| In a hard-fought battle, some sloppy Yankee defense allows the Sox to come away with the win. With the Yankees holding a 3-1 lead in the bottom of the 6th with two outs and the bases empty, Jason Varitek (who got the Sox only run to that point on a sac fly) singled. Coco Crisp bounces a grounder to second baseman Robinson Cano, who boots it for the error. The still red-hot Dustin Pedroia knocks them both in with a double to tie the game 3-all. J. D. Drew gets an RBI with a sac fly in the 7th for the 4-3 lead, and it holds up as Okajima and Papelbon hold off the Yanks. Not without a scare, though. With two outs in the 8th, Paps on the mound and the bases loaded, Jorge Posada hits a deep fly to right field on a 1-15 homer chance, It comes up a 17, as Drew makes the catch at the wall to save the grand slam. Drew also made the web gem list for the game with another homer-robbing catch earlier in the game. I might do a slight lineup change pretty soon, with Pedroia so hot in the 9th spot and Julio Lugo sucking so bad with a sub .200 average in the leadoff spot. I'll give it a couple more games and see if Lugo finally wakes up. |
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 2007 New York (AL) Yankees At 2007 Boston Red Sox 4/20/2007
Yankees AB R H RBI AVG Red Sox AB R H RBI AVG
J.Damon CF 3 1 1 2 .326 J.Lugo SS 5 0 0 0 .172
D.Jeter SS 4 0 1 0 .254 K.Youkilis 1B 4 1 1 0 .255
B.Abreu RF 4 0 0 0 .311 D.Ortiz DH 3 0 1 0 .322
A.Rodriguez 3B 3 0 1 0 .340 M.Ramirez LF 4 1 1 0 .311
J.Giambi DH 3 0 0 0 .184 J.Drew RF 3 0 1 1 .275
J.Posada C 4 1 2 1 .320 M.Lowell 3B 4 0 2 0 .265
R.Cano 2B 4 0 0 0 .293 J.Varitek C 2 1 1 1 .231
M.Cabrera LF 4 0 1 0 .265 C.Crisp CF 4 1 1 0 .229
D.Mientkiewicz 1B 3 1 1 0 .231 D.Pedroia 2B 4 0 2 2 .370
A-J.Phelps PH 1 0 0 0 .333
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Totals 33 3 7 3 Totals 33 4 10 4
A-Pinch Hit For Mientkiewicz In 9th Inning
Yankees......... 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 - 3 7 1
Red Sox......... 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 - 4 10 0
Yankees (9-6) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
A.Pettitte 5 2/3 7 3 1 1 3 0 101 3.57
L.Vizcaino LOSS(0-1) 2 1/3 3 1 1 0 3 0 32 3.38
Totals 8 10 4 2 1 6 0
Red Sox (7-8) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
C.Schilling WIN(1-1) 7 7 3 3 0 6 2 105 5.79
H.Okajima HOLD(2nd) 0 2/3 0 0 0 2 2 0 16 3.37
J.Papelbon SAVE(4th) 1 1/3 0 0 0 1 2 0 22 0.00
Totals 9 7 3 3 3 10 2
ATTENDANCE- 38,479 DATE- Friday, April 20th 2007 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good
T- 2:48
LEFT ON BASE- Yankees: 6 Red Sox: 9
DOUBLE PLAYS- Yankees: 0 Red Sox: 1
ERRORS- R.Cano
DOUBLES- A.Rodriguez(4th), D.Mientkiewicz(2nd), K.Youkilis(2nd), M.Lowell(2nd),
C.Crisp(5th), D.Pedroia-2(9th)
HOME RUNS- J.Damon(2nd), J.Posada(2nd)
SACRIFICE FLIES- J.Drew, J.Varitek
WALKS- J.Damon, A.Rodriguez, J.Giambi, D.Ortiz
HIT BY PITCH- J.Varitek
STRIKE OUTS- D.Jeter, B.Abreu-3, A.Rodriguez, J.Posada, R.Cano, M.Cabrera,
D.Mientkiewicz, J.Phelps, J.Lugo, D.Ortiz, M.Ramirez-2, J.Drew,
M.Lowell
GIDP- R.Cano
WEB GEMS- Top 4th: J.D. Drew robbed Jason Giambi of a Homerun!
38,479 fans watched an exciting game at Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox
topped the New York (AL) Yankees by the slimmest of margins, 4 to 3.
New York (AL) never recovered after Boston took the lead in the bottom of the
7th inning scoring one runner using 2 hits. The New York (AL) batters went
down meekly in the 9th.
The winning pitcher was Curt Schilling(1-1) who allowed 3 runs in 7 innings.
Jonathan Papelbon recorded his 4th save. Luis Vizcaino(0-1) was charged with
the loss in relief. He pitched 2 and 1/3 innings allowing 3 hits and no
walks.
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