Red Sox Yard Yankees, 8 to 4

YANKEES: 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 - 4 8 1

BOSTON: 2 0 0 0 2 3 1 0 x - 8 8 2

Well it's the last Boston Red Sox game I'll watch in my favorite New England sports living bar until next year. For the final game of the 2010 season, the Red Sox are playing the New York Yankees in Fenway Park. Although Boston will not be heading to the postseason, a win in this game would result in a tie with the Yankees for the season record and, depending on what happens with Tampa Bay, would deny New York the AL East division title, making them the AL Wild Card participant. Even though the bar is officially opening at 9:00 a.m. on the weekends, I'm the only patron in the bar and I arrived around 9:20 a.m. and Andrew and is still setting up. Guess I'll have to wait for breakfast. Or perhaps I'll try one of the new items on the menu. And the other Red Sox regular, Rich, has arrived to watch the final game. Want to end in triumph. And the game begins! We take the lead. More people have arrived, but it is a quiet crowd. The Yankees tied it up, but on another Boston homerun, the lead returns to the Red Sox. David Ortiz is done for the season. Yesterday Mike Lowell played the final game of his career and retired to much appreciation from the fans and other people in his life. Thank you Mike! Glad you were able to end your career with Boston. Doing some damage to the Yankees in the sixth - lead increases! It is a homerun derby of a game - a second one of the game for Lowrie. Perhaps no extra innings today. Well, the Yankees scored a run and now have the bases-loaded in the eighth, with two outs - no more runs scored! The last time the Red Sox are at bat for 2010 and they go down 1, 2, 3. Jason Varitek is called back after heading out to play at the top of the ninth - a nice ovation from the fans. Just the top of the ninth to get through and it is a season for Boston - not when the Red Sox wanted to end, but they do tie the season series with the Yankees and New York does not win the division. Now will have to get through the postseason and look forward to next year. Thank you Red Sox!

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YANKEES: Starting Pitcher: Dustin Moseley, Losing Pitcher: Dustin Moseley

BOSTON: Starting Pitcher: John Lackey, Winning Pitcher: John Lackey (14)

YANKEES: Homerun: Nick Swisher

BOSTON: Homeruns: J. D. Drew (22), Jed Lowrie (8, 9)

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RED SOX: Wins: 89, Losses: 73, AL East Standings: Tampa Bay, New York, Boston, Toronto, Baltimore

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Next game: Friday 1 April 2011, Texas Rangers, Rangers Ballpark

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