G58: Red Sox 7, Yankees 0

Yankees - 000 000 000 - 0  2  1
Red Sox - 041 100 10x - 7  9  0

David Ortiz banged a two-run bomb to dead center to put the Sox on the board in the second and Beckett (6-1-0-2-8, 93) cruised along, setting down the Yankees with a breaking ball-heavy arsenal.

Burnett had next to no control (2.2-5-5-5-1, 84) in the steady drizzle, throwing 43 pitches in a lengthy second inning -- J.D. Drew brought home the other two runs with a double high off the Wall -- and 22 more before being yanked in the third.

Nick Green homered over everything down the left field line off Jose Veras to cap the scoring.

Beckett did not allow a hit until Robinson Cano singled in the fourth. Dustin Pedroia ranged far to his left and snared the grounder in short right, but could not make a play. New York's only other hit was Brett Gardner's single past Green's left into left center in the eighth.

Boston is now 6-0 against the Yankees this season. The only other season with a 6-0 start: 1912 -- in which the Sox won the first 14 meetings between the two teams and ended the season series with a 19-2 record.

The two teams are tied atop the East, each with a 34-24 record.

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A.J. Burnett (4.69, 96 ERA+) / Josh Beckett (4.09, 116 ERA+)

AL East
             W    L    PCT     GB
Yankees     34   23   .596    ---
Red Sox     33   24   .579    1.0
Blue Jays   33   27   .550    2.5
Rays        29   30   .492    6.0
Orioles     24   33   .421   10.0

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In his last four starts (29.2 innings), Beckett has a 0.91 ERA. (Only three of the eight runs he has allowed have been earned.)

David Ortiz had his eyes checked yesterday. A team spokesman said his vision is fine.

Jacoby Ellsbury has a strain of his acromioclavicular (AC) joint in his right shoulder -- but no structural damage. The team will decide this afternoon if he can play tonight.