GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: AL: BOSTON (30-14) at NY YANKEES (20-23)

AL: BOSTON at NY YANKEES

<div class="pre">AL FINAL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
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BOSTON 3 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 7 11 0
NY YANKEES 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 4 0 (FINAL)

BATTERIES: BOS - JULIAN TAVAREZ, JAVIER LOPEZ (6TH), HIDEKI OKAJIMA (8TH),
JONATHAN PAPELBON (9TH) AND JASON VARITEK

NYY - MIKE MUSSINA, MIKE MYERS (7TH), LUIS VIZCAINO
(7TH), RON VILLONE (9TH) AND JORGE POSADA


WP - JULIAN TAVAREZ (3-4)
LP - MIKE MUSSINA (2-3)
SAVE - NONE

HOME RUNS: BOS - MANNY RAMIREZ (7) OFF MIKE MUSSINA IN THE 1ST, 2 ON
MIKE LOWELL (9) OFF MIKE MUSSINA IN THE 4TH, 0 ON

NYY - NONE


TIME: 3:22 ATT: 54,739

PROBABLES: BOS - CURT SCHILLING (4-1, 3.57)
NYY - ANDY PETTITTE (2-3, 2.83)</div>

 

AL: BOSTON at NY YANKEES

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BOSTON (7) AT NY YANKEES (3) - EVENT LOG
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Boston Starting Lineups -- J Lugo SS, K Youkilis 1B, D Ortiz DH, M Ramirez LF,
J Drew RF, M Lowell 3B, J Varitek C, C Crisp CF, D Pedroia 2B, J Tavarez RHP.

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

Umpires -- Ed Hickox (HP), C.B. Bucknor (1B), Joe West (2B), Ed Rapuano (3B).


Gametime Weather: 67 degrees, Clear, wind right to left at 10 mph.


BOSTON 1ST: J Lugo struck out looking. K Youkilis singled to right.
D Ortiz singled to left center, K Youkilis to second. M Ramirez homered to left,
K Youkilis and D Ortiz scored. J Drew grounded out to first. M Lowell doubled
to right. J Varitek singled to right, M Lowell to third. C Crisp grounded out
to first. (3 Runs, 5 Hits, 0 Errors) BOSTON 3, NY YANKEES 0.

NY YANKEES 1ST: J Damon struck out swinging. D Jeter flied out to right.
H Matsui grounded out to second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) BOSTON 3,
NY YANKEES 0.

BOSTON 2ND: D Pedroia singled to left. J Lugo grounded into double play,
second to shortstop to first, D Pedroia out at second. K Youkilis flied out to
left. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) BOSTON 3, NY YANKEES 0.

NY YANKEES 2ND: A Rodriguez grounded out to shortstop. J Posada struck out
swinging. B Abreu grounded out to shortstop. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
BOSTON 3, NY YANKEES 0.

BOSTON 3RD: D Ortiz singled to center. M Ramirez fouled out to first.
J Drew grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, D Ortiz out at
second.(0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) BOSTON 3, NY YANKEES 0.

NY YANKEES 3RD: J Giambi walked. R Cano flied out to left. D Mientkiewicz
flied out to center. J Damon flied out to right. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
BOSTON 3, NY YANKEES 0.

BOSTON 4TH: M Lowell homered to left. J Varitek fouled out to third.
C Crisp struck out swinging. D Pedroia popped out to second. (1 Run, 1 Hit,
0 Errors) BOSTON 4, NY YANKEES 0.

NY YANKEES 4TH: D Jeter flied out to right. H Matsui singled to center.
A Rodriguez flied out to center. J Posada singled to right, H Matsui to third.
H Matsui scored, J Posada to second on wild pitch by J Tavarez. B Abreu flied
out to center. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) BOSTON 4, NY YANKEES 1.

BOSTON 5TH: J Lugo popped out to shortstop. K Youkilis lined out to
shortstop. D Ortiz flied out to center. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) BOSTON 4,
NY YANKEES 1.

NY YANKEES 5TH: J Giambi flied out to center. R Cano doubled to deep
right. D Mientkiewicz walked. J Damon walked, R Cano to third, D Mientkiewicz
to second. D Jeter grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, R Cano scored,
J Damon out at second, D Mientkiewicz to third. H Matsui grounded into
fielder's choice to shortstop, D Jeter out at second. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
BOSTON 4, NY YANKEES 2.

BOSTON 6TH: M Ramirez flied out to center. J Drew grounded out to second.
M Lowell grounded out to pitcher. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) BOSTON 4,
NY YANKEES 2.

NY YANKEES 6TH: A Rodriguez walked. J Posada grounded into double play,
second to shortstop to first, A Rodriguez out at second. J Lopez relieved
J Tavarez. B Abreu struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) BOSTON 4,
NY YANKEES 2.

