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Standings at end of play this day

Yankee Stadium, Attendance: 54,667

Wednesday, April 16, 2008, 7:05pm
Time of Game: 4:08
Red Sox
9
9-7
Lost 1
1st
                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Red Sox         1  1  0   1  6  0   0  0  0    9 14  1
Yankees         3  0  0   4  4  0   0  4  X   15 16  0
W: L Hawkins (1-0), L: J Tavarez (0-1), S: B Bruney (1)
Yankees
15
9-7
Won 3
1st

BATTING

Boston Red Sox               AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
J Ellsbury CF                 5   0   0   0    1   0  .233  .718   18    7   0   
D Pedroia 2B                  5   2   2   2    1   0  .318  .772   21    1   5   2B
D Ortiz DH                    5   1   1   1    0   1  .121  .411   15    0   0   
M Ramirez LF                  4   1   3   1    1   1  .323 1.004   20    1   0   2B
K Youkilis 3B                 5   1   1   0    0   3  .368 1.029   19    0   1   
  J Lowrie 3B                 0   0   0   0    0   0  .250  .500         0   0   
J Drew RF                     5   2   3   2    0   0  .349 1.001   18    0   1   
J Varitek C                   4   1   1   0    1   2  .260  .822   20    4   0   2B
S Casey 1B                    3   1   2   2    2   0  .321  .853   23    7   1   
J Lugo SS                     5   0   1   1    0   1  .273  .619   15    4   1   

C Buchholz P                                                             0   0
  J Tavarez P                                                            0   0
  D Aardsma P                                                            0   0
  M Timlin P                                                             0   0
Totals                       41   9  14   9    6   8              169   24   9
BATTING
2B: J Varitek (4, off C Wang); M Ramirez (7, off C Wang); D Pedroia (5, off C Wang).
TB: M Ramirez 4; J Drew 3; D Pedroia 3; S Casey 2; J Varitek 2; K Youkilis; D Ortiz; J Lugo.
RBI: D Pedroia 2 (5); J Drew 2 (10); S Casey 2 (7); J Lugo (2); D Ortiz (4); M Ramirez (15).
2-out RBI: D Pedroia 2; M Ramirez.
Team LOB: 11.
With RISP: 7 for 20.
FIELDING
E: J Lugo (6).
New York Yankees             AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
M Cabrera CF                  4   1   1   1    1   1  .295  .785   18    2   0   SB
D Jeter SS                    4   2   2   2    1   0  .324  .753   27    2   1   
B Abreu RF                    5   1   1   2    0   2  .288  .812   28    0   0   HR
A Rodriguez 3B                4   2   2   1    0   1  .313  .956   16    1   3   HR,2B,HBP
H Matsui LF                   4   2   2   0    1   0  .327  .938   19    3   0   IW
  J Damon PR-LF               0   1   0   0    0   0  .200  .688         1   0   
J Posada DH                   5   2   2   3    0   0  .270  .730   11    0   0   2·2B
J Giambi 1B                   4   2   2   2    1   0  .139  .680   21    9   0   2B
R Cano 2B                     5   1   1   1    0   0  .177  .461   10    0   2   
C Moeller C                   4   1   3   1    1   0  .400 1.038   27    9   1   2B

