Jon Lester, Red Sox Give Yankees a Taste Of Their Own Medicine, Avoid Sweep
Jon Lester dominates the Yankees to give the Red Sox some hope on Sunday.
| Final - 5.9.2010 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Yankees | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 1 |
| Boston Red Sox | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 9 | 10 | 0 |
Jon Lester dominates the Yankees to give the Red Sox some hope on Sunday.
"What are you going to do? Admit to yourself that the pitchers have you on the point of surrender? You can't do that. You must make yourself think that the pitchers are just as good as they...
In case you missed it, Steve's preview showed the Red Sox with a slight series advantage over the Yankees. So much for that. To avoid the sweep, Boston sends Jon Lester to the mound against...
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NY Yankees | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 1 |
| Boston | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 9 | 10 | 0 |
| New York Yankees | |||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derek Jeter, SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .297 |
| Ramiro Pena, SS | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .174 |
| Nick Swisher, RF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .306 |
| Mark Teixeira, 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .202 |
| Alex Rodriguez, 3B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .278 |
| Kevin Russo, 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Robinson Cano, 2B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .353 |
| Jorge Posada, DH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .274 |
| Marcus Thames, LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .394 |
| Francisco Cervelli, C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .400 |
| Brett Gardner, CF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .344 |
| Totals | 33 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 10 | |
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA | WP | PC-ST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A.J. Burnett (L, 4-1) | 4.1 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3.40 | 1 | 97-54 |
| Romulo Sanchez | 3.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 52-30 |
| Boston Red Sox | |||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marco Scutaro, SS | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .283 |
| Dustin Pedroia, 2B | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .293 |
| Bill Hall, ph,4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .214 |
| Victor Martinez, C | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .252 |
| Kevin Youkilis, 1B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .307 |
| J.D. Drew, RF | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .278 |
| Jonathan Van Every, RF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .182 |
| David Ortiz, DH | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .182 |
| Adrian Beltre, 3B | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .333 |
| Jeremy Hermida, LF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .243 |
| Darnell McDonald, CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .246 |
| Totals | 34 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 7 | |
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA | WP | PC-ST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jon Lester (W, 3-2) | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 3.71 | 0 | 102-63 |
| Manny Delcarmen | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.30 | 0 | 31-19 |
| Tim Wakefield | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.03 | 0 | 10-8 |