NY Yankees 8, Boston 4
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  Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
NY Yankees 1 1 2 1 2 0 0 1 0 8 10 2
Boston 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 9 0
WP: C. Sabathia (15-7)
LP: J. Beckett (14-5)
(70-53)
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Scoring Summary
Top 1st: NY Yankees
- D. Jeter homered to deep right
Top 2nd: NY Yankees
- H. Matsui homered to deep right center
Bot 2nd: Boston
- R. Baldelli singled to center, M. Lowell scored
- J. Varitek doubled to right, R. Baldelli scored
Top 3rd: NY Yankees
- M. Teixeira singled to shallow right, D. Jeter scored, J. Damon to third, M. Teixeira to second advancing on throw
- A. Rodriguez grounded out to shortstop, J. Damon scored
Top 4th: NY Yankees
- R. Cano homered to deep right center
Bot 4th: Boston
- J. Varitek safe at first on second baseman R. Cano's fielding error, J. Bay scored, J. Varitek to second
Top 5th: NY Yankees
- A. Rodriguez homered to left, J. Damon scored
Bot 6th: Boston
- R. Baldelli hit sacrifice fly to right, K. Youkilis scored
Top 8th: NY Yankees
- H. Matsui homered to deep right
 NY Yankees
  AB R H RBI HR BB K SB LOB Season Avg 
D. Jeter ss 5 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 .332
J. Damon lf 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286
M. Teixeira 1b 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 .288
A. Rodriguez 3b 4 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 1 .264
H. Matsui dh 4 2 2 2 2 0 1 0 1 .265
N. Swisher rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .248
R. Cano 2b 4 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 .314
M. Cabrera cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .268
J. Molina c 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .250
 Totals 37 8 10 8 5 0 7 0 4  
 Batting
HR - D Jeter (16, 1st inning off J Beckett 0 on, 0 Out), A Rodriguez (22, 5th inning off J Beckett 1 on, 2 Out), H Matsui 2 (23, 2nd inning off J Beckett 0 on, 0 Out, 8th inning off J Beckett 0 on, 2 Out), R Cano (19, 4th inning off J Beckett 0 on, 1 Out).
RBI - D Jeter (57), M Teixeira (93), A Rodriguez 3 (68), H Matsui 2 (68), R Cano (62).
2-out RBI - A Rodriguez 2, H Matsui.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - H Matsui 1.
Team LOB - 2.
 Fielding
E - R Cano (9, field 2).
DP - 1 (D Jeter-R Cano-M Teixeira).
 Boston
  AB R H RBI HR BB K SB LOB Season Avg 
J. Ellsbury cf 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 .294
D. Pedroia 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .299
V. Martinez 1b 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .293
K. Youkilis 3b 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 .307
J. Bay lf 4 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 2 .257
M. Lowell dh 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 .304
R. Baldelli rf 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 .267
    J.D. Drew ph 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .259
J. Varitek c 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 .223
A. Gonzalez ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .194
    C. Kotchman ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250
 Totals 35 4 9 3 0 1 11 0 13  
 Batting
2B - K Youkilis (30, C Sabathia); M Lowell (24, C Sabathia); J Varitek (21, C Sabathia).
SF - R Baldelli.
RBI - R Baldelli 2 (20), J Varitek (47).
2-out RBI - R Baldelli, J Varitek.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - J Ellsbury 1, A Gonzalez 2.
GIDP - K Youkilis.
Team LOB - 6.
 Base Running
CS - J Ellsbury (9, 2nd base by C Sabathia/J Molina).
 NY Yankees
  IP H R ER BB K HR WHIP Season ERA 
C. Sabathia (W, 15-7) 6.2 8 4 3 0 8 0 1.13 3.59  
P. Hughes (H, 14) 1.1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1.19 3.33  
M. Rivera 1.0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.92 1.87  
 Boston
  IP H R ER BB K HR WHIP Season ERA 
J. Beckett (L, 14-5) 8.0 9 8 8 0 5 5 1.13 3.65  
T. Saito 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1.27 2.80  
Pitches-strikes - C Sabathia 118-80; P Hughes 19-12; M Rivera 18-12; J Beckett 120-87; T Saito 14-11.
Ground balls-fly balls - C Sabathia 8-8; P Hughes 0-2; M Rivera 1-0; J Beckett 14-10; T Saito 1-0.
Batters faced - C Sabathia 28; P Hughes 5; M Rivera 4; J Beckett 33; T Saito 4.
Game Details
Umpires: HP--Larry Vanover. 1B--Dan Iassogna. 2B--Joe West. 3B--Sam Holbrook.

Updated on Monday, Aug 24, 2009 3:22 am ET

  
 Top Batters
 NY Yankees
H. Matsui Hideki Matsui
2-4, 2 HR
2 RBI
 Boston
M. Lowell Mike Lowell
2-4