Red Sox prevent sweep by Yankees
Source: Agencies |
May 11, 2010, Tuesday
|
Print Edition
Print Edition
JEREMY Hermida drove in three runs to help the Boston Red Sox ease to a morale-boosting 9-3 victory over bitter rivals the New York Yankees on Sunday, the win ensuring the home team avoided a three-game series sweep.
The Red Sox scored five runs in the third inning to establish a 6-0 lead and rough up New York starter A J Burnett (4-1), who took his first loss of the season after giving up nine runs in 4 1/3 innings.
The Yankees (21-9) had pounded Boston by a combined score of 24-6 over the first two games but starter Jon Lester gave the Red Sox a solid foundation to end the series on a high by striking out seven and allowing just two runs in seven innings of work.
Alex Rodriguez and Nick Swisher homered in the fourth to give the Yankees an outside chance of a recovery at 6-2, but New York was unable to get any closer and lost to the Red Sox (16-16) for the first time since Opening Day.
Rodriguez equaled Hall of Famer Frank Robinson for seventh place with 586 career homers.
It was a needed win for Boston which is 6 1/2 games adrift of the American League East lead.
Elsewhere in the AL, it was: Indians 7, Tigers 4; Blue Jays 9, White Sox 7; Twins 6, Orioles 0; Rangers 6, Royals 4; Athletics 4, Rays 0; and Mariners 8, Angels 1.
In the National League, it was: Reds 5, Cubs 3; Giants 6, Mets 5; Phillies 5, Braves 3; Nationals 3, Marlins 2; Cardinals 11, Pirates 4; Astros 4, Padres 3 (in 11 innings); Dodgers 2, Rockies 0; and Brewers 6, Diamondbacks 1.
The Red Sox scored five runs in the third inning to establish a 6-0 lead and rough up New York starter A J Burnett (4-1), who took his first loss of the season after giving up nine runs in 4 1/3 innings.
The Yankees (21-9) had pounded Boston by a combined score of 24-6 over the first two games but starter Jon Lester gave the Red Sox a solid foundation to end the series on a high by striking out seven and allowing just two runs in seven innings of work.
Alex Rodriguez and Nick Swisher homered in the fourth to give the Yankees an outside chance of a recovery at 6-2, but New York was unable to get any closer and lost to the Red Sox (16-16) for the first time since Opening Day.
Rodriguez equaled Hall of Famer Frank Robinson for seventh place with 586 career homers.
It was a needed win for Boston which is 6 1/2 games adrift of the American League East lead.
Elsewhere in the AL, it was: Indians 7, Tigers 4; Blue Jays 9, White Sox 7; Twins 6, Orioles 0; Rangers 6, Royals 4; Athletics 4, Rays 0; and Mariners 8, Angels 1.
In the National League, it was: Reds 5, Cubs 3; Giants 6, Mets 5; Phillies 5, Braves 3; Nationals 3, Marlins 2; Cardinals 11, Pirates 4; Astros 4, Padres 3 (in 11 innings); Dodgers 2, Rockies 0; and Brewers 6, Diamondbacks 1.
- About Us
- |
- Terms of Use
- |
-
RSS - |
- Privacy Policy
- |
- Contact Us
- |
- Shanghai Call Center: 962288
- |
- Tip-off hotline: 52920043
- 沪ICP证：沪ICP备05050403号-1
- |
- 互联网新闻信息服务许可证：31120180004
- |
- 网络视听许可证：0909346
- |
- 广播电视节目制作许可证：沪字第354号
- |
- 增值电信业务经营许可证：沪B2-20120012
Copyright © 1999- Shanghai Daily. All rights reserved.Preferably viewed with Internet Explorer 8 or newer browsers.
