Yankees - Yankees shutout and beat the Red Sox 5-0

For the first time since August 12-13th, 2002, the New York Yankees have shutout the Red Sox in back-to-back games. The Yankees dominated throughout in the 5-0 win in the Bronx. The Yankees started the scoring in the bottom of the 3rd as Mark Teixeira singled in Melky Cabrera to make it 1-0. Yankees would strike again in the bottom of the 6th with some small ball. Jose Molina with one out and a runner on 3rd, hits a sac-fly to make it 2-0. They tried to break the game wide open in the bottom of the 7th with the bases loaded and one out but, only managed a run thanks to a Nick Swisher walk to make it 3-0. Derek Jeter would finally make the game out of reach with a 2-run home run in the bottom of the 8th, making it 5-0. For a second straight game, Yankees starting pitching was dominant. CC Sabathia (12-7) had a no hit bid until the 6th. He pitched 7.2 innings allowing just 2 hits while walking 2 and striking out 9. For the Red Sox, Clay Buchholz (1-2) had a decent line: 6 innings pitched, 6 hits, 2 earned runs, 5 walks and 3 strikeouts. Ramon Ramirez would take over in relief but, only lasted 1/3 of an inning due to an ejection for hitting Alex Rodriguez with a pitch. This caused some controversy because there were no warnings during the game. I would guess he got thrown out because, earlier in the game Buchholz came up and in on Rodriguez and the ball maybe grazed his shoulder but, was ruled a foul ball as the ball went off his bat. Recently called up Enrique Gonzalez, would come in and pitch 1.2 innings and serve up the 2-run homer by Jeter in the 8th. The Yankees (68-42) have won the first 3 games in this 4 game set and now have won 6 straight. The Red Sox (62-47) now have lost 5 straight and have fallen 5.5 games back of the Yankees for first place. Also the Red Sox have not scored a run in 24 innings. Tomorrow, Andy Pettitte (9-6) will take the mound against John Lester (9-7) and try to complete a 4-game sweep of the Red Sox.

Winning Pitcher - CC Sabathia (12-7)
Losing Pitcher - Clay Buchholz (1-2)

Player of the game - CC Sabathia