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Red Sox
@ Yankees
Yankee Stadium
August 28, 2008
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox, played on August 28, 2008 at Yankee Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | August 28, 2008 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Boston Red Sox
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| Home Team |
New York Yankees
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 28, 2008 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Thu |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Boston Red Sox |
| Home Team | New York Yankees |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Jon Lester |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Mike Mussina |
| Ballpark | Yankee Stadium |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | 55,092 |
| Time of Game | 3 hours 21 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Gary Cederstrom 1B: Fieldin Culbreth 2B: Jim Reynolds 3B: Tim Timmons |
Boston Red Sox Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Jacoby Ellsbury | Center Fielder |
| Dustin Pedroia | Second Baseman |
| David Ortiz | DH |
| Kevin Youkilis | First Baseman |
| Jason Bay | Left Fielder |
| Mark Kotsay | Right Fielder |
| Jed Lowrie | Third Baseman |
| Alex Cora | Shortstop |
| Jason Varitek | Catcher |
| Terry Francona | Manager |
New York Yankees Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Johnny Damon | Center Fielder |
| Derek Jeter | Shortstop |
| Bobby Abreu | Right Fielder |
| Alex Rodriguez | Third Baseman |
| Xavier Nady | Left Fielder |
| Robinson Cano | Second Baseman |
| Hideki Matsui | DH |
| Cody Ransom | First Baseman |
| Jose Molina | Catcher |
| Joe Girardi | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Red Sox
@ Yankees
Yankee Stadium
August 28, 2008
Top 1
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Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Ellsbury vs. Mussina
Ellsbury hits a line drive into center field. Damon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Pedroia vs. Mussina
Pedroia strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Ortiz vs. Mussina
Ortiz takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Youkilis vs. Mussina
Youkilis hits a line drive into right field. Abreu settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Damon vs. Lester
Damon hits a line drive into right field. Kotsay settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jeter vs. Lester
Jeter hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Abreu vs. Lester
Abreu hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Jeter moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
Rodriguez vs. Lester
Rodriguez strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 12-
Nady vs. Lester
Nady hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lowrie fields it and races to the third base bag for the out. Abreu moves to second. View Play
Top 2
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Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Bay vs. Mussina
Bay hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rodriguez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Kotsay vs. Mussina
Kotsay hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Abreu. Kotsay reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: -2-
Lowrie vs. Mussina
Lowrie strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Cora vs. Mussina
Cora hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rodriguez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Cano vs. Lester
Cano hits a fly ball into center field. Ellsbury settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Matsui vs. Lester
Matsui strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Ransom vs. Lester
Ransom is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Molina vs. Lester
Molina hits a fly ball into left field. Bay settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Varitek vs. Mussina
Varitek hits a ball on the ground towards first. Ransom scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Varitek for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Ellsbury vs. Mussina
Ellsbury strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pedroia vs. Mussina
Pedroia hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Molina settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Damon vs. Lester
Damon strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Jeter vs. Lester
Jeter hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Abreu vs. Lester
There goes Jeter. The throw from Varitek to Cora and they have Jeter trapped. The throw over to Youkilis, who applies the tag for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Abreu vs. Lester
Abreu hits a fly ball into center field. Ellsbury settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Ortiz vs. Mussina
Ortiz takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Youkilis vs. Mussina
Youkilis hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Cano settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Bay vs. Mussina
Bay hits a ball on the ground towards second. Cano scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. View Play
Bottom 4
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Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Rodriguez vs. Lester
Rodriguez strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Nady vs. Lester
Nady strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Cano vs. Lester
Cano hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Pedroia scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Kotsay vs. Mussina
Kotsay hits a line drive into right field. Abreu settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lowrie vs. Mussina
Lowrie hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Cora vs. Mussina
Cora is hit by the pitch. Lowrie moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Varitek vs. Mussina
Varitek hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Lowrie scores. Cora moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1-3
Ellsbury vs. Mussina
Ellsbury hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cano fields it and throws to second for the out. Cora scores. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1--
Pedroia vs. Mussina
There goes Ellsbury. The throw from Molina and he is out, Cano applying the tag. View Play
Bottom 5
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Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Matsui vs. Lester
Matsui hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cora scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Ransom vs. Lester
Ransom strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Molina vs. Lester
Molina strikes out. View Play
Top 6
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Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Pedroia vs. Mussina
Pedroia hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Ortiz vs. Mussina
Ortiz strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Youkilis vs. Mussina
Youkilis is hit by the pitch. Pedroia moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bay vs. Mussina
Bay hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rodriguez fields it and throws to first for the out. Pedroia moves to third. Youkilis moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: -23
Kotsay vs. Mussina
Kotsay strikes out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Damon vs. Lester
Damon is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Jeter vs. Lester
Jeter hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Damon moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
Abreu vs. Lester
Abreu hits a fly ball into center field. Ellsbury settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Damon moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Rodriguez vs. Lester
Rodriguez hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Varitek settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1-3
Nady vs. Lester
Nady hits a fly ball into center field. Ellsbury settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Lowrie vs. Mussina
Lowrie hits a popup towards short. Jeter settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Cora vs. Mussina
Cora hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Varitek vs. Mussina
There goes Cora. The throw from Molina and he is safe. Cora steals second. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Varitek vs. Mussina
Varitek strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Ellsbury vs. Mussina
Ellsbury hits a line drive towards the mound. Mussina reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Cano vs. Lester
Cano hits a popup towards short. Cora settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Matsui vs. Lester
Matsui strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Ransom vs. Lester
Ransom hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Bay. Ransom reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: -2-
Giambi vs. Okajima
Hideki Okajima now pitching. Jason Giambi pinch hits for Jose Molina.
