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By Nick Ziegler (@Ziggy26x)
August 18th, 2013
New York Yankees vs Boston Red Sox Post
Game Recap
Final Score Yankees 9 Red Sox 6
The New York Yankees were able to pull
of possibly their best win of the season on Sunday night, as they
took the rubber game in their series with the Boston Red Sox. The win
moves the Yankees to (64-59), which is 7.5 games behind the Red Sox
for the AL East and still six games behind the two Wild Card spots.
C.C. Sabathia once again did not pitch
well, but with a lot of run support was able to pick up his 11th
win of the season. The Red Sox wasted little time getting to
Sabathia. As in the first inning they scored two runs on a Johnny
Gomes sac-fly, and a Jarrod Saltalamacchia base-hit. The middle
innings wouldn’t be any kinder to Sabathia, as in the third inning
a David Ortiz ground-out scored Shane Victorino for the third run off
Sabathia. In the fourth inning it two more runs would be allowed on a
Stephen Drew sac-fly, and then a Will Middlebrooks solo-home run. In
the fifth inning the Red Sox would get their final run off of
Sabathia with the bases loaded, as Daniel Nava was able to work a
walk. Sabathia would finish going 5.1 innings allowing six runs on
seven hits, five walks, and he did not retaliate to Alex Rodriguez
being hit by a pitch.
Red Sox Starter Ryan Dempster also
struggled in this game, and he picked up his ninth loss of the
season. In the second inning, Dempster threw a pitch at Rodriguez's
knees, and then on a 3-0 count drilled him with a pitch in the elbow.
This however seemed to spark the Yankees, as Joe Girardi came out of
the dugout and went absolutely nuts on the home plate umpire and had
some words for Dempster as well. The Yankees would however make
Dempster pay in the inning, as Eduardo Nunez had a base-hit that
scored Rodriguez, and then Overbay had a sac-fly that scored Curtis
Granderson to tie the game up at the time. In the third inning
Rodriguez would get some semi revenge off Dempster with an RBI
ground-out that scored Ichiro Suzuki to break the tied game at the
time. A few innings later in the sixth Rodriguez would get his full
on revenge, as he hit a solo-home run, which really seemed to wake
the Yankees offense up in that inning, as later in the inning Brett
Gardner would clear the bases with a three-run triple giving the
Yankees the lead. Dempster would finish going 5.1 innings allowing
seven runs on nine hits, one walk, and he added some juice to the
Yankees/Red Sox rivalry by hitting Rodriguez.
The Yankees offense would be able to
get some insurance runs in the seventh and ninth innings against the
Red Sox bullpen, as in the seventh Mark Reynolds had a two-out RBI
single that scored Granderson, and in the ninth Chris Stewart had a
base-hit that scored Jayson Nix, who came in to play Shortstop for
the injured Nunez.
Mariano Rivera got back on the mound
after his tough last week, and even though the tying runner got to
the plate against Rivera he was able to close the door on the Red Sox
giving the Yankees the series win, and earning his 36th
save of the season.
Next up for the Yankees will be a
double-header in the Bronx against the Toronto Blue Jays, as they
Yankees will be playing four games in three days against them.
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