C Wang P                                                                 0   2
  R Ohlendorf P                                                          0   0
  L Hawkins P                                                            0   1
  B Traber P                                                             0   0
  B Bruney P                                                             0   0
Totals                       39  15  16  13    5   4              177   27  10
BATTING
2B: A Rodriguez (6, off M Timlin); J Posada 2 (2, off J Tavarez, off M Timlin); C Moeller (1, off C Buchholz); J Giambi (2, off M Timlin).
HR: B Abreu (2, off C Buchholz; 1st inn, 1 on, 1 out to Deep CF-RF); A Rodriguez (4, off C Buchholz; 1st inn, 0 on, 1 out to Deep LF).
IBB: H Matsui (1, by M Timlin).
HBP: A Rodriguez (1, by D Aardsma).
TB: A Rodriguez 6; B Abreu 4; C Moeller 4; J Posada 4; J Giambi 3; H Matsui 2; D Jeter 2; R Cano; M Cabrera.
RBI: J Posada 3 (6); B Abreu 2 (9); D Jeter 2 (6); J Giambi 2 (6); A Rodriguez (9); C Moeller (1); R Cano (4); M Cabrera (6).
2-out RBI: D Jeter 2; C Moeller.
Team LOB: 6.
With RISP: 5 for 11.
BASERUNNING
SB: M Cabrera (2, 3rd base off J Tavarez/J Varitek).

PITCHING

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
C Buchholz                     3.2   8   7   7    1   2   2   6.75   20   85-53   28· 6·19    7· 8· 2· 0     18    -     1.07  -0.46
J Tavarez, L (0-1)             1.1   3   4   3    2   1   0   7.04    9   34-17    8· 5· 4    4· 1· 1· 0          2-1    1.54  -0.53
D Aardsma                      2     2   0   0    0   0   0   1.80    8   25-14   11· 1· 2    1· 4· 2· 0          0-0    0.47   0.05
M Timlin                       1     3   4   4    2   1   0  27.00    8   28-17   15· 1· 1    0· 5· 0· 0          0-0    0.28  -0.06
Totals                         8    16  15  14    5   4   2          45  172-101  62·13·26   12·18· 5· 0          2-1 
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
C Wang                         4     9   8   8    3   2   0   3.81   24   69-37   24· 2·11   10· 4· 5· 0     11    -     1.33  -0.49
R Ohlendorf                    1     2   1   1    2   3   0   3.27    7   32-16    8· 1· 7    1· 0· 1· 0          2-2    2.32  -0.27
L Hawkins, W (1-0)             2     1   0   0    0   2   0   7.00    7   32-21   13· 1· 7    2· 1· 2· 0          1-0    1.67   0.19
B Traber, H (1)                0.1   0   0   0    0   0   0   4.50    1    1-1     1· 0· 0    0· 1· 0· 0          0-0    1.51   0.04
B Bruney, S (1)                1.2   2   0   0    1   1   0   1.80    8   35-21   11· 4· 6    1· 3· 2· 0          0-0    0.59   0.04
Totals                         9    14   9   9    6   8   0          47  169-96   57· 8·31   14· 9·10· 0          3-2 
C Wang faced 5 batters in the 5th inning.
R Ohlendorf faced 1 batter in the 6th inning.
Balks: None.
WP: J Tavarez (1).
IBB: M Timlin (1; H Matsui).
HBP: D Aardsma (1; A Rodriguez).

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Tim McClelland, 1B - Larry Vanover, 2B - Mike Everitt, 3B - Mike DiMuro.
Time of Game: 4:08.
Attendance: 54,667.
Weather: 59° F, Wind 10mph from Right to Left, Night, No Precipitation.

LINEUPS

   Boston Red Sox                New York Yankees                     
1. J Ellsbury           CF    1. M Cabrera            CF 
2. D Pedroia            2B    2. D Jeter              SS 
3. D Ortiz              DH    3. B Abreu              RF 
4. M Ramirez            LF    4. A Rodriguez          3B 
5. K Youkilis           3B    5. H Matsui             LF 
6. J Drew               RF    6. J Posada             DH 
7. J Varitek            C     7. J Giambi             1B 
8. S Casey              1B    8. R Cano               2B 
9. J Lugo               SS    9. C Moeller            C  