BOSTON 7TH: J Varitek walked. C Crisp grounded into fielder's choice to
second, J Varitek out at second. D Pedroia flied out to right. C Crisp stole
second. J Lugo singled to right, C Crisp scored. K Youkilis doubled to deep
right center, J Lugo scored. M Myers relieved M Mussina. D Ortiz singled to
center, K Youkilis scored. L Vizcaino relieved M Myers. M Ramirez flied out to
right. (3 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) BOSTON 7, NY YANKEES 2.

NY YANKEES 7TH: J Giambi grounded out to first. R Cano grounded out to
first. J Phelps hit for D Mientkiewicz. J Phelps struck out swinging. (0 Runs,
0 Hits, 0 Errors) BOSTON 7, NY YANKEES 2.

BOSTON 8TH: J Phelps at first base. J Drew struck out swinging. M Lowell
flied out to center. J Varitek walked. C Crisp flied out to left. (0 Runs,
0 Hits, 0 Errors) BOSTON 7, NY YANKEES 2.

NY YANKEES 8TH: H Okajima relieved J Lopez. J Damon flied out to left.
D Jeter singled to center. H Matsui walked, D Jeter to second. A Rodriguez
walked, D Jeter to third, H Matsui to second. J Posada grounded into fielder's
choice to third, D Jeter scored, A Rodriguez out at second, H Matsui to third.
B Abreu grounded into fielder's choice to second, J Posada out at second.
(1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) BOSTON 7, NY YANKEES 3.

BOSTON 9TH: R Villone relieved L Vizcaino. D Pedroia grounded out to third.
J Lugo grounded out to third. K Youkilis flied out to right. (0 Runs, 0 Hits,
0 Errors) BOSTON 7, NY YANKEES 3.

NY YANKEES 9TH: J Papelbon relieved H Okajima. J Giambi walked. R Cano
walked, J Giambi to second. M Cabrera hit for J Phelps. M Cabrera struck out
swinging. J Damon grounded out to second, J Giambi to third, R Cano to second.
D Jeter struck out looking. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) BOSTON 7, NY YANKEES 3.</div>

 

AL: BOSTON at NY YANKEES

<div class="pre">BOSTON (7) VS NY YANKEES (3) - FINAL

BOSTON ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Lugo ss 5 1 1 1 0 1 1 .243
K Youkilis 1b 5 2 2 1 0 0 0 .343
D Ortiz dh 4 1 3 1 0 0 0 .325
M Ramirez lf 4 1 1 3 0 0 2 .244
J Drew rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .237
M Lowell 3b 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 .329
J Varitek c 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 .283
C Crisp cf 4 1 0 0 0 1 4 .233
D Pedroia 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .260

Totals 36 7 11 7 2 3 9

BATTING: 2B - M Lowell (11, M Mussina); K Youkilis (13, M Mussina). HR - M
Ramirez (7, 1st inning off M Mussina 2 on, 1 Out), M Lowell (9, 4th inning off
M Mussina 0 on, 0 Out). RBI - M Ramirez 3 (28), M Lowell (36), J Lugo (27), K
Youkilis (24), D Ortiz (37). 2-out RBI - J Lugo, K Youkilis, D Ortiz. Runners
left in scoring position, 2 out - C Crisp 1. GIDP - J Lugo, J Drew. Team LOB -
4.

BASERUNNING: SB - C Crisp (9, 2nd base off M Mussina/J Posada).

FIELDING: DP: 1 (D Pedroia-J Lugo-K Youkilis).


NY YANKEES ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Damon cf 4 0 0 0 1 1 1 .263
D Jeter ss 5 1 1 1 0 1 3 .360
H Matsui lf 3 1 1 0 1 0 2 .283
A Rodriguez 3b 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 .308
J Posada c 4 0 1 1 0 1 2 .371
B Abreu rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 .239
J Giambi dh 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 .268
R Cano 2b 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 .248
D Mientkiewicz 1b 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 .210
a-J Phelps ph-1b 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .269
b-M Cabrera ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .218

Totals 30 3 4 2 8 6 16

a-struck out swinging for D Mientkiewicz in the 7th; b-struck out swinging for
J Phelps in the 9th.

BATTING: 2B - R Cano (10, J Tavarez). RBI - D Jeter (26), J Posada (26).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - D Jeter 2, B Abreu 2, H Matsui 1.
GIDP - J Posada. Team LOB - 8.

FIELDING: DP: 2 (R Cano-D Jeter-D Mientkiewicz 2).


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BOSTON - 300 100 300 -- 7
NY YANKEES - 000 110 010 -- 3
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BOSTON ip h r er bb so hr era
J Tavarez (W, 3-4) 5 2/3 3 2 2 4 2 0 5.27
J Lopez (H, 5) 1 1/3 0 0 0 0 2 0 2.89
H Okajima 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 0.79
J Papelbon 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 1.65

NY YANKEES ip h r er bb so hr era
M Mussina (L, 2-3) 6 2/3 10 7 7 1 2 2 6.52
M Myers 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.43
L Vizcaino 1 1/3 0 0 0 1 1 0 6.46
R Villone 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00

M Myers pitched to 1 batter in the 7th.

