October 15, 2007: Yankees 16 Red Sox 8 (Yankees lead series, 2-1)

Posted by spooky at 9:39 AM




Not exactly a pitchers duel today in Yankee Stadium for game 3 of the ALCS. The Yankees get 7 runs in the first 3 innings off Tim Wakefield, and essentially coast their way to the 16-8 win. The usually non-clutch Alex Rodriguez was a big part of the offense, knocking in 5 of the first 6 Yankee runs with a 2 run and 3 run home run. Jorge Posada follows the 3 run homer with a solo shot of his own for the 7th run, and that's when Wakefield was mercifully pulled from the game. Julian Tavarez did 3 innings of mop up work, allowing 2 runs of his own, and the rest of the Sox bullpen were also unable to stop the bleeding.

The Sox gave a glimmer of hope in the 6th, when they chased Clemens from the game with 3 straight hits and eventually got a grand slam home run by Kevin Youkilis off Edwar Ramirez to pull within 4 runs. The Yankees would come right back with 2 in the bottom of the inning, then put a 5 spot up in the 8th. The key hit in the 8th was a bases loaded triple off the bat of former Sox Johnny Damon. The 7th was the only inning that the Yankees did not score in.

Curt Schilling makes his first start of the playoffs in game 4 for the Sox. Mike Mussina will take the hill for the Yanks.


Strat-O-Matic Report





BOXSCORE: 2007 Boston Red Sox At 2007 New York (AL) Yankees        10/15/2007
 
  Red Sox            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Yankees            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  J.Ellsbury CF       5  0  1  0 .333     J.Damon LF          5  0  1  3 .194  
  D.Pedroia 2B        4  1  1  0 .250     D.Jeter SS          5  3  2  0 .438  
  D.Ortiz DH          3  0  2  0 .500     B.Abreu RF          4  2  1  0 .111  
A-C.Crisp PR,DH       2  2  1  1 .269     A.Rodriguez 3B      4  4  3  5 .360  
  M.Ramirez LF        4  1  3  1 .267     J.Posada C          4  3  3  3 .292  
  M.Lowell 3B         5  2  2  2 .188     H.Matsui DH         4  0  1  2 .273  
  J.Drew RF           3  1  0  0 .263     R.Cano 2B           4  1  1  1 .348  
  K.Youkilis 1B       3  1  2  4 .259     M.Cabrera CF        5  2  1  0 .167  
  D.Mirabelli C       1  0  0  0 .000     D.Mientkiewicz 1B   4  1  3  2 .385  
B-E.Hinske PH         1  0  0  0 .000                                          
C-J.Varitek C         1  0  0  0 .320                                          
  J.Lugo SS           4  0  0  0 .241                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      36  8 12  8                 Totals      39 16 16 16
 
A-Pinch Ran For Ortiz In 6th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Mirabelli In 6th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Hinske In 6th Inning
 
Red Sox......... 0 0 0  0 0 5  0 1 2  -  8 12  1
Yankees......... 2 1 4  1 1 2  0 5    - 16 16  0
 
Red Sox (4-3)            IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
T.Wakefield LOSS(0-1)     2       6   7   7   2   1   3  64   9.90
J.Tavarez                 3       6   2   2   0   3   0  51   7.71
M.Delcarmen               1       2   2   1   0   0   0  26   4.50
K.Snyder                  1       1   3   3   3   1   0  26   9.00
J.Lopez                   1       1   2   2   2   0   0  22   4.91
Totals                    8      16  16  15   7   5   3
 
Yankees (5-2)            IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
R.Clemens WIN(2-0)        5       7   3   3   4   2   0  91   2.08
E.Ramirez HOLD(1st)       3       2   3   3   1   2   2  44   9.00
M.Rivera                  1       3   2   2   0   1   0  22  14.73
Totals                    9      12   8   8   5   5   2
 
ATTENDANCE- 53,673 DATE- Monday, October 15th 2007 TIME- Night WEATHER- Bad
UMPIRES- Jeff Nelson, Jim Wolf, Tim Tschida, Jim Joyce
T- 3:22
LEFT ON BASE- Red Sox: 6  Yankees: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Red Sox: 0  Yankees: 3
ERRORS- M.Ramirez
DOUBLES- D.Ortiz(5th), C.Crisp(1st), M.Ramirez(2nd), A.Rodriguez(2nd),
         R.Cano(1st), D.Mientkiewicz(2nd)
TRIPLES- D.Pedroia(1st), J.Damon(1st)
HOME RUNS- M.Lowell(1st), K.Youkilis(1st), A.Rodriguez-2(4th), J.Posada(1st)
STOLEN BASES- D.Pedroia(1st), D.Jeter(2nd)
SACRIFICE FLIES- R.Cano
WALKS- D.Pedroia, M.Ramirez, J.Drew, K.Youkilis, D.Mirabelli, J.Damon, D.Jeter,
       B.Abreu, A.Rodriguez, J.Posada, H.Matsui, D.Mientkiewicz
STRIKE OUTS- J.Ellsbury, D.Pedroia, D.Ortiz, M.Ramirez, J.Lugo, J.Damon-2,
             A.Rodriguez, R.Cano, M.Cabrera
GIDP- D.Pedroia, M.Lowell, D.Mirabelli
WILD PITCHES- J.Tavarez, R.Clemens
WEB GEMS- Top 3rd: Derek Jeter robbed Dustin Pedroia of a base hit.
 
Third baseman Alex Rodriguez rocketed 2 homeruns and had 5 RBI at Yankee
Stadium as the New York (AL) Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox 16 to
8.
 
Rodriguez had a great evening at the plate.  He had the crowd cheering his
every move.  He popped a two-run clout over the fence in the 1st inning,
smacked a three-run homer (his 4th of the season) in the 3rd inning and
doubled in the 6th inning.  New York (AL) provided plenty of action in the
3rd inning with 4 runs on 5 hits and the 8th inning with 5 runs.  The New
York (AL) offense man-handled the Boston pitching staff as they scored in 7
of the 9 innings.  
 
The victory went to Roger Clemens(2-0) who went 5 innings, allowing 3 runs.
Tim Wakefield(0-1) suffered the loss.  He served up 3 homeruns in his 2
innings.








 

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