| Daisuke Matsuzaka lives up to the K part of his Dice-K nickname, as he strikes out 2 batters in each of the first 5 innings and 10 for the game as the Sox sweep the Yanks. Due to already being over 100 pitches Matsuzaka only goes 6 innings, still good enough for his 3rd win of the young season. Even with the Sox winning by 4 runs and Jonathan Papelbon allowing a run in the top of the 9th, Paps still gets the save as he entered the game with a 3 run lead and two outs in the 8th inning. The Sox score two runs in the bottom of the inning, Paps gives the Yankees one back and the Sox win by four runs and save number 3. Some very impressive batting numbers for the Red Sox so far on the season. Julio Lugo leads the AL in batting at .488 (2 for 4 today), Coco Crisp a nice .370 (3 for 4), Jason Varitek a surprising .300 (3 for 4), and Sean Casey in his action so far in 20 atbats at .400 (2 for 3). Despite all those impressive numbers, the team BA is only at .286 thanks to the sub-.200 averages for JD Drew (.162), Big Papi (.163), and Kevin Youkilis's .213. Papi and Youk have been getting hot lately along with the team as a whole, so no need for panic. |
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 2008 New York (AL) Yankees At 2008 Boston Red Sox 4/13/2008
Yankees AB R H RBI AVG Red Sox AB R H RBI AVG
J.Damon CF 5 1 1 0 .271 J.Ellsbury LF 5 0 1 1 .370
R.Cano 2B 4 0 2 1 .245 D.Pedroia 2B 4 0 0 0 .273
B.Abreu RF 5 0 1 2 .480 B-K.Cash C 0 0 0 0 .250
A.Rodriguez 3B 4 1 1 0 .208 J.Drew RF 4 1 0 0 .162
H.Matsui LF 4 0 2 0 .256 M.Ramirez DH 4 1 1 0 .327
J.Posada DH 4 0 2 1 .278 K.Youkilis 3B 4 1 2 0 .213
J.Giambi 1B 2 1 0 0 .282 S.Casey 1B 3 1 2 2 .400
J.Molina C 4 0 0 0 .152 J.Varitek C 4 0 3 1 .300
A.Gonzalez SS 4 1 2 0 .214 A-A.Cora PR,2B 0 1 0 0 .333
C.Crisp CF 4 2 3 2 .370
J.Lugo SS 4 1 2 1 .488
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Totals 36 4 11 4 Totals 36 8 14 7
A-Pinch Ran For Varitek In 8th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Pedroia In 9th Inning
Yankees......... 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 - 4 11 0
Red Sox......... 0 0 1 2 2 1 0 2 - 8 14 0
Yankees (6-7) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
P.Hughes LOSS(1-2) 4 2/3 9 5 5 2 2 0 75 7.63
K.Farnsworth 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 9.82
L.Hawkins 0 2/3 1 1 1 0 0 0 13 2.57
J.Chamberlai 2 2 2 2 0 4 0 32 2.08
B.Bruney 0 2/3 1 0 0 0 1 0 16 1.08
Totals 8 14 8 8 2 7 0
Red Sox (7-6) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
D.Matsuzaka WIN(3-1) 6 6 2 2 2 10 0 106 1.85
M.Timlin 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 21 4.50
J.Lopez 0 2/3 2 0 0 0 0 0 16 1.42
J.Papelbon SAVE(3rd) 1 1/3 1 1 1 0 0 0 19 1.93
Totals 9 11 4 4 2 11 0
ATTENDANCE- 35,706 DATE- Sunday, April 13th 2008 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Tim McClelland, Larry Vanover, Mike Everitt, Mike Dimuro
T- 3:15
LEFT ON BASE- Yankees: 8 Red Sox: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Yankees: 1 Red Sox: 1
DOUBLES- R.Cano(2nd), A.Rodriguez(4th), A.Gonzalez-2(2nd), K.Youkilis(3rd),
J.Varitek-2(4th), C.Crisp(2nd)
STOLEN BASES- C.Crisp(2nd), J.Lugo(1st)
SACRIFICE FLIES- R.Cano
WALKS- J.Giambi-2, J.Drew, S.Casey
HIT BY PITCH- D.Pedroia
STRIKE OUTS- J.Damon-2, B.Abreu, A.Rodriguez-3, H.Matsui, J.Posada-2,
A.Gonzalez-2, J.Ellsbury-2, D.Pedroia-2, K.Youkilis, S.Casey,
J.Lugo
GIDP- J.Giambi
WILD PITCHES- L.Hawkins, D.Matsuzaka
WEB GEMS- Top 6th: Julio Lugo robbed Jason Giambi of a base hit.
Daisuke Matsuzaka struck out 10 batters and Coco Crisp had 3 base hits and 2
RBI as the Boston Red Sox defeated the New York (AL) Yankees 8 to 4 at Fenway
Park.
Matsuzaka(3-1) gave a fine effort for Boston. He allowed 6 hits and 2 walks
in 6 innings. Boston had 14 hits overall, while New York (AL) had 11.
Jonathan Papelbon earned the save, his 3rd. Phil Hughes(1-2) was the losing
pitcher. He was unable to control the Boston offense and allowed 9 hits and
2 walks in 4 and 2/3 innings.
Matsuzaka was jubilant in the hometown clubhouse, 'It was a lot of fun out
there. The fans gave me a lot of support as did my teammates. We got the
victory and I'll sure take 10 strikeouts anytime!'
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