by shawn medeiros | Apr 15, 2008 | Jason Varitek, Jed Lowrie, Kevin Cash
Jason Varitek had a day off today with Tim Wakefield getting the nod, but when called upon in the top of the ninth to pinch hit for starting catcher Kevin Cash, Varitek delivered a solo-homerun to put Boston up 4-3 and eventually won the game 5-3. Hideki Okajma got...
by shawn medeiros | Apr 14, 2008 | Cleveland Indians, Joe Borowski, Jon Lester, Jonathan Papelbon, Kevin Youkilis, Manny Ramirez, Mike Timlin
With some help of course. Down 4-2, Kevin Youkilis homered to deep left field to bring it closer at 4-3 in the eighth inning and then Dustin Pedroia followed in the ninth inning with a sacrifice fly to score Julio Lugo to tie the game at 4-4. That is where Ramirez...
by shawn medeiros | Apr 14, 2008 | Daisuke Matsuzaka, Jacoby Ellsbury, Kevin Youkilis, Manny Ramirez, New York Yankees, Phil Hughes, Sean Casey
Jacoby Ellsbury and Kevin Youkilis both drove in two RBIs and Daisuke Matsuzaka struggled but earned his third victory of the season in only five innings of work. On 116 pitches, Matsuzaka gave up four runs, walked six and struck out two in the win which was aided by...
by shawn medeiros | Apr 13, 2008 | Alex Rodriguez, Chien-Ming Wang, Daisuke Matsuzaka, David Ortiz, Jonathan Papelbon, Josh Beckett, Mike Mussina, New York Yankees, Phil Hughes
Manny Ramirez kills the New York Yankees. Hopefully for Red Sox fans Joe Girardi does not catch onto this. Ramirez belted a homerun off the Volvo ad above the Green Monster and drove in two more to put the Yankees away winning 4-3. Jonathan Papelbon earned the save by...
by shawn medeiros | Apr 11, 2008 | Chien-Ming Wang, Clay Buchholz, Coco Crisp, J.D. Drew, Josh Beckett, Mike Mussina, Mike Timlin, New York Yankees
Chien-Ming Wang went the distance for the New York Yankees tossing a two-hitter against the Red Sox. With stellar pitching and timely offense the Yankees took game one of the series 4-1. Wang (3-0) only allowed one run on a J.D. Drew homerun that was almost caught at...
