July 6, 2008 Yankees 3, Red Sox 0

Something very rare nowadays - a double complete game! Tim Wakefield and Joba Chamberlin lock horns in a Sunday night thriller, and not a bad game for Wake. He k's 8 including 6 in the first 3 innings, but allows 3 runs when Bobby Abreu singles, stolen base, a Wake wild pitch and Jason Giambi knocks Abreu home in the 4th and two more in the 6th when Melky Cabrera knocks one over the fence for a 2-run dinger. All that is an afterthough though, as Joba Chamberlin tosses a no-hitter!! Only two Red Sox baserunners for the entire game, a Jacoby Ellsbury walk to lead off the game and Julio Lugo reached when A-Rod threw a sure out over first base in the 3rd. Chamberlin retires the last 21 batters in order and strikes out the Sox last chance for a hit, Dustin Pedroia, to end the game for his 10th strikeout for the day. This will be the fourth no-hitter in my SOM for the year, two days after Ben Sheets tossed the third one. The other two in case you forgot were Greg Smith of Oakland no-hitting the Royals on April 19th and the Mets' Johan Santana no-hitting the Diamondbacks on June 12th. Play acount follows the box score.

Strat-O-Matic Report

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BOXSCORE: 2008 Boston Red Sox At 2008 New York (AL) Yankees          7/6/2008
 
  Red Sox            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Yankees            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  J.Ellsbury LF       3  0  0  0 .326     B.Gardner LF        4  0  0  0 .368  
  D.Pedroia 2B        4  0  0  0 .289     D.Jeter SS          3  0  1  0 .298  
  J.Drew RF           3  0  0  0 .274     B.Abreu RF          4  1  1  0 .284  
  M.Lowell 3B         3  0  0  0 .275     A.Rodriguez 3B      4  0  0  0 .284  
  K.Youkilis 1B       3  0  0  0 .328     J.Giambi 1B         4  0  1  1 .249  
  S.Casey DH          3  0  0  0 .348     J.Posada DH         3  1  2  0 .303  
  C.Crisp CF          3  0  0  0 .278     R.Cano 2B           4  0  1  0 .258  
  J.Lugo SS           3  0  0  0 .326     M.Cabrera CF        2  1  1  2 .202  
  K.Cash C            2  0  0  0 .160     J.Molina C          3  0  0  0 .183  
A-M.Ramirez PH        1  0  0  0 .304                                          
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         Totals      28  0  0  0                 Totals      31  3  7  3
 
A-Pinch Hit For Cash In 9th Inning
 
Red Sox......... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  0  0  0
Yankees......... 0 0 0  1 0 2  0 0    -  3  7  1
 
Red Sox (56-35)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
T.Wakefield LOSS(8-5)     8       7   3   3   2   8   1 128   4.49
Totals                    8       7   3   3   2   8   1
 
Yankees (47-42)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
J.Chamberlai WIN(9-1)     9       0   0   0   1  10   0 117   2.36
Totals                    9       0   0   0   1  10   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 53,097 DATE- Sunday, July 6th 2008 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Dale Scott, Bill Hohn, Ron Kulpa, Dan Iassogna
T- 2:31
LEFT ON BASE- Red Sox: 2  Yankees: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Red Sox: 0  Yankees: 0
ERRORS- A.Rodriguez
DOUBLES- J.Posada(8th)
HOME RUNS- M.Cabrera(6th)
STOLEN BASES- J.Ellsbury(24th), B.Abreu(12th), R.Cano(3rd)
WALKS- J.Ellsbury, D.Jeter, J.Posada
HIT BY PITCH- M.Cabrera
STRIKE OUTS- D.Pedroia-2, J.Drew, K.Youkilis, S.Casey-2, C.Crisp, J.Lugo,
             K.Cash-2, B.Gardner-2, D.Jeter, B.Abreu, A.Rodriguez-2, J.Posada,
             J.Molina
WILD PITCHES- T.Wakefield
 
Joba Chamberlain(9-1) was on top of his game in New York (AL) as he tossed a
beauty of a no-hitter against the Boston Red Sox.  The New York (AL) Yankees
won by a score of 3 to 0.
 
The partisan crowd cheered every Boston out from the 7th inning on.  He only
walked one Boston batter.  The tension started to build around the 6th
inning.  By the 9th inning the crowd was electrified.  Chamberlain mowed down
10 Boston batters.  New York (AL) had a total of 7 hits for the game.  
 
Tim Wakefield(8-5) was given the loss.  'I gave it everything I had. It's
probably the greatest day of my life,' Chamberlain said. 'I was out there
focusing on my catcher's glove, that's all. I just concentrated on pitching
my game.'

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