The first game of this series to be played at Yankee Stadium was won in grand fashion as the Yankees slugged their way to victory today scoring 15 runs to the Sox 9, bringing their record to 9-7, and winning their third in a row.
Both starting pitchers were knocked out early, and both bullpens were worked hard in this one. Wang only lasted 4 innings, and was relieved by a series of four pitchers, ending with Bruney, who got the save. Like previously mentioned both pitchers were lite up like Christmas trees. Wang was removed from the game having given up 9 hits, and 8 runs (all earned). Hawkins, the third pitcher of the day, pitched the 6th and 7th innings, and earned the win in this one.
Buchholz, for Boston, only lasted 3 and 2/3 innings, and gave up 8 hits (2 of them homers) and 7 runs, before being replaced by Tavarez, who went 1 and 1/3 innings, and took the lose.
The two homers that Buchholz gave up were both in the first inning, to Abreu and Rodriguez (back to back). This was Rodriguez’s 522nd home run, and broke the tie he had with Willy McCovey, and Ted Williams, lifting him to 15th on the all-time homer list.
There was a lot of offense in this one, and again the Yankees find themselves on the winning end of these slug-fest type games. RBI’s were plentiful, and it was good to see that Derek Jeter was again part of the scoring. This should officially erase any doubt about that quad strain.
The Yankees win this one, and again look at a sweep of their opponent in these short 2-game series.
