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Boston Red Sox @ New York Yankees

2009-09-27 · Day game · Yankee Stadium II · Att: 47576 · 66°F, drizzle, wet · Wind 6 mph from RF · 2:56

New York Yankees defeated Boston Red Sox 4–2. New York Yankees put up 2 in the 6th. Andy Pettitte earned the win and Mariano Rivera picked up the save. Melky Cabrera went 2-for-3 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Andy Pettitte L: Paul Byrd SV: Mariano Rivera

Umpires — HP: Chad Fairchild · 1B: Bill Welke · 2B: Tim Welke · 3B: Jeff Kellogg · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jacoby Ellsbury	5	0	1	0	0	1
Dustin Pedroia	4	0	0	0	0	0
Jason Bay	4	2	2	0	0	0
Kevin Youkilis	3	0	1	0	1	1
David Ortiz	2	0	0	0	2	1
Mike Lowell	4	0	1	1	0	0
J. D. Drew	4	0	2	0	0	1
Jason Varitek	3	0	1	0	0	1
Alex Gonzalez	3	0	0	0	0	1
Victor Martinez	1	0	0	0	0	0
Casey Kotchman	1	0	0	0	0	0

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Derek Jeter	4	0	2	0	0	0
Brett Gardner	3	0	0	0	0	0
Mark Teixeira	4	2	2	1	0	0
Alex Rodriguez	4	1	1	0	0	1
Hideki Matsui	4	0	1	2	0	0
Nick Swisher	3	0	1	0	1	0
Robinson Cano	3	0	1	0	0	0
Melky Cabrera	3	1	2	1	0	0
Jose Molina	3	0	0	0	0	0

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Paul Byrd	5.2	7	0	1
Takashi Saito	0.1	1	1	0
Ramon Ramirez	1.0	1	0	0
Daniel Bard	1.0	1	0	0

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Andy Pettitte	6.0	7	3	4
Brian Bruney	1.2	0	0	1
Phil Coke	0.1	0	0	1
Mariano Rivera	1.0	1	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Jacoby Ellsbury: 8/F8LS
Dustin Pedroia: 43/G4
Jason Bay: D9/L9LM+
Kevin Youkilis: W
David Ortiz: WP.2-3;1-2
David Ortiz: W
Mike Lowell: S15.3-H;2-3;1-2
J. D. Drew: 4/L4+

Bot 1

Derek Jeter: S7/L7S+
Brett Gardner: 34/SH/BG34S.1-2
Mark Teixeira: 341/G34+.2-3
Alex Rodriguez: K

Top 2

Jason Varitek: S9/L9S-
Alex Gonzalez: 54(1)3/GDP/G56
Jacoby Ellsbury: S1/BG34S+
Dustin Pedroia: 343/L34S+

Bot 2

Hideki Matsui: 2/F25F-
Nick Swisher: 43/G4
Robinson Cano: S8/G4
Melky Cabrera: CS2(26)

Top 3

Jason Bay: S5/G5
Kevin Youkilis: S7/G6.1-2
David Ortiz: W.2-3;1-2
Mike Lowell: 64(1)3/GDP/G6.3-H(NR);2-3
J. D. Drew: K

Bot 3

Melky Cabrera: HR/F89D+
Jose Molina: 43/G4
Derek Jeter: 53/G56
Brett Gardner: 7/F7S

Top 4

Jason Varitek: 8/F8LM
Alex Gonzalez: 8/F78D
Jacoby Ellsbury: K

Bot 4

Mark Teixeira: 3/G34
Alex Rodriguez: 63/G6
Hideki Matsui: 8/F8LXD

Top 5

Dustin Pedroia: 7/F78D
Jason Bay: 8/F8LD
Kevin Youkilis: K

Bot 5

Nick Swisher: D9/L9LD+
Robinson Cano: 8/FDP/AP/F8RM.2X2(14)
Melky Cabrera: S9/L89S+
Jose Molina: 9/F89D+

Top 6

David Ortiz: 7/F78M
Mike Lowell: 53/G56
J. D. Drew: S8/L8RD
Jason Varitek: K

Bot 6

Derek Jeter: 9/F89XD+
Brett Gardner: 3/G3
Mark Teixeira: S8/F8RM
Alex Rodriguez: S8/L6D+.1-2
Hideki Matsui: WP.2-3;1-2
Hideki Matsui: S9/L89M.3-H;2-H
Nick Swisher: W.1-2
Robinson Cano: 8/F8LXD

Top 7

Alex Gonzalez: K
Jacoby Ellsbury: 63/G6
Dustin Pedroia: 43/G4S-

Bot 7

Melky Cabrera: 5/L56
Jose Molina: 8/F8RM
Derek Jeter: S8/G6M+
Brett Gardner: 7/F7S

Top 8

Jason Bay: 3/P
Kevin Youkilis: 9/F9S
David Ortiz: K

Bot 8

Mark Teixeira: HR/F9D+
Alex Rodriguez: 63/G6+
Hideki Matsui: 8/F8RXD+
Nick Swisher: 6/F6-

Top 9

Mike Lowell: 9/F9M
J. D. Drew: S8/F8LS-
Victor Martinez: E4/G34.1-2
Casey Kotchman: 43/G4S-.2-3;1-2
Jacoby Ellsbury: 13/G13-

Notes & reviews

Yankees runner Nick Swisher was called out on appeal for leaving second base too soon when tagging up on the fly ball. Ellsbury is credited with DP, but not an assist

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