April 21, 2007 New York Yankees at Boston Red Sox Box Score and Play by Play

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LAA 7
SEA 6 BAL 5
TOR 2 BOS 7
NYY 5 CHW 7
@DET 5
(10) MIN 7
@KCR 5 TBD 6
CLE 5 TEX 7
OAK 0 CHC 6
STL 0 PHI 4
@CIN 1 SDP 7
@COL 3 FLA 9
WSN 3 LAD 7
PIT 3
(10) MIL 6
HOU 4 NYM 7
ATL 2 SFG 1
ARI 0

Standings at end of play this day

Fenway Park, Attendance: 36,342

Saturday, April 21, 2007, 3:57PM
Time of Game: 3:26

Yankees

8-8

Lost 2

3rd, 3 GB

                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Yankees         2  2  0   0  0  0   1  0  0    5  9  0
Red Sox         2  2  0   3  0  0   0  0  X    7 13  1

W: J Beckett (4-0), L: J Karstens (0-1), S: J Papelbon (5)

Red Sox

11-5

Won 4

1st

BATTING

New York Yankees             AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
M Cabrera CF                  4   0   1   1    1   1  .210  .452   16    2   0   SB
D Jeter SS                    5   2   2   0    0   1  .324  .758   13    2   3   GDP
B Abreu RF                    3   1   0   0    2   1  .323  .790   20    4   0   
A Rodriguez 3B                4   0   2   1    0   1  .379 1.464   15    1   1   2B
J Giambi DH                   4   0   1   1    0   3  .270  .844   17    0   0   
R Cano 2B                     4   0   2   1    0   0  .297  .687   15    0   3   2B
D Mientkiewicz 1B             3   0   0   0    0   0  .128  .432    8    7   0   
  J Phelps PH-1B              1   0   0   0    0   0  .294  .871    4    1   0   
K Thompson LF                 4   1   1   0    0   2  .250  .750   13    4   0   2B
W Nieves C                    3   1   0   0    0   0  .000  .000   11    3   0   
  J Damon PH                  1   0   0   0    0   0  .261  .806    7    0   0   

J Karstens P                                                             0   0
  B Bruney P                                                             0   1
  S Henn P                                                               0   0
  S Proctor P                                                            0   0
  K Farnsworth P                                                         0   0
Totals                       36   5   9   4    3   9              139   24   8

BATTING

2B: A Rodriguez (7, off J Beckett); R Cano (3, off J Beckett); K Thompson (2, off J Beckett).

TB: A Rodriguez 3; R Cano 3; K Thompson 2; D Jeter 2; M Cabrera; J Giambi.

GIDP: D Jeter (1).

RBI: R Cano (7); A Rodriguez (31); M Cabrera (5); J Giambi (13).

2-out RBI: A Rodriguez; R Cano; J Giambi.

Team LOB: 7.

With RISP: 4 for 15.

FIELDING

DP: 1. D Jeter-J Phelps.

BASERUNNING

SB: M Cabrera (1, 2nd base off J Papelbon/J Varitek).

Boston Red Sox               AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
J Lugo SS                     4   1   2   2    1   0  .276  .699   25    2   3   
K Youkilis 1B                 4   2   2   1    1   0  .259  .710   20   11   0   2B
D Ortiz DH                    5   1   2   4    0   1  .300 1.108   22    0   0   HR,2B
M Ramirez LF                  4   0   1   0    1   0  .193  .576   24    0   0   IW
J Drew RF                     4   0   0   0    1   0  .346  .877   23    0   0   GDP
M Lowell 3B                   4   0   1   0    0   0  .293  .765   14    1   1   
J Varitek C                   4   0   2   0    0   1  .267  .698   10    9   0   
C Crisp CF                    4   2   2   0    0   0  .214  .554   11    2   0   SB
A Cora 2B                     2   1   1   0    1   0  .357 1.009   21    2   5   SH

J Beckett P                                                              0   1
  H Okajima P                                                            0   0
  M Timlin P                                                             0   0
  J Papelbon P                                                           0   0
Totals                       35   7  13   7    5   2              170   27  10

BATTING

2B: K Youkilis (3, off J Karstens); D Ortiz (7, off J Karstens).

HR: D Ortiz (6, off J Karstens; 4th inn, 1 on, 2 outs to RF).

SH: A Cora (1, off J Karstens).

IBB: M Ramirez (2, by S Henn).

TB: D Ortiz 6; K Youkilis 3; C Crisp 2; J Lugo 2; J Varitek 2; M Lowell; M Ramirez; A Cora.

GIDP: J Drew (1).

