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New York Yankees @ Boston Red Sox

2006-05-01 · Night game · Fenway Park · Att: 36339 · 46°F · Wind 16 mph from CF · 3:04

Boston Red Sox defeated New York Yankees 7–3. Boston Red Sox put up 4 in the 8th. Mike Timlin earned the win. David Ortiz went 3-for-4 with 1 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
NYA	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	4
BOS	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	4		7	10

W: Mike Timlin L: Aaron Small SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Rob Drake · 1B: Larry Young · 2B: Mike Everitt · 3B: Alfonso Marquez · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Johnny Damon	4	0	0	0	0	0
Derek Jeter	3	1	1	0	1	0
Jason Giambi	3	1	0	0	1	0
Alex Rodriguez	2	1	0	0	2	1
Hideki Matsui	4	0	0	1	0	1
Jorge Posada	4	0	0	0	0	1
Robinson Cano	3	0	2	2	0	0
Miguel Cairo	3	0	0	0	0	0
Bubba Crosby	3	0	1	0	0	1

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Kevin Youkilis	3	3	1	0	1	0
Mark Loretta	5	2	1	1	0	0
David Ortiz	4	1	3	4	1	0
Manny Ramirez	3	0	2	1	2	0
Trot Nixon	4	0	1	1	1	1
Mike Lowell	3	0	0	0	1	0
Wily Mo Pena	4	0	1	0	0	0
Doug Mirabelli	4	0	0	0	0	0
Alex Cora	3	0	1	0	1	0

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Chien-Ming Wang	5.0	6	4	0
Aaron Small	2.1	2	3	0
Tanyon Sturtze	0.0	1	0	0
Mike Myers	0.0	1	0	0
Scott Proctor	0.2	0	0	1

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Tim Wakefield	7.0	4	3	2
Mike Timlin	1.0	0	1	0
Jonathan Papelbon	1.0	0	0	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Johnny Damon: 9/F89M
Derek Jeter: 53/G56S-
Jason Giambi: 8/F89XD

Bot 1

Kevin Youkilis: W
Mark Loretta: 43/G34-.1-2
David Ortiz: S7/L78S+.2-H
Manny Ramirez: W.1-2
Trot Nixon: W.2-3;1-2
Mike Lowell: 32(3)/FO/G34S.2-3;1-2;B-1
Wily Mo Pena: 9/F9M

Top 2

Alex Rodriguez: W
Hideki Matsui: K
Jorge Posada: 9/F89S
Robinson Cano: 8/F8LD+

Bot 2

Doug Mirabelli: 63/G6
Alex Cora: 3/G34S
Kevin Youkilis: 7/F78M

Top 3

Miguel Cairo: 63/G6
Bubba Crosby: S6/G6MD
Johnny Damon: CS2(26)
Johnny Damon: 1/G3S-

Bot 3

Mark Loretta: 53/G5S
David Ortiz: W
Manny Ramirez: S9/G34.1-2
Trot Nixon: 46(1)3/GDP/G4M

Top 4

Derek Jeter: S9/L89S
Jason Giambi: W.1-2
Alex Rodriguez: W.2-3;1-2
Hideki Matsui: 3/G3S-.3-H;2-3;1-2
Jorge Posada: 43/G34S
Robinson Cano: S8/G4M.3-H;2-H
Miguel Cairo: 63/G6

Bot 4

Mike Lowell: 63/G6
Wily Mo Pena: 8/F8RD
Doug Mirabelli: 7/F7D

Top 5

Bubba Crosby: K
Johnny Damon: 5/P
Derek Jeter: 8/F8LD+

Bot 5

Alex Cora: S1/BG25-
Kevin Youkilis: S9/L89M.1-2
Mark Loretta: 15(2)/FO.1-2;B-1
David Ortiz: S7/L7S.2-3;1-2
Manny Ramirez: S9/L9S.3-H;2-3;1-2
Trot Nixon: 31/G34S-.3-H;2-3;1-2
Mike Lowell: 7/L78M

Top 6

Jason Giambi: 4/L9LS
Alex Rodriguez: 4/P4D
Hideki Matsui: 63/G6M

Bot 6

Wily Mo Pena: S8/L8RS
Doug Mirabelli: 54(1)/FO/G56.B-1
Alex Cora: 4/P9LSF
Kevin Youkilis: 63/G6

Top 7

Jorge Posada: 3/L3+
Robinson Cano: S8/G4M
Miguel Cairo: 5/L5S+
Bubba Crosby: 43/G34

Bot 7

Mark Loretta: 4/L4+
David Ortiz: 53/G56-
Manny Ramirez: W
Trot Nixon: S6/P8LS.1-3
Mike Lowell: W.1-2
Wily Mo Pena: 7/F78D

Top 8

Johnny Damon: 43/G34
Derek Jeter: W
Jason Giambi: 43/DP.1X3(36)

Bot 8

Doug Mirabelli: 43/G4
Alex Cora: W
Kevin Youkilis: HP.1-2
Mark Loretta: S8/G6M.2-H;1-2
David Ortiz: HR/F89XD+.2-H;1-H
Manny Ramirez: 7/F78D+
Trot Nixon: K

Top 9

Alex Rodriguez: K
Hideki Matsui: 5/P56
Jorge Posada: K

Notes & reviews

Red Sox acquire Mirabelli to catch Wakefield; Mirabelli flies in private jet from San Diego and is rushed from the airport to the park by the police in 12 minutes; he dresses for the game in the vehicle and starts the game after arriving only minutes before the first pitch

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