NY Yankees 4, Boston 2

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(91-64)	Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Boston 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 0 NY Yankees 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 X 4 10 1 WP: A. Pettitte (14-7) S: M. Rivera (43) LP: P. Byrd (1-3)	(100-56)

Scoring Summary

Top 1st: Boston

- M. Lowell singled to pitcher, J. Bay scored, K. Youkilis to third, D. Ortiz to second

Top 3rd: Boston

- M. Lowell grounded into double play shortstop to second to first, J. Bay scored, K. Youkilis to third, D. Ortiz out at second

Bot 3rd: NY Yankees

- M. Cabrera homered to deep right

Bot 6th: NY Yankees

- H. Matsui singled to right, M. Teixeira and A. Rodriguez scored

Bot 8th: NY Yankees

- M. Teixeira homered to deep right

Boston
	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	SB	LOB	Season Avg
J. Ellsbury cf	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	.299
D. Pedroia 2b	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.295
J. Bay lf	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267
K. Youkilis 1b	3	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	.303
D. Ortiz dh	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	.235
M. Lowell 3b	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	.290
J.D. Drew rf	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	4	.271
J. Varitek c	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	.209
V. Martinez ph	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.301
B. Anderson pr	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.235
A. Gonzalez ss	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	.288
C. Kotchman ph	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.229
Totals	34	2	8	1	0	3	6	0	10

Batting 2B - J Bay (28, A Pettitte). RBI - M Lowell (75). 2-out RBI - M Lowell. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - J Ellsbury 2, J Drew 3. GIDP - M Lowell, A Gonzalez. Team LOB - 8.

Fielding Outfield assists - J Ellsbury. DP - 1 (J Ellsbury-P Byrd-D Pedroia).

NY Yankees
	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	SB	LOB	Season Avg
D. Jeter ss	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333
B. Gardner cf	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.276
M. Teixeira 1b	4	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	.294
A. Rodriguez 3b	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	.285
H. Matsui dh	4	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.280
N. Swisher rf	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	.250
R. Cano 2b	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	.321
M. Cabrera lf	3	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	.273
J. Molina c	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.211
Totals	31	4	10	4	2	1	1	0	6

Batting 2B - N Swisher (34, P Byrd). HR - M Teixeira (38, 8th inning off D Bard 0 on, 0 Out), M Cabrera (13, 3rd inning off P Byrd 0 on, 0 Out). S - B Gardner. RBI - M Teixeira (120), H Matsui 2 (90), M Cabrera (67). 2-out RBI - H Matsui 2. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - A Rodriguez 1, R Cano 1. Team LOB - 5.

Base Running CS - R Cano (7, 2nd base by P Byrd/J Varitek).    Fielding E - R Cano (12, field). DP - 2 (A Rodriguez-R Cano-M Teixeira, D Jeter-R Cano-M Teixeira).

Boston
	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	WHIP	Season ERA
P. Byrd (L, 1-3)	5.2	7	3	3	0	1	1	1.77	5.81
T. Saito (BS, 2)	0.1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.34	2.35
R. Ramirez	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.34	2.97
D. Bard	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	1	1.30	3.80
NY Yankees
	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	WHIP	Season ERA
A. Pettitte (W, 14-7)	6.0	7	2	2	3	4	0	1.36	4.11
B. Bruney (H, 14)	1.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.55	4.17
P. Coke (H, 21)	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.08	4.68
M. Rivera (S, 43)	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.92	1.82

WP - T Saito, A Pettitte.

Pitches-strikes - P Byrd 91-65; T Saito 19-11; R Ramirez 17-10; D Bard 19-10; A Pettitte 98-63; B Bruney 21-14; P Coke 5-3; M Rivera 9-7.

Ground balls-fly balls - P Byrd 9-6; T Saito 0-1; R Ramirez 1-2; D Bard 1-3; A Pettitte 7-3; B Bruney 2-2; P Coke 0-0; M Rivera 3-2.

Batters faced - P Byrd 22; T Saito 3; R Ramirez 4; D Bard 4; A Pettitte 26; B Bruney 5; P Coke 1; M Rivera 5.

Game Details

Umpires: HP--Chad Fairchild. 1B--Bill Welke. 2B--Tim Welke. 3B--Jeff Kellogg.

Updated on Monday, Sep 28, 2009 3:59 am ET