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Boston Red Sox @ New York Yankees

2003-10-08 · 2003 League Championship Series · Game 1 of 7 Game 2 ▶ · Night game · Yankee Stadium I · Att: 56281 · 67°F, cloudy · Wind 8 mph to CF · 3:20

Boston Red Sox defeated New York Yankees 5–2. Boston Red Sox put up 2 in the 4th. Tim Wakefield earned the win and Scott Williamson picked up the save.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BOS	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	5	13
NYA	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	3

W: Tim Wakefield L: Mike Mussina SV: Scott Williamson

Umpires — HP: Tim McClelland · 1B: Terry Craft · 2B: Alfonso Marquez · 3B: Derryl Cousins · LF: Joe West · RF: Angel Hernandez

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Todd Walker	5	1	2	1	0	0
Bill Mueller	5	0	1	0	0	0
Nomar Garciaparra	5	0	0	0	0	2
Manny Ramirez	5	3	4	1	0	0
David Ortiz	3	1	1	2	1	1
Kevin Millar	5	0	2	1	0	2
Trot Nixon	3	0	2	0	1	0
Doug Mirabelli	4	0	1	0	0	1
Gabe Kapler	4	0	0	0	0	1

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Alfonso Soriano	4	0	0	0	0	2
Derek Jeter	4	0	0	0	0	0
Jason Giambi	3	1	0	0	1	1
Bernie Williams	3	1	0	0	1	0
Jorge Posada	4	0	2	1	0	1
Hideki Matsui	2	0	1	1	0	0
Aaron Boone	3	0	0	0	0	0
Nick Johnson	3	0	0	0	0	0
Juan Rivera	2	0	0	0	0	1
Ruben Sierra	1	0	0	0	0	0

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Tim Wakefield	6.0	2	2	2
Alan Embree	1.0	1	0	0
Mike Timlin	1.0	0	0	1
Scott Williamson	1.0	0	0	2

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mike Mussina	5.2	8	2	4
Felix Heredia	0.2	0	0	0
Jeff Nelson	0.1	2	0	0
Gabe White	1.1	2	0	0
Jose Contreras	1.0	1	0	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Todd Walker: 43/G
Bill Mueller: 3/G
Nomar Garciaparra: 8/F

Bot 1

Alfonso Soriano: 9/F
Derek Jeter: 4/P
Jason Giambi: 43/G

Top 2

Manny Ramirez: 63/G
David Ortiz: W
Kevin Millar: 7/L
Trot Nixon: W.1-2
Doug Mirabelli: 13/G

Bot 2

Bernie Williams: 7/F
Jorge Posada: S9/G
Hideki Matsui: S7/L.1-2
Aaron Boone: 8/F
Nick Johnson: 3/G

Top 3

Gabe Kapler: 9/F
Todd Walker: 8/F
Bill Mueller: S7/G
Nomar Garciaparra: 6/P

Bot 3

Juan Rivera: K
Alfonso Soriano: 43/G
Derek Jeter: 5/P

Top 4

Manny Ramirez: S3/G
David Ortiz: HR/9/F.1-H
Kevin Millar: K
Trot Nixon: S9/G
Doug Mirabelli: K
Gabe Kapler: K

Bot 4

Jason Giambi: 2/P2F
Bernie Williams: 9/F
Jorge Posada: 6/L

Top 5

Todd Walker: HR/9/F
Bill Mueller: 8/F
Nomar Garciaparra: K
Manny Ramirez: HR/9/F
David Ortiz: 23/G

Bot 5

Hideki Matsui: 43/G
Aaron Boone: 8/F
Nick Johnson: 43/G

Top 6

Kevin Millar: S4/G
Trot Nixon: 6/P
Doug Mirabelli: S7/G.1-2
Gabe Kapler: 8/F
Todd Walker: 3/G

Bot 6

Juan Rivera: 8/F
Alfonso Soriano: K
Derek Jeter: 5/L

Top 7

Bill Mueller: 63/G
Nomar Garciaparra: 23/G
Manny Ramirez: S9/L
David Ortiz: HP.1-2
Kevin Millar: S7/G.2-H;1-2
Trot Nixon: S9/L.2-3;1-2
Doug Mirabelli: 46(1)/FO/G

Bot 7

Jason Giambi: W
Bernie Williams: W.1-2
Jorge Posada: D8/L.2-H;1-3
Hideki Matsui: 7/SF.3-H
Aaron Boone: 8/F
Nick Johnson: 8/L

Top 8

Gabe Kapler: 9/F
Todd Walker: S8/G
Bill Mueller: POCS2(134)
Bill Mueller: 9/F

Bot 8

Ruben Sierra: 3/L
Alfonso Soriano: K
Derek Jeter: 3/P3F

Top 9

Nomar Garciaparra: K
Manny Ramirez: S9/G
David Ortiz: WP.1-2
David Ortiz: K
Kevin Millar: K

Bot 9

Jason Giambi: K
Bernie Williams: 3/G
Jorge Posada: K

Notes & reviews

the ball landed in the third deck
the ball appeared to strike the pole or a fan's hand in front of the pole; called foul by RF umpire Angel Hernandez but immediately overruled by HP umpire Tim McClelland

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