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Boston Red Sox @ New York Yankees

2015-08-06 · Night game · Yankee Stadium II · Att: 48608 · 79°F, cloudy · Wind 5 mph to RF · 2:54

New York Yankees defeated Boston Red Sox 2–1. New York Yankees opened the scoring in the 3rd — Alex Rodriguez doubles (17) on a sharp line drive to left fielder Hanley Ramirez. Brett Gardner scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 7th: Jacoby Ellsbury homers (5) on a fly ball to right field — worth 22% in win probability.

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Line score

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

W: Justin Wilson L: Eduardo Rodriguez SV: Andrew Miller

Umpires — HP: Rob Drake · 1B: D.J. Reyburn · 2B: Mike Everitt · 3B: Kerwin Danley · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Rusney Castillo	5	0	1	1	0	3
Xander Bogaerts	3	0	0	0	1	0
David Ortiz	4	0	0	0	0	1
Hanley Ramirez	4	0	1	0	0	0
Mike Napoli	4	0	0	0	0	2
Pablo Sandoval	3	0	0	0	1	2
Ryan Hanigan	4	1	2	0	0	1
Josh Rutledge	3	0	0	0	0	3
Jackie Bradley	2	0	1	0	2	1
Travis Shaw	1	0	1	0	0	0

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jacoby Ellsbury	4	1	2	1	0	1
Brett Gardner	3	1	1	0	0	1
Alex Rodriguez	3	0	2	1	1	1
Mark Teixeira	3	0	0	0	1	0
Chris Young	4	0	0	0	0	0
Chase Headley	3	0	0	0	0	1
J. R. Murphy	3	0	0	0	0	0
Didi Gregorius	3	0	0	0	0	0
Brendan Ryan	3	0	1	0	0	2

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Eduardo Rodriguez	7.0	6	2	5
Robbie Ross	1.0	0	0	1

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
CC Sabathia	6.0	3	3	8
Justin Wilson	1.0	1	0	3
Dellin Betances	1.0	1	0	1
Andrew Miller	1.0	1	1	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Rusney Castillo: K
Xander Bogaerts: 43/G6MS-
David Ortiz: 8/F8LM

Bot 1

Jacoby Ellsbury: 63/G6S-
Brett Gardner: 43/G34
Alex Rodriguez: S7/L78S
Mark Teixeira: W.1-2
Chris Young: 53/MREV/G56

Top 2

Hanley Ramirez: 63/G6
Mike Napoli: K
Pablo Sandoval: W
Ryan Hanigan: S9/G4.1-2
Josh Rutledge: K

Bot 2

Chase Headley: 43/G6M
J. R. Murphy: 63/G6S-
Didi Gregorius: 8/F8RD+

Top 3

Jackie Bradley: K
Rusney Castillo: 43/G4+
Xander Bogaerts: 9/F89M

Bot 3

Brendan Ryan: K
Jacoby Ellsbury: K
Brett Gardner: S8/L8RS
Alex Rodriguez: D7/L7D+.1-H
Mark Teixeira: 7/F78M

Top 4

David Ortiz: 5/F5S-
Hanley Ramirez: 63/G6
Mike Napoli: 63/G6+

Bot 4

Chris Young: 3/F4S-
Chase Headley: HP
J. R. Murphy: 64(1)/FO/G6
Didi Gregorius: 63/G6S-

Top 5

Pablo Sandoval: K
Ryan Hanigan: S8/G6M
Josh Rutledge: K
Jackie Bradley: W.1-2
Rusney Castillo: S68/G6MD.2-H;1-3
Xander Bogaerts: W.1-2
David Ortiz: K

Bot 5

Brendan Ryan: S8/G6M
Jacoby Ellsbury: S9/G4+.1-2
Brett Gardner: 24/SH/BG2L.2-3;1-2
Alex Rodriguez: IW
Mark Teixeira: 2/F23F-
Chris Young: 6/F6D-

Top 6

Hanley Ramirez: 7/L78D+
Mike Napoli: 43/G4
Pablo Sandoval: K23

Bot 6

Chase Headley: 7/L7D+
J. R. Murphy: 63/G6
Didi Gregorius: 7/L78M

Top 7

Ryan Hanigan: K
Josh Rutledge: K
Jackie Bradley: S8/G4M
Rusney Castillo: K

Bot 7

Brendan Ryan: K
Jacoby Ellsbury: HR/F9LD+
Brett Gardner: K
Alex Rodriguez: K

Top 8

Xander Bogaerts: 63/G6
David Ortiz: 43/G4
Hanley Ramirez: S9/G3
Mike Napoli: SB2
Mike Napoli: K

Bot 8

Mark Teixeira: 3/G34S-
Chris Young: 53/G5-
Chase Headley: K

Top 9

Pablo Sandoval: 7/F78S-
Ryan Hanigan: 9/F9M
Travis Shaw: S7/L6D
Jackie Bradley: W.1-2
Rusney Castillo: K

Notes & reviews

replay,1,younc004,NYA,danlk901,NYC21,,Y,M,BOS,C $when Chris Young was called safe at 1B, Red Sox manager John Farrell challenged the ruling; the call was overturned by replay

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