Yankees Weekend at Fenway

07/20:  Red Sox 4 (59-39) Yankees 2
Jacoby Ellsbury and Jonny Gomes homered and Felix Doubront continued his mastery over the Yankees.

PLAYER OF THE GAME:

FELIX DOUBRONT:  6.1 innings, 3 hits, 2 runs, 1 earned run, 3 walks, 5 strikeouts.

07/21:  Yankees 5 Red Sox 2 (59-40)
Boston had trouble with Hiroki Kuroda in this one and could not get their offense going.  John Lackey pitched reasonably well for awhile, striking out seven with no walks, but took the loss.  Drake Britton made his Major League debut.

PLAYER OF THE GAME:

NO CARD YET

MIKE CARP:  3 for 4, run, double.

07/22:  Red Sox 8 (60-40) Yankees 7

What a game.  Boston trailed 3-0 early on as Ryan Dempster was roughed up.  Then after pulling to 3-1, Mike Napoli hit a three-run home run and Jonny Gomes later homered.  The Red Sox soon lead 7-3 but the Yankees pulled back into a tie.  It went into extra innings and Mike Napoli hit a walk-off solo home run to win it.

PLAYER OF THE GAME:

MIKE NAPOLI:  2 for 6, 2 home runs, 4 RBIs.

Red Sox Take 2 Out of 3 from Angels

Boston continued to play well, this time against the Angels at Fenway.  The first game was rained out so the teams played a double header on Saturday then finished on Sunday.

06/08 Game 1:  Angels 9 Red Sox 5 (37-25)
The game was close for a little while, but then Boston relievers could not find the strike zone leading to three bases-loaded walks that put the game out of reach.  Boston did rally in the bottom of the 9th, but they were down too fa to make a complete comeback.

PLAYER OF THE GAME:

NO CARD YET

MIKE CARP:  3 for 5, 2 runs, 2 RBIs, home run

06/08 Game 2:  Red Sox 7 (38-25) Angels 2

Clay Buchholz returned from a missed start his last time out to pitch well once again and remain undefeated.  He ended up leaving the game with a neck injury in the seventh inning but took the win anyway.  

PLAYER OF THE GAME:

DAVID ORTIZ:  2 for 5, three RBIs, home run, double

06/09:  Red Sox 10 (39-25) Angels 5

Ryan Dempster pitched another good game and the Red Sox hit four home runs from Jarrod Saltalamacchia, David Ortiz and Mike Carp.  

PLAYER OF THE GAME:

JARROD SALTALAMACCHIA:  2 for 4, 2 home runs, 4 RBIs.

04/17: Red Sox (10-4) 6 Indians 3

Alfredo Aceves made his second start in place of John Lackey and looked sharp for five innings until unraveling in the sixth.  He still got his first win of the season.  Mike Napoli is on a tear lately, driving in two more runs with another double.  Those doubles are going to start leaving the field soon.  Junichi Tazawa and Koji Uehara continued to be a bullpen force and Andrew Bailey notched his first save of the season.

PLAYER OF THE GAME:

NO CARD YET

MIKE CARP: (3 for 3, RBI, 2 doubles, triple)