WP - J Tavarez. Pitches-strikes: J Tavarez 106-58; J Lopez 18-11; H Okajima
29-15; J Papelbon 25-14; M Mussina 99-65; M Myers 3-2; L Vizcaino 22-11; R
Villone 10-7. Ground balls-fly balls: J Tavarez 7-8; J Lopez 2-0; H Okajima
2-1; J Papelbon 1-0; M Mussina 9-9; M Myers 0-0; L Vizcaino 0-3; R Villone 2-1.
Batters faced: J Tavarez 23; J Lopez 4; H Okajima 6; J Papelbon 5; M Mussina
29; M Myers 1; L Vizcaino 5; R Villone 3.

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

T--3:22. Att--54,739.
Weather: 67 degrees, clear. Wind: 10 mph, right to
left.</div>

 

Ramirez, Lowell lead Red Sox over Yankees

<h3>BOSTON 7, NY YANKEES 3</h3>BRONX, New York (Ticker) - With one big swing, Manny Ramirezreminded the New York Yankees how far they still have to go toclimb back into the American League East race.

The Boston slugger connected for a two-out, three-run homer offMike Mussina in the bottom of the first inning, sparking thefirst-place Red Sox to a 7-3 victory in the middle game of theirthree-game series with the nine-time defending divisionchampions.

Following back-to-back one-out singles by Kevin Youkilis andDavid Ortiz, Ramirez, who had gone 3-for-19 with no RBI in hisprevious five games, smacked a 2-0 pitch into the left fieldstands for his seventh homer and a quick 3-0 lead.

"You can stay away and make him hit the ball to center field orthe opposite field," Mussina said. "Tonight the ball went rightback to the inner third. It's just being able to throw theball where you want to and I haven't been the last two weeks."

The blast was Ramirez's only hit in four at-bats, dropping hisaverage to an uncharacteristic .244. But it gave Boston theinstant lift it needed.

"Playing with a lead, especially on the road, is veryimportant," Boston manager Terry Francona said. "You have torespect what Manny can do even when he isn't hitting well."

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 (2-3) was reached for seven runs and 10 hits with acwalk and 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.

Celebrating his 34th birthday, Boston starter Julian Tavarez(3-4) did not allow a hit until Hideki Matsui drilled a one-outsingle up the middle the fourth. Alex Rodriguez followed with adrive to deep center field, but Coco Crisp tracked it down inthe middle of the warning track.

Jorge Posada singled to put runners at the corners and Tavarezuncorked a wild pitch to plate New York's first run before Abreuflied out to center.

In the fifth, Robinson Cano doubled with one out before DougMientkiewicz and Johnny Damon drew back-to-back walks. DerekJeter beat out a potential double-play grounder to shave thedeficit to 4-2, but Matsui grounded into a forceout.

"We had opportunities, we just couldn't get the big hit," Torresaid.

Tavarez, who fired seven strong innings in a 2-1 win overDetroit on Thursday, yielded two runs and three hits with fourwalks and two strikeouts over 5 2/3 frames, posting back-to-backwins for the first time this year.

"The Yankees are one of the best hitting teams in baseball,"said Tavarez, who is filling the fifth starter's role whilelefthander Jon Lester continues his comeback from non-Hodgkinslymphoma. "Manny came up big and I everything went right forme."

"I sensed he was a little tired," said Boston catcher JasonVaritek of Tavarez. "We've still got another gear we can gethim up to. Over and over he's given us quality starts."

Crisp walked, stole second and scored on Julio Lugo's two-outsingle in the seventh as Boston opened a three-run lead.Youkilis pounded a double up against the wall in right-center tomake it 6-2, chasing Mussina.

Ortiz, who went 3-for-4, greeted lefthander Mike Myers with anRBI single to open a 7-2 cushion.

Jeter, hitless in his first three at-bats, ripped a one-outsingle off rookie lefthander Hideki Okajima in the eighth toextend his hitting streak to 17 games.

Matsui and Rodriguez walked before Posada delivered arun-scoring groundout, ending Okajima's scoreless streak at 202/3 innings - the longest by a Boston hurler since fellowsouthpaw Bruce Hurst tossed 21 1/3 scoreless frames in 1987.

Rodriguez, sliding into second on the play, came up high with anelbow into the ribs of Dustin Pedroia on the play, and the5-foot-9, 180-pound second baseman took exception.

"It was kind of a cheap shot, but that's all right, I haven'tplayed football in a while," he said. "I know now to drop myelbow when he comes in."

Jonathan Papelbon worked around a pair of ninth-inning walks topreserve the win.

"We can't worry about how many games we're back," Jeter said."We have to worry about playing well. Like I said yesterday, itdoesn't matter who we're playing. But we have to play well."