| A Red Sox-Yankee battle for the ages goes to extra innings and ends up as a 6-4 Red Sox win that puts them just one game away from the World Series. That puts both real life 2007 world series combatants up 3-2 in my replay playoffs! The Sox and Yanks played a cat and mouse game in this one. The Red Sox scored single runs in the 1st, 3rd and 4th innings, and the Yankees countered with a single run in the bottom of all 3 innings. The Yankees took their first lead of the game in the 7th on a Jason Giambi home run (his 2nd of the game), but the Sox get one right back in the top of the 8th when Mike Lowell goes deep. The Yankees would get a runner on in both the 8th and 9th, but couldn't get past first base. In the 10th, Manny Ramirez leads off with a single. Next up is Lowell, who once again puts one in the seats to give the Sox a 6-4 lead! Lowell picked the right time to get hot, as he had been hitting just .150 for the playoffs before the 2 homers. The Yankees got a leadoff double from Derek Jeter in the bottom of the inning, but Jonathan Papelbon gets the 3 outs after that for his 5th postseason save. The series returns to Boston for game 6, with the Yanks throwing Andy Pettitte against Sox ace Josh Beckett. |
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 2007 Boston Red Sox At 2007 New York (AL) Yankees 10/18/2007
Red Sox AB R H RBI AVG Yankees AB R H RBI AVG
D.Pedroia 2B 4 0 0 0 .250 J.Damon LF 3 1 1 0 .179
K.Youkilis 1B 5 1 2 0 .297 D.Jeter SS 5 0 2 0 .439
D.Ortiz DH 4 1 1 1 .429 B.Abreu RF 3 0 0 1 .121
M.Ramirez LF 5 1 3 1 .350 A.Rodriguez 3B 4 0 0 0 .303
M.Lowell 3B 4 3 2 3 .200 J.Posada C 5 0 0 0 .303
J.Drew RF 1 0 0 0 .304 H.Matsui DH 4 0 0 0 .233
J.Varitek C 5 0 0 0 .242 J.Giambi 1B 3 2 2 2 .313
C.Crisp CF 5 0 1 1 .265 A-D.Mientkiewicz 1B 1 0 0 0 .353
J.Lugo SS 2 0 0 0 .257 R.Cano 2B 3 0 0 0 .300
B-B.Sardinha PR 0 0 0 0 .000
C-W.Betemit 2B 0 0 0 0 ----
M.Cabrera CF 4 1 2 0 .188
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Totals 35 6 9 6 Totals 35 4 7 3
A-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Giambi In 8th Inning
B-Pinch Ran For Cano In 9th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Sardinha In 10th Inning
Red Sox......... 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 - 6 9 0
Yankees......... 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 4 7 0
Red Sox (6-3) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
D.Matsuzaka 6 2/3 6 4 4 3 5 2 107 6.38
H.Okajima WIN(1-0) 2 1/3 0 0 0 1 2 0 36 0.00
J.Papelbon SAVE(5th) 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 15 0.00
Totals 10 7 4 4 4 9 2
Yankees (5-4) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
C.Wang 8 7 4 4 7 3 2 138 3.38
L.Vizcaino LOSS(0-1) 1 2 2 2 1 0 1 22 5.79
J.Veras 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0.00
Totals 10 9 6 6 8 4 3
ATTENDANCE- 55,821 DATE- Thursday, October 18th 2007 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Rick Reed, Chuck Meriwether, Al Marquez, Tim Timmons
T- 3:24
LEFT ON BASE- Red Sox: 8 Yankees: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Red Sox: 1 Yankees: 4
DOUBLES- M.Ramirez(4th), J.Damon(2nd), D.Jeter(3rd)
HOME RUNS- D.Ortiz(4th), M.Lowell-2(3rd), J.Giambi-2(3rd)
SACRIFICE FLIES- B.Abreu
WALKS- D.Ortiz, M.Lowell, J.Drew-4, J.Lugo-2, J.Damon-2, B.Abreu, A.Rodriguez
HIT BY PITCH- D.Pedroia, R.Cano
STRIKE OUTS- M.Ramirez, J.Varitek-2, J.Lugo, D.Jeter-2, B.Abreu, A.Rodriguez,
J.Posada, J.Giambi, D.Mientkiewicz, M.Cabrera-2
GIDP- K.Youkilis, M.Lowell, J.Varitek, C.Crisp, A.Rodriguez
WILD PITCHES- C.Wang
Third baseman Mike Lowell ripped 2 homeruns and had 3 RBI as the Boston Red
Sox defeated the New York (AL) Yankees in 10 innings 6 to 4 at Yankee
Stadium.
The score was tied at 4 after nine. Finally, Boston pulled the game out in
the 10th inning. Manny Ramirez led off the inning for Boston when he banged
out a single. Lowell stepped up next and he blasted a two-run home run (his
3rd of the season). A wild affair, this game saw the lead change 5 times.
Hideki Okajima(1-0) went 2 and 1/3 innings allowing no runs for the win.
Jonathan Papelbon recorded the save, his 5th. Luis Vizcaino(0-1) took the
loss in relief.
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