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Red Sox Hold Off Yankees Again For 7-3 Win

Behind the masterful performance of Jon Lester, the Red Sox took down the Pinstripes 7-3 on Saturday in New York. Lester, who will be gunning for win #20 in his final start of the year, had a perfect game through 4.0 innings and a no-no through 5.1. He only gave up two hits to go with his three walks and eight strikeouts (and a 2.96 ERA for the year).

Lester’s only real trouble came in the 6th, after a walk and a single, Derek Jeter singled to left field, and Austin Kearns tried to come around to score, but Daniel Nava gunned him down. Mark Teixeira made it to 3rd in the next inning, but the Yankees could do nothing.

Meanwhile, the Red Sox started their momentum in the 3rd, starting with a HBP, walk, and two singles. J.D. Drew grounded into a double play, which limited the gains from the inning, though a run did score on the play. And David Ortiz singled in another run later in the inning too.

Papi added another RBI single to his day in the 5th, and then in the 7th, J.D. Drew and Victor Martinez went back-to-back off of Chad Gaudin. The tally at the time: 6-0 good guys.

By that time, Lester’s pitch count was getting up there (102), so Daniel Bard came out to pitch the 8th. Brett Gardner reach on a(nother) fielding error by Adrian Beltre, and Bard promptly allowed a home run to Curtis Granderson. After two straight doubles from the Sox in the 9th made it 7-2, Hideki Okajima allowed a lead-off home run to A-Rod before silencing the Yankees for good.

Sox Stud of the Game: Jon Lester

The offense gets their due, but without Lester’s performance, the bullpen probably would have blown yet another game.

Sox Dud of the Game: The Bullpen

You actually got the sense that the Yankees could come back. Bard and Okajima combined for a 9.00 ERA (13.50 if you include the error that could just as easily been scored a tough hit) and 1.50 WHIP (2.00 with the aforementioned error) on the day.

That’s What He Said

“You can hear Kalish calling Nova off.” – the Fox announcers during the first out of the bottom of the 2nd, on a play in which Kalish and Nava nearly collided. They confused Nava and Nova (the Yankees’ starting pitcher) several more times.

Game Notes:

W: Jon Lester (19-8)
L: Ivan Nova (1-1)

• The Red Sox have now used 136 different lineups in 154 games.
• Boston’s longest streak with the same lineup in 2010? Nine games.
• 19 different Red Sox have been on the disabled list this year.
• A happy 23rd birthday to Lars Anderson; he’s younger than me, yet he’s accomplished so much more.
• The Yankees have lost four in a row at home for the first time this season.
• The Rangers clinched their division by beating the Athletics. They join the Twins as the first two official playoff teams.

AL East / Wildcard Hunt:

Team	W	L	GB	E#	WCGB	WCE#	Remaining Schedule
Tampa Bay Rays	92	61	-	-	-	-	2 vs Seattle (currently leading 4-0 in the top of the 6th), 3 vs Baltimore, 4 @ Kansas City
New York Yankees	92	63	1.0	8	-	-	1 vs Boston, 3 @ Toronto, 3 @ Boston
Boston Red Sox	86	68	6.5	3	5.5	3	1 @ New York (Yankees), 4 @ Chicago (White Sox), 3 vs New York (Yankees)

Tags: Adrian Beltre, Daniel Bard, Daniel Nava, David Ortiz, Hideki Okajima, J.D. Drew, Jon Lester, Lars Anderson, New York Yankees, Red Sox, Ryan Kalish

Discussion

2 comments for “Red Sox Hold Off Yankees Again For 7-3 Win”

1. good column John. Hey, is “stud”, “dud” and “that’s what he said” and “game note” your idea, or is that a format you have to use? I really like that part. Interesting stats and trivia in your game notes. Thanks, LLB

   Posted by LLB | September 27, 2010, 10:45 am

2. No, that’s something we all usually do.

   Posted by John | September 27, 2010, 10:46 am

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