   C Buchholz           P        C Wang               P  

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   t 5   2  7-7  123  3  -22%  25% D Pedroia       R Ohlendorf     Single to LF (Ground Ball); Drew Scores; Casey Scores; Ellsbury to 2B
   b 5   1  9-7  1--  3   19%  48% J Posada        J Tavarez       Double to LF (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Matsui Scores; Posada to 3B/Adv on throw
   b 1   1  1-0  1--  3   18%  63% B Abreu         C Buchholz      Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); Jeter Scores
   t 5   1  7-6  12-  6  -17%  41% S Casey         R Ohlendorf     Single to CF (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); Youkilis Scores; Drew to 3B
   b 4   2  3-4  123  5   16%  86% D Jeter         C Buchholz      Single to RF (Line Drive); Giambi Scores; Moeller Scores; Cabrera to 3B

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Red Sox Batting, Tied 0-0, Chien-Ming Wang facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   O      ---  2   52%  J Ellsbury      Groundout: P-1B (Weak 2B)
          ---  4   50%  D Pedroia       Walk
   O      1--  3   52%  D Ortiz         Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak SS); Pedroia to 2B
   R      -2-  2   42%  M Ramirez       Double to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF); Pedroia Scores
   O      -2-  4   45%  K Youkilis      Strikeout Swinging
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Red Sox 1, Yankees 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Yankees Batting, Behind 0-1, Clay Buchholz facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  5   42%  M Cabrera       Popfly: SS (Deep SS-2B)
          ---  1   45%  D Jeter         Single to 1B (Ground Ball to 2B-1B)
   RR     1--  3   63%  B Abreu         Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); Jeter Scores
   R      ---  3   72%  A Rodriguez     Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
   O      ---  6   71%  H Matsui        Flyball: CF (Short CF)
   O      ---  3   70%  J Posada        Groundout: 2B-1B
                  3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Red Sox 1, Yankees 3.

Top of the 2nd, Red Sox Batting, Behind 1-3, Chien-Ming Wang facing 6-7-8
          ---  1   66%  J Drew          Single to LF (Line Drive to Short LF-CF)
          1--  5   60%  J Varitek       Walk; Drew to 2B
          12-  5   52%  S Casey         Walk; Drew to 3B; Varitek to 2B
   RO     123  1   51%  J Lugo          Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak SS); Drew Scores; Varitek to 3B; Casey to 2B
   O      -23  3   61%  J Ellsbury      Fielder's Choice P; Varitek out at Hm/P-C-3B
   O      12-  3   66%  D Pedroia       Groundout: 2B-1B
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Red Sox 2, Yankees 3.

Bottom of the 2nd, Yankees Batting, Ahead 3-2, Clay Buchholz facing 7-8-9
   O      ---  8   64%  J Giambi        Groundout: 2B-1B (Deep 2B)
   O      ---  4   62%  R Cano          Groundout: 2B-1B
          ---  6   63%  C Moeller       Single to 2B (Ground Ball to SS-2B)
   O      1--  4   61%  M Cabrera       Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Red Sox 2, Yankees 3.

Top of the 3rd, Red Sox Batting, Behind 2-3, Chien-Ming Wang facing 3-4-5
   O      ---  1   64%  D Ortiz         Groundout: 2B-1B (Deep 2B-1B)
   O      ---  6   66%  M Ramirez       Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  3   67%  K Youkilis      Flyball: CF (Deep CF)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Red Sox 2, Yankees 3.

Bottom of the 3rd, Yankees Batting, Ahead 3-2, Clay Buchholz facing 2-3-4
   O      ---  7   65%  D Jeter         Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS)
   O      ---  5   63%  B Abreu         Lineout: 2B
   O      ---  4   62%  A Rodriguez     Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Red Sox 2, Yankees 3.

Top of the 4th, Red Sox Batting, Behind 2-3, Chien-Ming Wang facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  1   65%  J Drew          Foul Flyball: LF (LF Foul)
          ---  2   60%  J Varitek       Double to 1B (Line Drive to Short RF)
   R      -2-  2   48%  S Casey         Single to CF (Fly Ball to LF-CF); Varitek Scores; Casey to 2B/Adv on throw
   O      -2-  4   52%  J Lugo          Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B)
   O      -2-  2   56%  J Ellsbury      Lineout: CF (Deep CF)
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Red Sox 3, Yankees 3.

