Red Sox Come From Behind To Beat Yankees 9-5
Jacoby Ellsbury hit a tie-breaking two-run homer in the sixth inning and Josh Beckett improved to 4-0 against the New York Yankees.
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Jacoby Ellsbury hit a tie-breaking two-run homer in the sixth inning and Josh Beckett improved to 4-0 against the New York Yankees.
CC Sabathia finally conquered the Red Sox on Tuesday night. The Yankees' ace notched his first victory against Boston this season, one that could spur on the Bombers.
Red Sox catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia insists Yankees catcher Francisco Cervelli wasn't hit on purpose -- but it sure did look like he was.
Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez is expected to sit out this week's entire series against the Red Sox at Fenway Park because of his sprained left thumb. And he's not happy about it.
If you listen carefully to Tuesday night's radio call - and we did - you can hear John Sterling's radio sidekick, Suzyn Waldman, expressing her concern for the Yankees backup catcher.
The Yankees handed the Red Sox a 5-2 loss up in Beantown last night, but the win did not come without incident.
CC Sabathia snapped out of his Red Sox funk, striking out 10 in six innings to beat Boston for the first time in five tries this season.
As is usually the case when the Yankees and Red Sox play, Mike Hurley of NESN.com joined me for an email discussion about the rivalry and the upcoming series.
Evan Roberts' rankings are mostly steady this week, with one notable exception toward the top: Boston over New York. But then again, maybe the Yankees can do something about that in Fenway this week.
Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez's painful August is about to end -- just in time for September's stretch run.
With a few better performances against the Red Sox, CC Sabathia could be having a Cy Young Award-caliber season rather than just an outstanding one. He could also have the Yankees in first place.
Garcia returned to pitch six innings of two-hit ball. Nick Swisher homered and the New York Yankees beat the Baltimore Orioles 3-2 Monday night earn a split of the four-game series.
By the end of Thursday's game against the Boston Red Sox, Joe Girardi will be able to say he had one last good, hard look at all his starters.
Thanks to a disagreement over when to play Saturday's Irene-postponed doubleheader, the Yankees have once again found themselves on Buck Showalter's bad side.
The Yankees have the offense to be considered a serious threat to win the World Series, but their starting pitching has raised plenty of concerns. Perhaps Freddy Garcia's return will provide the boost they've desperately needed -- especially with two All-Stars suddenly ailing.
