September 25, 2011

G158: Yankees 6, Red Sox 2

Red Sox - 000 101 000 - 2  6  2
Yankees - 202 011 00x - 6  8  0
Jacoby Ellsbury hit two solo home runs (#29 and #30), making him the first player in Red Sox history to have 30 home runs and 30 stolen bases in the same season. There have been only eight 20/20 players in Boston history. Two of them -- Ellsbury and Dustin Pedroia -- are from this season.

The outcome of six of Wakefield's first 14 pitches tells you all you need to know about this afternoon:
1 - Gardner singles (bunt)
2 - Gardner steals second
3 - Jeter singles (bunt), Gardner to third
7 - Jeter steals second, Gardner scores on E-2 (missed catch)
13 - Jeter to third on passed ball
14 - Jeter scores on wild pitch 
Example
Tim Wakefield / A.J. Burnett

Game 1 of a day/night doubleheader. Game 2 is at 6:30 PM.
Ellsbury, CF
Crawford, LF
Pedroia, 2B
Ortiz, DH
Gonzalez, 1B
Jackson, RF
Scutaro, SS
Saltalamacchia, C
Aviles, 3B
AL Wild Card
Red Sox  88  69  ---  Magic#
Rays     87  71  1.5     4
Angels   86  72  2.5     3
Remaining Games
Red Sox  - 2 at MFY, 3 at BAL
Rays     - 1 vs TOR, 3 vs MFY
Angels   - 1 vs OAK, 3 vs TEX
Wild Card Chances
          Cool    BP
Red Sox   87.8   87.1
Rays       9.8    9.2
Angels     2.4    3.6
Game thread.

Blue Jays/Rays at 1:30 PM and Athletics/Angels at 3:30 PM.

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