BoSox sweep Yanks at Fenway (7-6, 7-5, 7-6). What a weekend!
NY YANKEES (6) VS BOSTON (7) - FINAL
NY YANKEES ab r h rbi bb so lob 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
a-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
b-J Phelps ph-c 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .278
Totals 35 6 9 5 3 8 15
a-walked for D Mientkiewicz in the 8th; b-lined out to second for W Nieves in
the 8th.
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 so lob 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 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.
BASERUNNING: 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).
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NY YANKEES - 201 011 010 -- 6
BOSTON - 004 000 30x -- 7
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NY YANKEES ip h r er bb so hr era
C Wright 3 5 4 4 3 3 4 7.87
C Bean 2 1 0 0 3 1 0 0.00
A Pettitte (H, 1) 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.78
S Proctor (L, 0-1; B, 2) 0 3 3 3 0 0 1 4.91
L Vizcaino 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 5.91
S Henn 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0.73
BOSTON ip h r er bb so hr era
D Matsuzaka (W, 2-2) 7 8 6 6 1 7 1 4.00
H Okajima (H, 2) 1/3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1.04
B Donnelly (H, 3) 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
J Papelbon (S, 6) 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.00
S Proctor pitched to 3 batters in the 7th.
D Matsuzaka pitched to 1 batter in the 8th.
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.
UMPIRES: HP--Sam Holbrook. 1B--Hunter Wendelstedt. 2B--Randy Marsh. 3B--Bob
Davidson.
T--3:34. Att--36,905.
Weather: 63 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 14 mph, out
to center.
Tony Reinke 
Tony, other than the fact that J. Edwards is buried near the “green monster” why are you a Red Sox fan?
Ah, yes, Bill … It’s a beautiful story. In the years of our Lord nineteen hundred and eighty-four and nineteen hundred and eighty-five I, being from Omaha, NE the home of the College World Series, attended almost all the series games. In those years I chose to follow the Texas Longhorns (probably because they were predicted to win). In both of those years I grew especially fond of a pitcher for the Longhorns named Roger Clemens. As is true of the CWS, it falls at the time of the baseball draft (I literally had Nomar Garciapara autograph a baseball the day before he went from a poor college student to a wealthy first-round choice of the BoSox). Anyways, I vowed to follow the MLB team that drafted Clemens and that became the Red Sox. Clemens would of course bounce from Boston to Toronto and Huston …. but I’ve remained loyal to the BoSox ever since. So that, Bill is the story of why I’m a Red Sox fan. Never been to Fenway so I guess I’m like a 2/3 Red Sox fan. Blessings! Tony
Nice story Tony, We Dodger fans are enjoying Nomar out here currently. He has been a blessing to OUR team. I heard “the rocket” has become a Christian lately as a result of God using Roger’s friend Andy Pettitte (Currently a Yankee btw). I guess I had forgotten about the little league WS in Nebraska. Is “the field of dreams” there or maybe it’s Iowa? Anyway I am excited that one of my favorite blog guys is a baseball fan. Blessings to you and also congrats for your up coming new baby this summer. (My daughter is due in May and my daughter in law is due in June.)
I did not hear of Clemen’s conversion, though that would be great. I know the Lord is using Albert Pujols to spread the Gospel in amazing ways … see his website. Maybe the Rocket will start spreading the fame of Jesus, too. That would be amazing. Amazing grace. … BTW, I assume your “little league WS” statement was a mistake for the “College World Series.” Or were you making fun of the CWS as child’s play? :-) Tony
7-6, 7-5, 7-6. Sounds like a tennis match. Congratulations to all the BOSOX fans. You definitely have something to brag about to the Yankee fans.