RBI: D Ortiz 4 (17); J Lugo 2 (5); K Youkilis (5).

2-out RBI: D Ortiz 2; K Youkilis.

Team LOB: 10.

With RISP: 2 for 11.

FIELDING

DP: 1. A Cora-K Youkilis.

E: M Lowell (5).

BASERUNNING

SB: C Crisp (2, 2nd base off J Karstens/W Nieves).

PITCHING

New York Yankees              IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
J Karstens, L (0-1)            4.1   9   7   7    2   1   1  14.54   24   89-58   40· 3·15    8· 9· 4· 0     16    -     1.07  -0.47
B Bruney                       1     2   0   0    0   0   0   0.87    5   33-22   18· 0· 4    3· 1· 1· 0          1-0    0.60   0.02
S Henn                         0.2   0   0   0    1   1   0   0.79    3    8-4     1· 1· 2    0· 1· 0· 0          1-0    0.52   0.03
S Proctor                      1     1   0   0    2   0   0   2.45    6   22-11    8· 0· 3    0· 3· 1· 0          0-0    0.67   0.03
K Farnsworth                   1     1   0   0    0   0   0   6.14    3   16-9     5· 1· 3    1· 1· 1· 0          0-0    0.28   0.02
Totals                         8    13   7   7    5   2   1          41  168-104  72· 5·27   12·15· 7· 0          2-0

Boston Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
J Beckett, W (4-0)             6.2   9   5   4    2   7   0   2.55   31  106-72   38· 3·31   11· 7· 4· 0     43    -     1.03  -0.11
H Okajima, H (1)               0.2   0   0   0    0   1   0   1.08    2    8-6     2· 2· 2    1· 0· 0· 0          2-0    2.00   0.11
M Timlin, H (1)                0.2   0   0   0    0   0   0   4.91    2    6-5     3· 0· 2    0· 2· 0· 0          0-0    0.80   0.04
J Papelbon, S (5)              1     0   0   0    1   1   0   0.00    4   19-9     6· 1· 2    1· 1· 0· 0          0-0    1.54   0.09
Totals                         9     9   5   4    3   9   0          39  139-92   49· 6·37   13·10· 4· 0          2-0

Balks: None.

WP: J Karstens (1).

IBB: S Henn (1; M Ramirez).

HBP: None.

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Bob Davidson, 1B - Sam Holbrook, 2B - Hunter Wendelstedt, 3B - Randy Marsh.

Time of Game: 3:26.

Attendance: 36,342.

Field Condition: Unknown.

Weather: 64° F, Wind 8mph in from Leftfield, Cloudy.

LINEUPS

   New York Yankees              Boston Red Sox                       
1. M Cabrera            CF    1. J Lugo               SS 
2. D Jeter              SS    2. K Youkilis           1B 
3. B Abreu              RF    3. D Ortiz              DH 
4. A Rodriguez          3B    4. M Ramirez            LF 
5. J Giambi             DH    5. J Drew               RF 
6. R Cano               2B    6. M Lowell             3B 
7. D Mientkiewicz       1B    7. J Varitek            C  
8. K Thompson           LF    8. C Crisp              CF 
9. W Nieves             C     9. A Cora               2B 

   J Karstens           P        J Beckett            P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   b 4   2  4-5  1--  3   17%  83% D Ortiz         J Karstens      Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); Youkilis Scores
   b 1   0  2-0  -23  5   10%  61% D Ortiz         J Karstens      Double to RF (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Lugo Scores; Youkilis Scores
   b 1   0  2-0  1--  2   10%  50% K Youkilis      J Karstens      Double to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF Line); Lugo to 3B
   t 1   2  0-0  12-  5  -10%  41% J Giambi        J Beckett       Single to CF (Fly Ball to CF-RF); Jeter Scores; Abreu to 3B
   b 2   2  4-3  --3  2    9%  52% K Youkilis      J Karstens      Single to LF (Line Drive to Short LF); Cora Scores

