Yankees Yard Red Sox

BOSTON: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 4 0

NY YANKEES: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 2 9 1

Tonight in Yankee Stadium the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees presented a pitching exhibition that lasted five and a half hours. And, unfortunately, the Red Sox were not successful in prevailing in that demonstration of ball handling. Starters and the bullpen for Boston and New York were excellent. But the game ending pitch, which resulted in the two-run, walkoff homer by Rodriguez, was thrown by newly called up Junichi Tazawa making his Major League debut. An inglorious beginning for the young pitcher, but I'm sure he'll have many more opportunities to redeem himself against the Yankees. Such a hard loss. Speaking of loss, John Smoltz has been lost from the starting rotation and designated for assignment. Not surprising. The fifteen inning game was the longest for both teams this season. It won't be a long wait until Saturday's game and Boston needs to be victorious.

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BOSTON: Starting Pitcher: Josh Beckett, Losing Pitcher: Junichi Tazawa (1)

NY YANKEES: Starting Pitcher: A. J. Burnett, Winning Pitcher: Phil Coke

NY YANKEES: Homerun: Alex Rodriguez

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RED SOX: Wins: 62, Losses: 46, AL East Standings: New York, Boston, Tampa Bay, Toronto, Baltimore

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Next game: Saturday 8 August 2009, 1:10 p.m. PT, New York Yankees, Yankee Stadium, Clay Buchholz