BoSox take Yankees again … Sweep?

NY YANKEES (5) VS BOSTON (7) - FINAL

NY YANKEES             ab  r  h rbi bb so lob   avg
M Cabrera cf            4  0  1  1   1  1   0  .210
D Jeter ss              5  2  2  0   0  1   2  .324
B Abreu rf              3  1  0  0   2  1   1  .323
A Rodriguez 3b          4  0  2  1   0  1   2  .379
J Giambi dh             4  0  1  1   0  3   3  .270
R Cano 2b               4  0  2  1   0  0   0  .297
D Mientkiewicz 1b       3  0  0  0   0  0   3  .128
 a-J Phelps ph-1b       1  0  0  0   0  0   0  .294
K Thompson lf           4  1  1  0   0  2   1  .250
W Nieves c              3  1  0  0   0  0   1  .000
 b-J Damon ph           1  0  0  0   0  0   0  .261

Totals                 36  5  9  4   3  9  13

a-popped out to shortstop for D Mientkiewicz in the 8th;  b-grounded to
shortstop for W Nieves in the 9th.

BATTING: 2B - K Thompson (2, J Beckett); A Rodriguez (7, J Beckett); R Cano (3,
J Beckett). RBI - J Giambi (13), R Cano (7), M Cabrera (5), A Rodriguez (31).
2-out RBI - J Giambi, R Cano, A Rodriguez. Runners left in scoring position, 2
out - J Giambi 1, B Abreu 1, D Mientkiewicz 2, K Thompson 1. GIDP - D Jeter.
Team LOB - 7. 

BASERUNNING: SB - M Cabrera (1, 2nd base off J Papelbon/J Varitek). 

FIELDING: DP: 1 (D Jeter-J Phelps). 

BOSTON                 ab  r  h rbi bb so lob   avg
J Lugo ss               4  1  2  2   1  0   2  .276
K Youkilis 1b           4  2  2  1   1  0   3  .259
D Ortiz dh              5  1  2  4   0  1   2  .300
M Ramirez lf            4  0  1  0   1  0   0  .193
J Drew rf               4  0  0  0   1  0   4  .346
M Lowell 3b             4  0  1  0   0  0   2  .293
J Varitek c             4  0  2  0   0  1   1  .267
C Crisp cf              4  2  2  0   0  0   3  .214
A Cora 2b               2  1  1  0   1  0   2  .357

Totals                 35  7 13  7   5  2  19

BATTING: 2B - K Youkilis (3, J Karstens); D Ortiz (7, J Karstens). HR - D Ortiz
(6, 4th inning off J Karstens 1 on, 2 Out). S - A Cora. RBI - D Ortiz 4 (17), J
Lugo 2 (5), K Youkilis (5). 2-out RBI - K Youkilis, D Ortiz 2. Runners left in
scoring position, 2 out - A Cora 1, J Drew 1, K Youkilis 2. GIDP - J Drew. Team
LOB - 10. 

BASERUNNING: SB - C Crisp (2, 2nd base off J Karstens/W Nieves). 

FIELDING: E - M Lowell (5, throw). DP: 1 (A Cora-K Youkilis). 

----------------------------------------------------
    NY YANKEES      - 220 000 100   --   5
    BOSTON          - 220 300 00x   --   7
----------------------------------------------------

NY YANKEES                   ip       h   r  er  bb  so  hr    era
J Karstens (L, 0-1)           4 1/3   9   7   7   2   1   1  14.54
B Bruney                      1       2   0   0   0   0   0   0.87
S Henn                          2/3   0   0   0   1   1   0   0.79
S Proctor                     1       1   0   0   2   0   0   2.45
K Farnsworth                  1       1   0   0   0   0   0   6.14

BOSTON                       ip       h   r  er  bb  so  hr    era
J Beckett (W, 4-0)            6 2/3   9   5   4   2   7   0   2.55
H Okajima (H, 1)                2/3   0   0   0   0   1   0   1.08
M Timlin (H, 1)                 2/3   0   0   0   0   0   0   4.91
J Papelbon (S, 5)             1       0   0   0   1   1   0   0.00

WP - J Karstens. IBB - M Ramirez (by S Henn). Pitches-strikes: J Karstens
89-58; B Bruney 33-22; S Henn 8-4; S Proctor 22-11; K Farnsworth 16-9; J
Beckett 106-72; H Okajima 8-6; M Timlin 6-5; J Papelbon 19-9. Ground balls-fly
balls: J Karstens 5-7; B Bruney 2-1; S Henn 0-1; S Proctor 0-3; K Farnsworth
2-1; J Beckett 10-4; H Okajima 1-0; M Timlin 0-2; J Papelbon 1-1. Batters
faced: J Karstens 24; B Bruney 5; S Henn 3; S Proctor 6; K Farnsworth 3; J
Beckett 31; H Okajima 2; M Timlin 2; J Papelbon 4. 

UMPIRES: HP--Bob Davidson. 1B--Sam Holbrook. 2B--Hunter Wendelstedt.
3B--Randy Marsh. 

T--3:26. Att--36,342.
Weather: 64 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 8 mph, in
from right.