NY Yankees 13, Boston 5
Preview - Box Score - Recap

(73-48)
  Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
NY Yankees 0 2 1 0 2 5 0 3 0 13 10 0
Boston 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 5 5 0
WP: R. Johnson (14-9)
LP: J. Beckett (13-8)
(69-53)
  Box Score Play by Play
Scoring Summary
Top 2nd: NY Yankees
- B. Williams homered to deep right
- J. Damon doubled to deep left center, M. Cabrera scored
Top 3rd: NY Yankees
- R. Cano singled to center, B. Abreu scored, R. Cano to second advancing on throw
Bot 4th: Boston
- M. Ramirez homered to deep left, M. Loretta and D. Ortiz scored
- W. Pena singled to left, J. Lopez scored, M. Lowell to second
Top 5th: NY Yankees
- A. Rodriguez doubled to left, B. Abreu scored, J. Giambi to third
- J. Posada grounded into fielder's choice, J. Giambi scored, A. Rodriguez to third, R. Cano out at second
Bot 5th: Boston
- D. Ortiz hit sacrifice fly to left, A. Cora scored
Top 6th: NY Yankees
- A. Rodriguez walked, J. Damon scored, D. Jeter to third, J. Giambi to second
- R. Cano walked, D. Jeter scored, J. Giambi to third, A. Rodriguez to second
- J. Posada tripled to deep center, J. Giambi, A. Rodriguez and R. Cano scored
Top 8th: NY Yankees
- R. Cano homered to deep center, A. Rodriguez and C. Wilson scored
 NY Yankees
  AB R H RBI BB K LOB Season Avg 
J. Damon dh 6 1 3 1 0 0 2 .297
D. Jeter ss 4 1 0 0 1 1 1 .335
B. Abreu rf 4 2 1 0 2 2 0 .392
    A. Guiel rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .235
J. Giambi 1b 2 2 1 0 3 0 1 .256
    C. Wilson pr-1b 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 .259
A. Rodriguez 3b 3 2 1 2 2 1 4 .288
    N. Green 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .187
R. Cano 2b 3 2 2 5 2 0 0 .330
J. Posada c 4 0 1 4 1 0 2 .270
    S. Fasano pr-c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .130
B. Williams cf 4 1 1 1 1 1 3 .282
M. Cabrera lf 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 .291
 Totals 35 13 10 13 13 7 15  
 Batting
2B - J Damon 3 (29, J Beckett 3); B Abreu (7, J Beckett); A Rodriguez (22, J Beckett); J Giambi (18, J Van Buren).
3B - J Posada (2, M Delcarmen).
HR - B Williams (9, 2nd inning off J Beckett 0 on, 2 Out), R Cano (8, 8th inning off J Van Buren 2 on, 1 Out).
S - D Jeter.
RBI - B Williams (47), J Damon (67), R Cano 5 (44), A Rodriguez 2 (91), J Posada 4 (63).
2-out RBI - B Williams, J Damon, R Cano 2, A Rodriguez, J Posada 3.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - J Damon 1, D Jeter 1, J Posada 1, B Williams 3.
GIDP - A Rodriguez.
Team LOB - 9.
 Base Running
SB - M Cabrera (10, 2nd base off J Beckett/J Lopez), B Abreu (7, 2nd base off J Beckett/J Lopez), J Posada (2, 2nd base off J Beckett/J Lopez).
 
 Fielding
DP - 2 (R Cano-D Jeter-J Giambi, D Jeter-R Cano-J Giambi).
 Boston
  AB R H RBI BB K LOB Season Avg 
K. Youkilis 1b 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 .292
M. Loretta 2b 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 .308
D. Ortiz dh 2 1 0 1 1 1 2 .284
M. Ramirez lf 1 1 1 3 2 0 0 .327
    E. Hinske ph-lf 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .268
J. Lopez c 4 1 1 0 0 1 3 .265
M. Lowell 3b 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 .286
W. Pena rf 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 .301
G. Kapler cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .226
A. Cora ss 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 .285
 Totals 28 5 5 5 6 4 9  
 Batting
HR - M Ramirez (34, 4th inning off Ra Johnson 2 on, 1 Out).
S - M Loretta.
SF - D Ortiz.
RBI - M Ramirez 3 (99), W Pena (35), D Ortiz (116).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - J Lopez 1, D Ortiz 1.
GIDP - M Lowell, G Kapler.
Team LOB - 5.
 Fielding
PB - J Lopez.
DP - 1 (A Cora-M Loretta-K Youkilis).
 NY Yankees
  IP H R ER BB K HR Season ERA 
R. Johnson (W, 14-9) 7.0 4 5 5 6 3 1 4.98
J. Wright 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 4.50
T.J. Beam 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10.50
 Boston
  IP H R ER BB K HR Season ERA 
J. Beckett (L, 13-8) 5.2 7 9 9 9 2 1 5.35
M. Delcarmen 0.1 1 1 1 1 0 0 4.38
J. Van Buren 1.1 2 3 3 2 2 1 11.77
K. Snyder 1.2 0 0 0 1 3 0 6.35
IBB - R Cano (by J Beckett), M Ramirez (by Ra Johnson).
HBP - A Cora (by Ra Johnson).
Pitches-strikes - Ra Johnson 112-61; J Wright 22-15; T Beam 20-12; J Beckett 121-58; M Delcarmen 12-4; J Van Buren 39-20; K Snyder 27-17.
Ground balls-fly balls - Ra Johnson 11-7; J Wright 1-1; T Beam 0-3; J Beckett 12-3; M Delcarmen 1-0; J Van Buren 1-1; K Snyder 0-2.
Batters faced - Ra Johnson 30; J Wright 4; T Beam 3; J Beckett 32; M Delcarmen 3; J Van Buren 8; K Snyder 6.
Game Details
Umpires: HP--Joe West. 1B--Ed Rapuano. 2B--Tony Randazzo. 3B--Jim Wolf.
Time: 3:41.
Attendance: 35,738.
Weather: 79 degrees, cloudy.
Wind: 12 mph, out to center.

Updated on Saturday, Aug 19, 2006 5:13 pm ET

  
 Top Batters
 NY Yankees
R. Cano R. Cano
2-3, 1 HR
5 RBI
 Boston
M. Ramirez M. Ramirez
1-1, 1 HR
3 RBI