April 16, 2008 Yankees 7, Red Sox 5

A very painful loss, as the Sox had control throughout until the end. Clay Buchholz was a very lucky man through the first four innings, as the Yankees had the bases loaded and one out in the 2nd, runners on 2nd and 3rd with one out in the 3rd, and 2nd and 3rd again with one out in the 4th inning, and came up empty all three times. Meanwhile, the Sox bust through in the 5th inning with four runs. I tried to get Buchholz through the 5th at least so he could be in line for the win, but after allowing 3 singles, a double play grounder and another single allowing two runs and already over 100 pitches, it became obvious he wasn't gonna make it and Julian Tavarez came on in relief. Now a 5-2 Sox lead entering the Yankees 7th, the Bronx Bombers get to Tavarez for a couple of runners so lefty Javier Lopez comes on to face the Yankees lefties. Lopez can't deliever, goes HBP, walk, single before getting an out and David Aardsma comes in. By now three runs have crossed the plate which have tied the score. Aardsma goes the rest of the 7th unscathed, but walks Bobby Abreu in the 8th followed by an A-Rod homerun to give the Yanks the 7-5 lead. Paps comes in to put out the fire and save the rest of the inning, but the Sox are no match for Mariano Rivera in the 9th as he goes 1-2-3 to save the win for New York. Julio Jugo goes the 0-fer today to have his season long 15 game hitting streak snapped, but Kevin Youkilis has made everyone forget about his horrible start. After his 2 for 28, .071 beginning he has come on like gangbusters and over the last 8 games is ripping at a .516 clip (16 for 31), including 4 homers. A perfect 3 for 3 for Youk today, including a walk

Strat-O-Matic Report

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BOXSCORE: 2008 Boston Red Sox At 2008 New York (AL) Yankees         4/16/2008
 
  Red Sox            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Yankees            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  J.Ellsbury CF       5  1  1  1 .306     M.Cabrera CF        5  0  0  0 .173  
  D.Pedroia 2B        4  0  1  2 .294     D.Jeter SS          5  1  1  0 .178  
  D.Ortiz DH          4  0  1  0 .164     B.Abreu RF          4  3  1  0 .452  
  M.Ramirez LF        4  0  0  0 .308     A.Rodriguez 3B      4  2  3  2 .262  
  K.Youkilis 3B       3  1  3  1 .305     H.Matsui LF         4  1  1  0 .250  
  J.Drew RF           3  1  1  0 .178     J.Posada DH         4  0  2  2 .300  
  J.Varitek C         4  1  1  0 .277     J.Giambi 1B         2  0  1  2 .279  
  S.Casey 1B          3  1  0  0 .357     R.Cano 2B           3  0  1  0 .233  
  J.Lugo SS           3  0  0  1 .462     C.Moeller C         4  0  0  0 .273  
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         Totals      33  5  8  5                 Totals      35  7 10  6
 
 
Red Sox......... 0 0 0  0 4 1  0 0 0  -  5  8  2
Yankees......... 0 0 0  0 2 0  3 2    -  7 10  0
 
Red Sox (9-7)            IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
C.Buchholz                4 2/3   8   2   2   3   6   0 102   5.02
J.Tavarez                 1 1/3   0   2   1   0   0   0  15   7.11
J.Lopez BS(1st)           0 1/3   1   1   1   1   1   0  18   2.70
D.Aardsma LOSS(1-1)       1       1   2   2   1   0   1  18   2.84
J.Papelbon                0 2/3   0   0   0   0   1   0   5   1.69
Totals                    8      10   7   6   5   8   1
 
Yankees (8-8)            IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
C.Wang                    5 1/3   8   5   5   2   2   1 105   8.84
K.Farnsworth WIN(1-1)     2 2/3   0   0   0   1   4   0  37   9.00
M.Rivera SAVE(7th)        1       0   0   0   0   1   0  14   0.00
Totals                    9       8   5   5   3   7   1
 
ATTENDANCE- 52,580 DATE- Wednesday, April 16th 2008 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Paul Emmel, Gary Darling, Jerry Meals, Bill Miller
T- 3:02
LEFT ON BASE- Red Sox: 5  Yankees:11
DOUBLE PLAYS- Red Sox: 1  Yankees: 0
ERRORS- J.Lugo, J.Tavarez
DOUBLES- J.Ellsbury(3rd), K.Youkilis(5th), J.Drew(2nd), A.Rodriguez(6th),
         R.Cano(3rd)
HOME RUNS- K.Youkilis(4th), A.Rodriguez(3rd)
STOLEN BASES- D.Pedroia(2nd)
CAUGHT STEALING- K.Youkilis
SACRIFICE FLIES- J.Lugo
WALKS- K.Youkilis, J.Drew, S.Casey, B.Abreu, J.Posada, J.Giambi-2, R.Cano
HIT BY PITCH- A.Rodriguez, H.Matsui
STRIKE OUTS- J.Ellsbury, D.Ortiz-2, M.Ramirez-2, J.Drew, J.Lugo, D.Jeter,
             B.Abreu, H.Matsui-2, J.Posada, J.Giambi, R.Cano, C.Moeller
GIDP- H.Matsui
WILD PITCHES- J.Lopez, K.Farnsworth
WEB GEMS- Top 2nd: Alex Rodriguez robbed Jason Varitek of a base hit.
 
Alex Rodriguez cracked a homer and had 2 RBI as the New York (AL) Yankees beat
the Boston Red Sox by a score of 7 to 5.
 
New York (AL) erupted with the game winning runs in the bottom of the 8th
inning scoring 2 runs.  After an out was recorded, Bobby Abreu was the
sparkplug when he drew a walk.  Rodriguez came to the plate and bombed a
two-run dinger (his 3rd of the season).  Hideki Matsui dug into the batters
box next, but he struck out.  Mariano Rivera relieved and was untouched by
Boston as he recorded the save, his 7th.  
 
Kyle Farnsworth(1-1) picked up the victory, allowing no runs in 2 and 2/3
innings. David Aardsma(1-1) was given the loss in relief.  He surrendered 2
runs and 1 hit in 1 inning.

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