Boston 7, NY Yankees 6
Preview - Box Score - Recap

(8-9)
  Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
NY Yankees 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 6 9 0
Boston 0 0 4 0 0 0 3 0 X 7 11 0
WP: D. Matsuzaka (2-2) S: J. Papelbon (6)
LP: S. Proctor (0-1)
(12-5)
  Box Score Play by Play
Scoring Summary
Top 1st: NY Yankees
- J. Giambi doubled to deep center, A. Rodriguez and B. Abreu scored
Top 3rd: NY Yankees
- J. Giambi singled to right, J. Damon scored, D. Jeter to third
Bot 3rd: Boston
- M. Ramirez homered to deep left center
- J.D. Drew homered to deep right center
- M. Lowell homered to deep left
- J. Varitek homered to deep left
Top 5th: NY Yankees
- D. Jeter homered to deep left
Top 6th: NY Yankees
- M. Cabrera grounded into double play second to shortstop to first, R. Cano scored, D. Mientkiewicz out at second
Bot 7th: Boston
- M. Lowell homered to deep left, M. Ramirez and J.D. Drew scored
Top 8th: NY Yankees
- M. Cabrera grounded into fielder's choice, A. Rodriguez scored, R. Cano to third, M. Cairo out at second
 NY Yankees
  AB R H RBI BB K LOB Season Avg 
J. Damon cf 5 1 1 0 0 1 1 .255
D. Jeter ss 4 1 1 1 0 1 0 .320
B. Abreu rf 3 1 0 0 2 3 2 .309
A. Rodriguez 3b 4 2 1 0 0 2 3 .371
J. Giambi dh 4 0 2 3 0 0 1 .284
R. Cano 2b 4 1 2 0 0 1 3 .309
D. Mientkiewicz 1b 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .167
    J. Posada ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .358
    M. Cairo pr-1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
M. Cabrera lf 4 0 0 1 0 0 2 .197
W. Nieves c 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000
    J. Phelps ph-c 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .278
 Totals 35 6 9 5 3 8 15  
 Batting
2B - J Giambi (3, D Matsuzaka); D Mientkiewicz (1, D Matsuzaka).
HR - D Jeter (1, 5th inning off D Matsuzaka 0 on, 0 Out).
RBI - J Giambi 3 (16), D Jeter (5), M Cabrera (6).
2-out RBI - J Giambi 3.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - J Damon 1, J Phelps 1, R Cano 2.
GIDP - M Cabrera.
Team LOB - 7.
 Fielding
DP - 1 (D Jeter-D Mientkiewicz).
 Boston
  AB R H RBI BB K LOB Season Avg 
J. Lugo ss 2 0 0 0 3 0 2 .267
K. Youkilis 1b 3 0 0 0 2 0 3 .246
D. Ortiz dh 5 0 1 0 0 0 3 .292
M. Ramirez lf 5 2 3 1 0 0 4 .226
J.D. Drew rf 4 2 2 1 1 1 2 .357
M. Lowell 3b 4 2 2 4 1 1 1 .306
J. Varitek c 4 1 1 1 1 0 2 .265
W. Pena cf 3 0 0 0 1 3 2 .143
    C. Crisp cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .214
D. Pedroia 2b 4 0 2 0 0 0 2 .190
 Totals 34 7 11 7 9 5 21  
 Batting
2B - D Pedroia (1, C Wright); D Ortiz (8, C Bean); J Drew (3, S Proctor).
HR - M Ramirez (2, 3rd inning off C Wright 0 on, 2 Out), J Drew (2, 3rd inning off C Wright 0 on, 2 Out), M Lowell 2 (3, 3rd inning off C Wright 0 on, 2 Out, 7th inning off S Proctor 2 on, 0 Out), J Varitek (2, 3rd inning off C Wright 0 on, 2 Out).
RBI - M Ramirez (9), J Drew (8), M Lowell 4 (14), J Varitek (9).
2-out RBI - M Ramirez, J Drew, M Lowell, J Varitek.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - M Ramirez 2, J Varitek 1, J Drew 1, J Lugo 2, K Youkilis 1, D Pedroia 1.
GIDP - D Ortiz.
Team LOB - 12.
 Base Running
SB - J Lugo (4, 2nd base off C Wright/W Nieves), J Drew (1, 2nd base off C Bean/W Nieves).
 
 Fielding
DP - 1 (D Pedroia-J Lugo-K Youkilis).
 NY Yankees
  IP H R ER BB K HR Season ERA 
C. Wright 3.0 5 4 4 3 3 4 7.88
C. Bean 2.0 1 0 0 3 1 0 0.00
A. Pettitte (H, 1) 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.78
S. Proctor (L, 0-1; BS, 2) 0.0 3 3 3 0 0 1 4.91
L. Vizcaino 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 0 5.91
S. Henn 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0.73
 Boston
  IP H R ER BB K HR Season ERA 
D. Matsuzaka (W, 2-2) 7.0 8 6 6 1 7 1 4.00
H. Okajima (H, 2) 0.1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1.04
B. Donnelly (H, 3) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
J. Papelbon (S, 6) 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.00
HBP - A Rodriguez (by D Matsuzaka); D Jeter (by D Matsuzaka).
Pitches-strikes - C Wright 70-38; C Bean 43-22; A Pettitte 9-5; S Proctor 10-7; L Vizcaino 18-10; S Henn 22-12; D Matsuzaka 108-74; H Okajima 11-5; B Donnelly 6-5; J Papelbon 20-13.
Ground balls-fly balls - C Wright 1-5; C Bean 3-2; A Pettitte 2-1; S Proctor 0-0; L Vizcaino 2-0; S Henn 2-1; D Matsuzaka 7-7; H Okajima 0-1; B Donnelly 1-1; J Papelbon 1-1.
Batters faced - C Wright 17; C Bean 10; A Pettitte 3; S Proctor 3; L Vizcaino 5; S Henn 5; D Matsuzaka 31; H Okajima 3; B Donnelly 2; J Papelbon 4.
Game Details
Umpires: HP--Sam Holbrook. 1B--Hunter Wendelstedt. 2B--Randy Marsh. 3B--Bob Davidson.
Time: 3:34.
Attendance: 36,905.
Weather: 63 degrees, partly cloudy.
Wind: 14 mph, out to center.
Game Notes
THE HOME RUNS BY BOSTON'S MANNY RAMIREZ AND J.D. DREW IN THE THIRD INNING WERE HIT BACK-TO-BACK.
THE HOME RUNS BY BOSTON'S MANNY RAMIREZ, J.D. DREW AND MIKE LOWELL IN THE THIRD INNING WERE HIT CONSECUTIVELY.
THE HOME RUNS BY BOSTON'S MANNY RAMIREZ, J.D. DREW, MIKE LOWELL AND JASON VARITEK IN THE THIRD INNING WERE HIT CONSECUTIVELY.
NEW YORK THIRD BASEMAN ALEX RODRIGUEZ HAS EXTENDED HIS HITTING STREAK TO 22 GAMES WITH A SINGLE IN THE EIGHTH INNING.

Updated on Sunday, Apr 22, 2007 11:50 pm ET

  
 Top Batters
 NY Yankees
J. Giambi J. Giambi
2-4
3 RBI
 Boston
M. Lowell M. Lowell
2-4, 2 HR
4 RBI