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Boston Red Sox @ New York Yankees

2007-04-28 · Day game · Yankee Stadium I · Att: 55026 · 70°F, cloudy · Wind 14 mph L to R · 3:25

New York Yankees defeated Boston Red Sox 3–1. New York Yankees put up 2 in the 4th. Kei Igawa earned the win and Mariano Rivera picked up the save. Jorge Posada went 1-for-2 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Kei Igawa L: Tim Wakefield SV: Mariano Rivera

Umpires — HP: Bruce Froemming · 1B: Rob Drake · 2B: Mike Winters · 3B: Brian Runge · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Julio Lugo	5	0	1	0	0	1
Kevin Youkilis	4	1	2	0	1	0
David Ortiz	3	0	0	0	1	0
Manny Ramirez	2	0	0	0	2	2
J. D. Drew	4	0	0	0	0	2
Mike Lowell	4	0	2	1	0	0
Coco Crisp	4	0	1	0	0	1
Doug Mirabelli	2	0	0	0	1	2
Dustin Pedroia	2	0	0	0	0	1
Eric Hinske	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jason Varitek	1	0	1	0	0	0
Alex Cora	1	0	0	0	0	0

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Johnny Damon	4	0	1	0	1	1
Derek Jeter	5	0	3	0	0	0
Bobby Abreu	3	0	0	0	2	0
Alex Rodriguez	4	0	0	0	0	2
Jason Giambi	2	0	0	0	2	0
Hideki Matsui	3	1	1	0	1	0
Jorge Posada	2	2	1	2	2	1
Robinson Cano	4	0	0	0	0	1
Melky Cabrera	4	0	1	1	0	0

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Tim Wakefield	5.1	5	6	3
Brendan Donnelly	0.2	1	1	0
J. C. Romero	1.0	0	1	1
Kyle Snyder	1.0	1	0	1

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jeff Karstens	0.0	2	0	0
Kei Igawa	6.0	2	4	6
Brian Bruney	1.0	0	0	1
Kyle Farnsworth	1.0	2	1	2
Mariano Rivera	1.0	1	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Julio Lugo: S2/L15+
Kevin Youkilis: S7/L7S.1-2
David Ortiz: 46(1)3/GDP/G4.2-3
Manny Ramirez: W
J. D. Drew: K

Bot 1

Johnny Damon: 6/P5D
Derek Jeter: E5/G
Bobby Abreu: SB2
Bobby Abreu: W
Alex Rodriguez: K+CS3(25)/DP

Top 2

Mike Lowell: 9/F89M
Coco Crisp: 53/G5
Doug Mirabelli: W
Dustin Pedroia: K

Bot 2

Jason Giambi: 31/G34
Hideki Matsui: S7/F78S
Jorge Posada: SB2
Jorge Posada: W
Robinson Cano: PB.2-3;1-2
Robinson Cano: K
Melky Cabrera: 9/L9M+

Top 3

Julio Lugo: K
Kevin Youkilis: W
David Ortiz: 46(1)3/GDP/G4

Bot 3

Johnny Damon: W
Derek Jeter: S7/L78S+.1-2
Bobby Abreu: 6(1)3/GDP/G6.2-3
Alex Rodriguez: 7!/L7D+

Top 4

Manny Ramirez: K
J. D. Drew: K
Mike Lowell: D8/F78D+
Coco Crisp: WP.2-3
Coco Crisp: 4/P3DF

Bot 4

Jason Giambi: 8/F8LXD+
Hideki Matsui: W
Jorge Posada: HR/F9LD+.1-H
Robinson Cano: 8/F78D
Melky Cabrera: 8/P8LS

Top 5

Doug Mirabelli: K
Dustin Pedroia: 8/F8LS
Julio Lugo: 4/L4D+

Bot 5

Johnny Damon: S9/L4D
Derek Jeter: E5/G56.1-2
Bobby Abreu: 15(2)/FO.1-2
Alex Rodriguez: K
Jason Giambi: W.2-3;1-2
Hideki Matsui: 8/F8LM+

Top 6

Kevin Youkilis: 4/P3D
David Ortiz: 3!/P3F
Manny Ramirez: W
J. D. Drew: 3/G3

Bot 6

Jorge Posada: W
Robinson Cano: 13/G15.1-2
Melky Cabrera: DGR/P7LS.2-H
Johnny Damon: 6/P6D
Derek Jeter: S6/G6MS.2-3
Bobby Abreu: W.1-2
Alex Rodriguez: 6/P

Top 7

Mike Lowell: E5/G6
Coco Crisp: S7.1-2
Doug Mirabelli: K
Eric Hinske: 5/P5F
Julio Lugo: 64(1)/FO/G6

Bot 7

Jason Giambi: W
Hideki Matsui: 16(1)/FO/G15
Jorge Posada: K
Robinson Cano: 23/G2R-

Top 8

Kevin Youkilis: S7/L5D
David Ortiz: W.1-2
Manny Ramirez: K
J. D. Drew: 64(1)/FO/G6.2-3
Mike Lowell: S9/L4D.3-H;1-2
Coco Crisp: K

Bot 8

Melky Cabrera: 8/F8RS
Johnny Damon: K
Derek Jeter: S6/G6MD
Bobby Abreu: 7/F7S

Top 9

Jason Varitek: S9/L4D
Alex Cora: 16(1)/FO/G13
Julio Lugo: 5!3/G56S.1-2
Kevin Youkilis: 4/P4D

Notes & reviews

Line drive off Karstens' right leg; after examination and practice pitches he stayed in game for one more batter; X-rays revealed broken fibula, onto DL
Red Sox center fielder Coco Crisp ejected by HP umpire Bruce Froemming for throwing his bat and helmet in protest of the third strike call

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