Giambi hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Damon vs. Okajima
Damon strikes out. View Play
Top 8
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Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Pedroia vs. Bruney
Ivan Rodriguez now catching. Jason Giambi now playing first base. Brian Bruney now pitching.
Pedroia hits a fly ball into center field. Damon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Ortiz vs. Marte
Damaso Marte now pitching.
Ortiz hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cano scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Youkilis vs. Rivera
Mariano Rivera now pitching.
Youkilis hits a fly ball into center field. Damon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Jeter vs. Okajima
Jeter hits a fly ball into center field. Ellsbury settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Abreu vs. Okajima
Abreu hits a fly ball into center field. Ellsbury settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Rodriguez vs. Masterson
Justin Masterson now pitching.
Rodriguez strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Bay vs. Rivera
Bay hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jeter fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Jeter. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Kotsay vs. Rivera
Kotsay hits a fly ball into right field. Abreu settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Lowrie vs. Rivera
Lowrie hits a ball on the ground towards first. Giambi scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Lowrie for the out. Bay moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Cora vs. Rivera
Cora hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rodriguez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Nady vs. Masterson
Nady hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Cano vs. Masterson
Brett Gardner pinch runs for Xavier Nady.
Cano hits a line drive towards third. Lowrie reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Matsui vs. Masterson
There goes Gardner. The throw from Varitek and he is safe. Gardner steals second. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: -2-
Matsui vs. Masterson
Matsui is walked intentionally. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Rodriguez vs. Masterson
Rodriguez takes first base on ball four. Gardner moves to third. Matsui moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 123
Giambi vs. Papelbon
Jonathan Papelbon now pitching.
Giambi hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Gardner scores. Matsui moves to third. Rodriguez moves to second. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/28/2008 -- Boston at New York (D)
Boston AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI
Ellsbury J, cf 4 0 0 1 Damon J, cf 3 0 0 0
Pedroia D, 2b 4 0 1 0 Jeter D, ss 4 0 3 0
Ortiz D, dh 2 0 0 0 Abreu B, rf 4 0 1 0
Youkilis K, 1b 3 0 0 0 Rodriguez A, 3b 4 0 0 0
Bay J, lf 4 0 0 0 Nady X, lf 4 0 1 0
Kotsay M, rf 4 0 1 0 Gardner B, pr 0 1 0 0
Lowrie J, 3b 4 1 1 0 Cano R, 2b 4 0 0 0
Cora A, ss 3 1 1 0 Matsui H, dh 3 0 0 0
Varitek J, c 3 0 1 1 Ransom C, 1b 2 1 1 0
Rodriguez I, c 0 0 0 0
Molina J, c 2 0 0 0
Giambi J, ph-1b 2 1 2 3
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31 2 5 2 32 3 8 3
Boston 000 020 000 -- 2
New York 000 000 201 -- 3
1 out when winning run was scored.
Boston IP H R ER BB SO
Lester J 6.2 5 1 1 0 8
Okajima H 1.0 1 1 1 0 1
Masterson J (L) 0.2 1 1 1 2 1
Papelbon J 0.0 1 0 0 0 0
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Mussina M 7.0 5 2 2 2 6
Bruney B 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Marte D 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Rivera M (W) 1.1 0 0 0 0 0
E -- Jeter D
DP -- New York 1
LOB -- Boston 6, New York 8
2B -- Kotsay M, Ransom C
HR -- Giambi J
SB -- Cora A, Gardner B
CS -- Jeter D, Ellsbury J
HBP -- by Lester J (Ransom C), by Mussina M (Cora A), by Mussina M (Youkilis K), by Lester J (Damon J)
T -- 3:21
A -- 55092
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