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New York Yankees @ Boston Red Sox

2002-04-14 · Day game · Fenway Park · Att: 33742 · 72°F, sunny · Wind 20 mph L to R · 2:52

New York Yankees defeated Boston Red Sox 6–2. New York Yankees put up 3 in the 7th. Mike Mussina earned the win and Mariano Rivera picked up the save. Alfonso Soriano went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
NYA	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	1	0	6	8
BOS	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	6

W: Mike Mussina L: Tim Wakefield SV: Mariano Rivera

Umpires — HP: Lance Barksdale · 1B: Larry Young · 2B: Bill Miller · 3B: Fieldin Culbreth · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Derek Jeter	3	0	1	0	2	0
Nick Johnson	5	0	1	1	0	3
Bernie Williams	5	0	0	0	0	2
Jason Giambi	3	1	1	0	1	1
Jorge Posada	4	0	1	0	0	1
Robin Ventura	4	1	1	1	0	2
Rondell White	3	1	1	2	0	0
Shane Spencer	3	1	0	0	1	1
Alfonso Soriano	4	2	2	2	0	0

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Johnny Damon	4	0	0	0	0	0
Jose Offerman	4	0	0	0	0	1
Nomar Garciaparra	4	1	2	0	0	0
Manny Ramirez	4	1	1	2	0	1
Brian Daubach	4	0	0	0	0	2
Shea Hillenbrand	4	0	1	0	0	1
Trot Nixon	3	0	1	0	1	0
Doug Mirabelli	2	0	1	0	0	1
Lou Merloni	3	0	0	0	0	0
Carlos Baerga	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jason Varitek	1	0	0	0	0	0

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mike Mussina	6.2	5	0	5
Ramiro Mendoza	1.0	1	0	0
Mariano Rivera	1.1	0	1	1

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Tim Wakefield	6.0	4	2	7
Willie Banks	0.0	3	2	0
Sun-Woo Kim	2.0	1	0	2
Casey Fossum	1.0	0	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Derek Jeter: 43/G4M
Nick Johnson: K
Bernie Williams: K

Bot 1

Johnny Damon: 13/G25
Jose Offerman: 43/G4MD
Nomar Garciaparra: 8/F8LM

Top 2

Jason Giambi: S9/L3D
Jorge Posada: S9/G34.1-2
Robin Ventura: K.2-3;1-2(PB)
Rondell White: 8/SF/F78D.3-H(UR)
Shane Spencer: 53/G5

Bot 2

Manny Ramirez: 9/L9M
Brian Daubach: K
Shea Hillenbrand: K

Top 3

Alfonso Soriano: HR/F78XD
Derek Jeter: W
Nick Johnson: SB2
Nick Johnson: K
Bernie Williams: 7/F78M
Jason Giambi: K

Bot 3

Trot Nixon: 8/F89XD
Doug Mirabelli: K
Lou Merloni: 9/F89S

Top 4

Jorge Posada: 5/FL
Robin Ventura: 4/L4D
Rondell White: 63/G6S

Bot 4

Johnny Damon: 8/F89D
Jose Offerman: K/C
Nomar Garciaparra: 9/F89M

Top 5

Shane Spencer: K
Alfonso Soriano: 9/F89XD
Derek Jeter: S1/G25
Nick Johnson: 8/F8RXD

Bot 5

Manny Ramirez: 43/G4
Brian Daubach: K
Shea Hillenbrand: 7/F78M

Top 6

Bernie Williams: 6/P6D
Jason Giambi: W
Jorge Posada: 8/F8RXD
Robin Ventura: PB.1-2
Robin Ventura: K

Bot 6

Trot Nixon: 8/L8LM
Doug Mirabelli: S7/G5
Lou Merloni: 9/F89M
Johnny Damon: 53/G5

Top 7

Rondell White: HR/F78XD
Shane Spencer: W
Alfonso Soriano: D8/F8RXD.1-H
Derek Jeter: W
Nick Johnson: S8/G6M.2-H;1-2
Bernie Williams: K
Jason Giambi: 9/F9M
Jorge Posada: K/C

Bot 7

Jose Offerman: 4/L4MD
Nomar Garciaparra: S7/G56
Manny Ramirez: HR/F8RXD.1-H
Brian Daubach: 13/G13
Shea Hillenbrand: S7/L7M
Trot Nixon: D7/L7LD.1-3
Carlos Baerga: 3/G3

Top 8

Robin Ventura: HR/F8RXD
Rondell White: 3/G3
Shane Spencer: 4/L4D
Alfonso Soriano: 8/L78D

Bot 8

Lou Merloni: 53/G56
Johnny Damon: 63/G6
Jose Offerman: E4/G4
Nomar Garciaparra: S8/L4MD.1-3
Manny Ramirez: K/C

Top 9

Derek Jeter: 63/G6
Nick Johnson: K
Bernie Williams: 43/G4M

Bot 9

Brian Daubach: 1/G13
Shea Hillenbrand: 9/F9LD
Trot Nixon: W
Jason Varitek: 6/P6MD

Notes & reviews

1B umpire Larry Young called time because a beach ball came onto the field; Robin Ventura struck out on the 3-2 pitch, which was nullified by Young's call

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