Bottom of the 4th, Yankees Batting, Tied 3-3, Clay Buchholz facing 5-6-7
          ---  2   60%  H Matsui        Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B)
   O      1--  2   56%  J Posada        Flyball: CF (Deep CF)
          1--  3   61%  J Giambi        Single to RF (Fly Ball to CF-RF); Matsui to 2B
   O      12-  1   56%  R Cano          Flyball: CF (Deep CF); Matsui to 3B
   R      1-3  8   69%  C Moeller       Double to LF (Fly Ball to Short LF Line); Matsui Scores; Giambi to 3B
          -23  5   71%  M Cabrera       Walk
   RR     123  5   86%  D Jeter         Single to RF (Line Drive); Giambi Scores; Moeller Scores; Cabrera to 3B
                  Julian Tavarez replaces Clay Buchholz pitching
   R      1-3      91%  B Abreu         Wild Pitch; Cabrera Scores; Jeter to 2B
   O      -2-  5   90%  " "             Strikeout Swinging
                  4 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Red Sox 3, Yankees 7.

Top of the 5th, Red Sox Batting, Behind 3-7, Chien-Ming Wang facing 2-3-4
          ---  5   85%  D Pedroia       Ground-rule Double (Ground Ball)
   R      -2-  4   80%  D Ortiz         Single to RF (Line Drive to CF-RF); Pedroia Scores
          1--  3   73%  M Ramirez       Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B); Ortiz to 2B
          12-  1   64%  K Youkilis      Single to LF (Fly Ball to Short LF-CF); Ortiz to 3B; Ramirez to 2B
   RR     123  2   51%  J Drew          Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B); Ortiz Scores; Ramirez Scores; Youkilis to 2B
                  Ross Ohlendorf replaces Chien-Ming Wang pitching
   O      12-  6   58%  J Varitek       Strikeout Looking
   R      12-  6   41%  S Casey         Single to CF (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); Youkilis Scores; Drew to 3B
   O      1-3  3   50%  J Lugo          Strikeout Looking
          1-3  4   47%  J Ellsbury      Walk; Casey to 2B
   RR     123  3   25%  D Pedroia       Single to LF (Ground Ball); Drew Scores; Casey Scores; Ellsbury to 2B
   O      12-  6   29%  D Ortiz         Strikeout Swinging
                  6 runs, 7 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Red Sox 9, Yankees 7.

Bottom of the 5th, Yankees Batting, Behind 7-9, Julian Tavarez facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  2   26%  A Rodriguez     Groundout: 2B-1B
          ---  6   29%  H Matsui        Single to RF (Ground Ball)
   R      1--  3   48%  J Posada        Double to LF (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Matsui Scores; Posada to 3B/Adv on throw
          --3  5   51%  J Giambi        Walk
   R      1-3  2   61%  R Cano          Single to RF (Line Drive); Posada Scores; Giambi to 2B
          12-  5   69%  C Moeller       Walk; Giambi to 3B; Cano to 2B
   RRO    123  1   80%  M Cabrera       Groundout: 1B-SS/Forceout at 2B (2B-1B); Giambi Scores; Cano Scores/Adv on E6 (throw)/unER; Cabrera to 2B
          -2-      81%  D Jeter         Cabrera Steals 3B
   O      --3  5   78%  " "             Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B)
                  4 runs, 3 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB. Red Sox 9, Yankees 11.

Top of the 6th, Red Sox Batting, Behind 9-11, Ross Ohlendorf facing 4-5-6
          ---  4   73%  M Ramirez       Walk
                  LaTroy Hawkins replaces Ross Ohlendorf pitching
   O      1--  8   78%  K Youkilis      Strikeout Swinging
          1--  6   72%  J Drew          Single to RF (Line Drive); Ramirez to 2B
   O      12-  5   79%  J Varitek       Strikeout Looking
   O      12-  5   85%  S Casey         Foul Flyball: LF (LF Foul)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Red Sox 9, Yankees 11.