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Yankees Batting, Tied 0-0, Josh Beckett facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   O      ---  6   52%  M Cabrera       Strikeout Looking
          ---  1   50%  D Jeter         Single to CF (Line Drive)
          1--  5   47%  B Abreu         Walk; Jeter to 2B
   O      12-  4   51%  A Rodriguez     Strikeout Looking
   R      12-  5   41%  J Giambi        Single to CF (Fly Ball to CF-RF); Jeter Scores; Abreu to 3B
   R      1-3  5   33%  R Cano          Single to 2B (Ground Ball to 2B-1B); Abreu Scores; Giambi to 2B
   O      12-  1   37%  D Mientkiewicz  Popfly: SS (Weak SS)
                  2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Yankees 2, Red Sox 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Red Sox Batting, Behind 0-2, Jeff Karstens facing 1-2-3
          ---  5   40%  J Lugo          Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B)
          1--  2   50%  K Youkilis      Double to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF Line); Lugo to 3B
   RR     -23  5   61%  D Ortiz         Double to RF (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Lugo Scores; Youkilis Scores
   O      -2-  6   59%  M Ramirez       Flyball: RF (Deep RF); Ortiz to 3B
   O      --3  7   52%  J Drew          Fielder's Choice 2B; Ortiz out at Hm/2B-C
   O      1--  3   50%  M Lowell        Flyball: CF
                  2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Yankees 2, Red Sox 2.

Top of the 2nd, Yankees Batting, Tied 2-2, Josh Beckett facing 8-9-1
          ---  4   44%  K Thompson      Double to LF (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
          -2-  5   36%  W Nieves        Fielder's Choice 3B; Thompson to 3B/Adv on E5 (throw); Nieves to 2B
   R      -23  2   29%  M Cabrera       Single to CF (Line Drive); Thompson Scores; Nieves to 3B
   ROO    1-3  1   35%  D Jeter         Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-1B; Nieves Scores/No RBI/unER
   O      ---  4   36%  B Abreu         Strikeout Swinging
                  2 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 0 LOB. Yankees 4, Red Sox 2.

Bottom of the 2nd, Red Sox Batting, Behind 2-4, Jeff Karstens facing 7-8-9
   O      ---  3   33%  J Varitek       Strikeout Looking
          ---  1   36%  C Crisp         Single to C/Bunt (Bunt to Front of Home)
          1--  2   40%  A Cora          Single to 3B/Bunt (Bunt to Front of Home); Crisp to 2B
          12-      45%  J Lugo          Wild Pitch; Crisp to 3B; Cora to 2B
   RO     -23  3   44%  " "             Groundout: 2B-1B; Crisp Scores; Cora to 3B
   R      --3  2   52%  K Youkilis      Single to LF (Line Drive to Short LF); Cora Scores
   O      1--  4   50%  D Ortiz         Flyball: RF (Deep RF)
                  2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Yankees 4, Red Sox 4.

Top of the 3rd, Yankees Batting, Tied 4-4, Josh Beckett facing 4-5-6
          ---  4   44%  A Rodriguez     Double to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF)
   O      -2-  4   48%  J Giambi        Strikeout Looking
   O      -2-  5   52%  R Cano          Groundout: 2B-1B (2B-1B); Rodriguez to 3B
   O      --3  4   56%  D Mientkiewicz  Flyball: CF (Deep CF)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Yankees 4, Red Sox 4.

Bottom of the 3rd, Red Sox Batting, Tied 4-4, Jeff Karstens facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  5   53%  M Ramirez       Flyball: CF (Deep CF)
          ---  6   56%  J Drew          Walk
   O      1--  3   53%  M Lowell        Flyball: LF (Deep LF)
   O      1--  2   50%  J Varitek       Lineout: RF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Yankees 4, Red Sox 4.

Top of the 4th, Yankees Batting, Tied 4-4, Josh Beckett facing 8-9-1
   O      ---  3   53%  K Thompson      Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  3   55%  W Nieves        Groundout: P-1B (Front of Home)
   O      ---  2   56%  M Cabrera       Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Yankees 4, Red Sox 4.

Bottom of the 4th, Red Sox Batting, Tied 4-4, Jeff Karstens facing 8-9-1
          ---  2   61%  C Crisp         Single to LF (Line Drive to Short LF)
          1--      63%  A Cora          Crisp Steals 2B
   O      -2-  2   62%  " "             Bunt Groundout: 3B-1B/Sacrifice (Weak 3B); Crisp to 3B
   RO     --3  3   64%  J Lugo          Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS); Crisp Scores
          ---  6   65%  K Youkilis      Walk
   RR     1--  3   83%  D Ortiz         Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); Youkilis Scores
   O      ---  4   82%  M Ramirez       Flyball: RF (Deep CF-RF)
                  3 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Yankees 4, Red Sox 7.

Top of the 5th, Yankees Batting, Behind 4-7, Josh Beckett facing 2-3-4
   O      ---  2   85%  D Jeter         Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS)
   O      ---  3   86%  B Abreu         Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS)
   O      ---  3   87%  A Rodriguez     Popfly: 2B (Weak 2B)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Yankees 4, Red Sox 7.

