked Off - B Abreu (1st base, C Schilling).


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BOSTON - 00 -- 0
NY YANKEES - 31 -- 4
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BOSTON ip h r er bb so hr era
C Schilling 2 7 4 4 0 2 1 4.05

NY YANKEES ip h r er bb so hr era
A Pettitte 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 2.73

Pitches-strikes: C Schilling 44-31; A Pettitte 26-16. Ground balls-fly balls:
C Schilling 1-2; A Pettitte 1-3. Batters faced: C Schilling 12; A Pettitte 7.


UMPIRES: HP--C.B. Bucknor. 1B--Joe West. 2B--Ed Rapuano. 3B--Ed Hickox.

Weather: 68 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 15 mph, right to left.</div>

 

AL: BOSTON at NY YANKEES

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

CURRENT PITCHERS: BOS - CURT SCHILLING
NYY - ANDY PETTITTE

DUE UP FOR NY YANKEES: A RODRIGUEZ (.306, 0-FOR-1)
J POSADA (.368, 0-FOR-1)
B ABREU (.243, 1-FOR-1)</div>

 

AL: BOSTON at NY YANKEES

<div class="pre">BOSTON (0) VS NY YANKEES (4) - MID 3RD - IN PROGRESS

BOSTON ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Lugo ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .240
C Crisp cf 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 .238
D Ortiz dh 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 .321
M Ramirez lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .243
K Youkilis 1b 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .347
M Lowell 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .327
J Varitek c 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .281
W Pena rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .245
D Pedroia 2b 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .267

Totals 11 0 3 0 1 1 6

BATTING: 2B - K Youkilis (14, A Pettitte). Runners left in scoring position, 2
out - J Varitek 1, D Ortiz 1. Team LOB - 3.

BASERUNNING: CS - C Crisp (2, 2nd base by A Pettitte).

FIELDING: E - J Lugo (5, throw).


NY YANKEES ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Damon cf 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 .273
D Jeter ss 2 1 2 2 0 0 0 .367
H Matsui lf 2 1 1 2 0 0 2 .287
A Rodriguez 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .306
J Posada c 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .368
B Abreu rf 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .243
J Giambi dh 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .266
R Cano 2b 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .253
D Mientkiewicz 1b 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .208

Totals 12 4 7 4 0 2 3

BATTING: 2B - J Damon (6, C Schilling). HR - H Matsui (4, 1st inning off C
Schilling 1 on, 0 Out). RBI - D Jeter 2 (28), H Matsui 2 (22). 2-out RBI - D
Jeter. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - H Matsui 1. Team LOB - 2.

BASERUNNING: Picked Off - B Abreu (1st base, C Schilling).


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BOSTON - 000 -- 0
NY YANKEES - 31 -- 4
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BOSTON ip h r er bb so hr era
C Schilling 2 7 4 3 0 2 1 3.90

NY YANKEES ip h r er bb so hr era
A Pettitte 3 3 0 0 1 1 0 2.68

Pitches-strikes: C Schilling 44-31; A Pettitte 40-26. Ground balls-fly balls:
C Schilling 1-2; A Pettitte 2-5. Batters faced: C Schilling 12; A Pettitte 12.


UMPIRES: HP--C.B. Bucknor. 1B--Joe West. 2B--Ed Rapuano. 3B--Ed Hickox.

Weather: 68 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 15 mph, right to left.</div>

 

AL: BOSTON at NY YANKEES

<div class="pre">AL AT NY YANKEES - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY JORGE POSADA SCORED ALEX RODRIGUEZ.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, J POSADA ON FIRST, 0 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: BOSTON 0
NY YANKEES 5 BOTTOM, 3RD

DUE UP FOR NY YANKEES: B ABREU (.243, 1-FOR-1)</div>