Bottom of the 6th, Yankees Batting, Ahead 11-9, David Aardsma facing 3-4-5
                  David Aardsma replaces Julian Tavarez pitching
   O      ---  5   83%  B Abreu         Flyball: LF (LF Line)
          ---  5   85%  A Rodriguez     Hit By Pitch
   O      1--  1   83%  H Matsui        Flyball: CF (Deep CF)
   O      1--  2   82%  J Posada        Popfly: SS (Weak SS)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Red Sox 9, Yankees 11.

Top of the 7th, Red Sox Batting, Behind 9-11, LaTroy Hawkins facing 9-1-2
   O      ---  1   85%  J Lugo          Groundout: P-1B (P's Left)
   O      ---  5   87%  J Ellsbury      Lineout: SS (Weak SS)
   O      ---  2   89%  D Pedroia       Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Red Sox 9, Yankees 11.

Bottom of the 7th, Yankees Batting, Ahead 11-9, David Aardsma facing 7-8-9
   O      ---  1   88%  J Giambi        Flyball: CF (Deep CF)
   O      ---  2   87%  R Cano          Groundout: 2B-1B
          ---  6   88%  C Moeller       Single to LF (Line Drive to Short LF)
   O      1--  3   86%  M Cabrera       Single to RF (Line Drive to Deep 2B-1B); Moeller to 3B; Cabrera out at 2B/RF-SS
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Red Sox 9, Yankees 11.

Top of the 8th, Red Sox Batting, Behind 9-11, Billy Traber facing 3-4-5
                  Billy Traber replaces LaTroy Hawkins pitching
   O      ---  1   90%  D Ortiz         Foul Popfly: C (Behind Home)
                  Brian Bruney replaces Billy Traber pitching
          ---  5   86%  M Ramirez       Single to LF (Line Drive to Short LF-CF)
   O      1--  3   90%  K Youkilis      Strikeout Swinging
   O      1--  8   94%  J Drew          Flyball: LF (LF-CF)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Red Sox 9, Yankees 11.

Bottom of the 8th, Yankees Batting, Ahead 11-9, Mike Timlin facing 2-3-4
                  Mike Timlin replaces David Aardsma pitching; Jed Lowrie replaces Kevin Youkilis playing 3B batting 5th
          ---  8   95%  D Jeter         Walk
   O      1--  6   94%  B Abreu         Strikeout Swinging
          1--  2   96%  A Rodriguez     Ground-rule Double (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); Jeter to 3B
          -23  4   96%  H Matsui        Intentional Walk
                  Johnny Damon pinch runs for Hideki Matsui batting 5th
   RR     123  1   99%  J Posada        Double to RF (Fly Ball to Short RF); Jeter Scores; Rodriguez Scores; Damon to 3B
   RR     -23  4  100%  J Giambi        Double to LF (Fly Ball to Short LF); Damon Scores; Posada Scores
   O      -2-  1  100%  R Cano          Flyball: CF (Deep CF)
   O      -2-  2  100%  C Moeller       Flyball: CF (Deep CF)
                  4 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Red Sox 9, Yankees 15.

Top of the 9th, Red Sox Batting, Behind 9-15, Brian Bruney facing 7-8-9
                  Johnny Damon moves to LF
   O      ---  2  100%  J Varitek       Groundout: 1B unassisted
          ---  5  100%  S Casey         Walk
          1--  6   99%  J Lugo          Single to RF (Line Drive to Short CF-RF); Casey to 2B
   O      12-  2  100%  J Ellsbury      Popfly: SS (Weak 3B)
   O      12-  4  100%  D Pedroia       Flyball: LF (Deep LF)
        0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Red Sox 9, Yankees 15.

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