July 4, 2008 Yankees 3, Red Sox 2

Not much in the way of fireworks at Yankee Stadium today as the pitchers hold to form. Josh Beckett made one mistake - a 1st inning Jorge Posada 3-run triple after Beckett allowed a single and two walks with two out to load the bases - but that would be all the Yanks would need. A very impressive Mariano Rivera gets the last five outs, four via K, for his major league leading 30th save. And not just today was Rivera impressive either. For the season, he has been unstoppable, as his stats will show - 0-1, 30 saves and an ERA of a miniscule 0.42. Only 17 hits and two earned runs allowed in 43 innings, and 54 whiffs. Oddly enough, in his one loss when he allowed the only two other runs he has allowed for the year, the runs were unearned!!

Strat-O-Matic Report

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BOXSCORE: 2008 Boston Red Sox At 2008 New York (AL) Yankees          7/4/2008
 
  Red Sox            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Yankees            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  J.Ellsbury LF       4  0  0  0 .333     J.Damon LF          4  0  2  0 .313  
  D.Pedroia 2B        3  0  1  1 .296     D.Jeter SS          3  0  1  0 .301  
  J.Drew RF           4  0  1  1 .274     B.Abreu RF          4  1  2  0 .285  
  M.Ramirez DH        3  0  0  0 .305     A.Rodriguez 3B      3  1  0  0 .284  
  M.Lowell 3B         4  0  1  0 .274     J.Giambi 1B         2  1  0  0 .252  
  K.Youkilis 1B       4  0  0  0 .333     J.Posada DH         4  0  3  3 .297  
  C.Crisp CF          3  0  0  0 .283     R.Cano 2B           4  0  0  0 .258  
  J.Varitek C         2  1  1  0 .211     M.Cabrera CF        4  0  0  0 .202  
A-S.Casey PH          1  0  0  0 .357     J.Molina C          3  0  1  0 .184  
  J.Lugo SS           3  1  2  0 .331                                          
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         Totals      31  2  6  2                 Totals      31  3  9  3
 
A-Pinch Hit For Varitek In 9th Inning
 
Red Sox......... 0 0 2  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  2  6  0
Yankees......... 3 0 0  0 0 0  0 0    -  3  9  0
 
Red Sox (55-34)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
J.Beckett LOSS(5-7)       6       5   3   3   3   6   0 106   3.59
M.Timlin                  0 2/3   2   0   0   0   0   0  10   2.14
J.Lopez                   0 2/3   1   0   0   0   0   0   4   1.82
D.Aardsma                 0 2/3   1   0   0   0   0   0  10   5.34
Totals                    8       9   3   3   3   6   0
 
Yankees (46-41)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
D.Rasner WIN(4-1)         5 1/3   6   2   2   2   2   0 103   3.59
L.Hawkins HOLD(3rd)       2       0   0   0   0   1   0  19   2.70
M.Rivera SAVE(30th)       1 2/3   0   0   0   0   4   0  15   0.42
Totals                    9       6   2   2   2   7   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 30,427 DATE- Friday, July 4th 2008 TIME- Day WEATHER- Bad
UMPIRES- Bill Miller, Paul Emmel, Gary Darling, Jerry Meals
T- 2:48
LEFT ON BASE- Red Sox: 6  Yankees: 8
DOUBLE PLAYS- Red Sox: 0  Yankees: 1
DOUBLES- B.Abreu(20th), J.Molina(9th)
TRIPLES- J.Posada(2nd)
CAUGHT STEALING- J.Damon-2
SACRIFICE FLIES- D.Pedroia
WALKS- C.Crisp, J.Varitek, D.Jeter, A.Rodriguez, J.Giambi
HIT BY PITCH- M.Ramirez, J.Giambi
STRIKE OUTS- D.Pedroia, J.Drew, M.Lowell, K.Youkilis, C.Crisp-2, S.Casey,
             D.Jeter, B.Abreu, A.Rodriguez, J.Giambi, M.Cabrera, J.Molina
GIDP- J.Varitek
WILD PITCHES- D.Rasner
 
Jorge Posada had 3 base hits and 3 RBI at Yankee Stadium where the New York
(AL) Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox 3 to 2.
 
Boston lost it in the 1st inning when New York (AL) did all their damage
scoring 3 runners on 3 hits.  That scoring would be all that was needed.
Neither team managed to score after the 3rd inning.  
 
The victory went to Darrell Rasner(4-1) who went 5 and 1/3 innings, allowing 2
runs. Mariano Rivera got the save, his 30th.  Josh Beckett(5-7) was the
loser.  
 
'He gutted it out' Joe Girardi said of Rasner.  'I was very impressed by his
tenacity.'

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