May 23, 2007 Red Sox 7, Yankees 3

Kevin Youkilis falls a homer shy of the cycle on a 3 for 5 day, and Jason Varitek also goes 3 for 5 as the Sox take the rubber game of the series. Curt Schilling was on his horse all game, only making one mistake - a 3-run Hideki Matsui homer in the 3rd inning, which at the time tied the game. A 3 run 4th gives the Sox the lead right back, including a nice squeeze play by new leadoff man Coco Crisp! Here is an interesting stat for you: Dustin Pedroia so far on the season, in over 130 atbats, has struck out only 7 times - but 4 of those have been in the last four games!

Strat-O-Matic Report

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BOXSCORE: 2007 Boston Red Sox At 2007 New York (AL) Yankees         5/23/2007
 
  Red Sox            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Yankees            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  C.Crisp CF          4  0  0  1 .293     J.Damon CF          4  1  0  0 .294  
  K.Youkilis 1B       5  1  3  1 .316     D.Jeter SS          4  1  3  0 .286  
  D.Ortiz DH          4  1  1  1 .369     H.Matsui LF         4  1  1  3 .344  
  M.Ramirez LF        3  1  0  0 .311     A.Rodriguez 3B      4  0  0  0 .305  
  M.Lowell 3B         5  0  1  0 .250     J.Posada C          4  0  0  0 .309  
  J.Varitek C         5  1  3  1 .260     B.Abreu RF          4  0  1  0 .273  
  W.Pena RF           4  1  1  0 .157     J.Giambi DH         3  0  0  0 .154  
  J.Lugo SS           3  1  1  2 .216     R.Cano 2B           3  0  0  0 .309  
  D.Pedroia 2B        4  1  1  0 .290     D.Mientkiewicz 1B   2  0  0  0 .188  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      37  7 11  6                 Totals      32  3  5  3
 
 
Red Sox......... 0 2 1  3 0 0  1 0 0  -  7 11  0
Yankees......... 0 0 3  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  3  5  2
 
Red Sox (24-22)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
C.Schilling WIN(4-3)      7 2/3   5   3   3   1   6   1 100   4.34
J.Romero                  1 1/3   0   0   0   0   1   0  18   2.20
Totals                    9       5   3   3   1   7   1
 
Yankees (25-20)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
A.Pettitte LOSS(3-5)      6      10   7   6   5   2   0 131   5.12
S.Proctor                 3       1   0   0   2   1   0  41   4.50
Totals                    9      11   7   6   7   3   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 46,304 DATE- Wednesday, May 23rd 2007 TIME- Night WEATHER- Bad
T- 3:07
LEFT ON BASE- Red Sox:11  Yankees: 3
DOUBLE PLAYS- Red Sox: 0  Yankees: 1
ERRORS- A.Rodriguez, B.Abreu
DOUBLES- K.Youkilis(7th), W.Pena(3rd), D.Jeter(11th)
TRIPLES- K.Youkilis(2nd)
HOME RUNS- H.Matsui(9th)
STOLEN BASES- J.Lugo(8th)
SACRIFICE HITS- C.Crisp
WALKS- D.Ortiz, M.Ramirez-2, W.Pena, J.Lugo-2, D.Pedroia, D.Mientkiewicz
STRIKE OUTS- W.Pena-2, D.Pedroia, J.Damon, J.Posada-2, B.Abreu-2, J.Giambi,
             R.Cano
GIDP- M.Lowell
WEB GEMS- Bot 5th: Coco Crisp robbed Doug Mientkiewicz of a Homerun!
          Top 6th: Robinson Cano robbed David Ortiz of a base hit.
 
At Yankee Stadium the Boston Red Sox easily handled the New York (AL) Yankees
by the score of 7 to 3.
 
Boston had 3 runs cross the plate in the top of the 4th inning with the help
of 3 hits.  Julio Lugo opened up the inning nicely when he drew a walk.
Dustin Pedroia followed and he laced a single.  Pedroia took second on the
throw.  Coco Crisp then worked the squeeze play to perfection which scored a
run.  Kevin Youkilis was up next and he tripled scoring one more run.  David
Ortiz stepped into the box and banged out a single scoring the final run of
the inning.  Boston had 11 hits overall, while New York (AL) had 5.  
 
Curt Schilling(4-3) went 7 and 2/3 innings allowing 3 runs for the victory.
The loss was charged to Andy Pettitte(3-5).  He was touched for 10 hits and 5
walks in 6 innings.  
 
Boston now has a record of 24-22.  With the loss, New York (AL) has a record
of 4-6 lately, 25-20 overall.

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