Bottom of the 5th, Red Sox Batting, Ahead 7-4, Jeff Karstens facing 5-6-7
   O      ---  5   86%  J Drew          Groundout: 2B-1B
          ---  5   87%  M Lowell        Single to LF (Fly Ball to Short LF)
                  Brian Bruney replaces Jeff Karstens pitching
          1--  4   90%  J Varitek       Single to CF (Line Drive to Deep CF); Lowell to 3B
   O      1-3  5   87%  C Crisp         Popfly: SS (Weak SS)
   O      1-3 11   85%  A Cora          Groundout: P-1B
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Yankees 4, Red Sox 7.

Top of the 6th, Yankees Batting, Behind 4-7, Josh Beckett facing 5-6-7
   O      ---  3   87%  J Giambi        Strikeout Looking
          ---  2   83%  R Cano          Double to LF (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
   O      -2-  3   87%  D Mientkiewicz  Groundout: 2B-1B; Cano to 3B
   O      --3  4   90%  K Thompson      Strikeout Looking
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Yankees 4, Red Sox 7.

Bottom of the 6th, Red Sox Batting, Ahead 7-4, Brian Bruney facing 1-2-3
          ---  6   91%  J Lugo          Single to LF (Ground Ball thru Weak 3B)
   O      1--  7   91%  K Youkilis      Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS-2B); Lugo to 2B
                  Sean Henn replaces Brian Bruney pitching
   O      -2-  3   89%  D Ortiz         Strikeout Looking
          -2-  4   90%  M Ramirez       Intentional Walk
   O      12-  1   88%  J Drew          Flyball: LF
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Yankees 4, Red Sox 7.

Top of the 7th, Yankees Batting, Behind 4-7, Josh Beckett facing 9-1-2
   O      ---  3   91%  W Nieves        Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  2   92%  M Cabrera       Popfly: 3B (Weak 3B)
          ---  3   91%  D Jeter         Single to RF (Ground Ball thru 2B-1B)
          1--  6   89%  B Abreu         Walk; Jeter to 2B
   R      12-  4   81%  A Rodriguez     Single to RF (Line Drive to Short RF); Jeter Scores; Abreu to 2B
                  Hideki Okajima replaces Josh Beckett pitching
   O      12-  5   88%  J Giambi        Strikeout Swinging
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Yankees 5, Red Sox 7.

Bottom of the 7th, Red Sox Batting, Ahead 7-5, Scott Proctor facing 6-7-8
                  Scott Proctor replaces Sean Henn pitching
   O      ---  3   86%  M Lowell        Flyball: LF (Deep LF)
          ---  1   88%  J Varitek       Single to LF (Line Drive to Short LF)
   O      1--  3   86%  C Crisp         Flyball: LF (Deep LF-CF)
          1--  5   87%  A Cora          Walk; Varitek to 2B
          12-  7   88%  J Lugo          Walk; Varitek to 3B; Cora to 2B
   O      123  3   85%  K Youkilis      Foul Popfly: 1B (1B Foul)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Yankees 5, Red Sox 7.

Top of the 8th, Yankees Batting, Behind 5-7, Hideki Okajima facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  3   89%  R Cano          Groundout: 2B-1B
                  Mike Timlin replaces Hideki Okajima pitching; Josh Phelps pinch hits for Doug Mientkiewicz batting 7th
   O      ---  4   92%  J Phelps        Popfly: SS (Deep SS)
   O      ---  2   93%  K Thompson      Popfly: 1B (Weak 2B)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Yankees 5, Red Sox 7.

Bottom of the 8th, Red Sox Batting, Ahead 7-5, Kyle Farnsworth facing 3-4-5
                  Kyle Farnsworth replaces Scott Proctor pitching; Josh Phelps moves to 1B
   O      ---  7   92%  D Ortiz         Popfly: 3B (Deep SS-3B Hole)
          ---  5   93%  M Ramirez       Single to RF (Line Drive to Short RF)
   OO     1--  4   91%  J Drew          Ground Ball Double Play: SS-1B (Weak SS)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Yankees 5, Red Sox 7.

Top of the 9th, Yankees Batting, Behind 5-7, Jonathan Papelbon facing 9-1-2
                  Jonathan Papelbon replaces Mike Timlin pitching; Johnny Damon pinch hits for Wil Nieves batting 9th
   O      ---  7   96%  J Damon         Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS)
          ---  4   90%  M Cabrera       Walk
   O      1--  6   96%  D Jeter         Strikeout Swinging, Cabrera Steals 2B
   O      -2-  2  100%  B Abreu         Flyball: CF (Deep CF)
        0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Yankees 5, Red Sox 7.

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LINEUPS

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

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