Final
Boston leads 2-0 (as of 8/27)
| Game 1: Tuesday, August 26 | ||
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| Boston | 7 | Final |
| NY Yankees | 3 | |
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| Game 2: Wednesday, August 27 | ||
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| Boston | 11 | Final |
| NY Yankees | 3 | |
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| Game 3: Thursday, August 28 | ||
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| Boston | 2 | Final |
| NY Yankees | 3 | |
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7:05 PM ET, August 27, 2008
Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York
| Boston Red Sox | ||||||||||
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| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG | ||
| J Ellsbury RF | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .264 | ||
| D Pedroia 2B | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .317 | ||
| D Ortiz DH | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .267 | ||
| K Youkilis 1B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .318 | ||
| J Bay LF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .347 | ||
| J Lowrie 3B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .296 | ||
| J Varitek C | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .224 | ||
| A Cora SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .267 | ||
| C Crisp CF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .263 | ||
| Totals | 36 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 9 | |||
| BATTING 2B: D Ortiz (20, S Ponson); J Bay (4, S Ponson); J Lowrie (16, S Ponson) 3B: J Bay (2, J Veras) HR: D Pedroia (15, 8th inning off D Robertson 3 on, 1 Out) RBI: J Bay 4 (24), K Youkilis (91), A Cora (8), C Crisp (33), D Pedroia 4 (68) SF: A Cora, J Bay 2-out RBI: J Bay 2 GIDP: K Youkilis Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: A Cora 1, J Lowrie 1 Team LOB: 6 | ||||||||||
| FIELDING DP: 1 (D Pedroia-A Cora-K Youkilis). | ||||||||||
| Boston Red Sox | ||||||||||
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| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | PC-ST | ERA | |
| P Byrd (W, 9-11) | 6.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 106-66 | 4.55 | |
| M Delcarmen (H, 17) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17-9 | 4.18 | |
| M Timlin | 2.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21-15 | 5.09 | |
| Totals | 9.0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 144-90 | ||
| PITCHING Batters faced: P Byrd 25; M Delcarmen 3; M Timlin 8 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: P Byrd 4-9; M Delcarmen 0-1; M Timlin 5-1 Game Scores: P Byrd 57 | ||||||||||
| New York Yankees | ||||||||||
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| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG | ||
| J Damon CF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .313 | ||
| D Jeter SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .294 | ||
| B Abreu RF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .296 | ||
| A Rodriguez 3B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .310 | ||
| J Giambi 1B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .247 | ||
| X Nady LF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .318 | ||
| H Matsui DH | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .311 | ||
| R Cano 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .268 | ||
| I Rodriguez C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .280 | ||
| Totals | 34 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | |||
| BATTING 2B: A Rodriguez 2 (31, P Byrd 2) HR: J Giambi (26, 9th inning off M Timlin 0 on, 0 Out) RBI: A Rodriguez (79), R Cano (59), J Giambi (78) 2-out RBI: A Rodriguez, R Cano GIDP: I Rodriguez Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: I Rodriguez 1, J Giambi 1 Team LOB: 6 | ||||||||||
| FIELDING DP: 1 (A Rodriguez-R Cano-J Giambi). Outfield Assist: B Abreu (J Bay at Home). | ||||||||||
| New York Yankees | ||||||||||
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| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | PC-ST | ERA | |
| S Ponson (L, 7-5) | 4.2 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 89-51 | 4.80 | |
| E Ramirez | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8-4 | 3.49 | |
| D Marte | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 19-13 | 7.84 | |
| J Veras | 0.1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 23-9 | 3.64 | |
| D Robertson | 0.2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18-10 | 6.31 | |
| C Britton | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10-9 | 4.02 | |
| Totals | 9.0 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 167-96 | ||
| PITCHING Batters faced: S Ponson 23; E Ramirez 4; D Marte 3; J Veras 6; D Robertson 5; C Britton 3 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: S Ponson 6-4; E Ramirez 3-1; D Marte 1-0; J Veras 0-1; D Robertson 1-1; C Britton 1-0 Game Scores: S Ponson 33 | ||||||||||
| BOS | NYY | |||
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| 1st | J Bay doubled to left center, D Pedroia and D Ortiz scored. | 2 | 0 | |
| 1st | A Rodriguez doubled to left, B Abreu scored. | 2 | 1 | |
| 4th | R Cano singled to right, A Rodriguez scored, H Matsui to third. | 2 | 2 | |
| 5th | K Youkilis walked, J Ellsbury scored, D Pedroia to third, D Ortiz to second. | 3 | 2 | |
| 5th | J Bay hit sacrifice fly to right, D Pedroia scored, D Ortiz to third. | 4 | 2 | |
| 8th | J Bay tripled to deep right center, K Youkilis scored. | 5 | 2 | |
| 8th | A Cora hit sacrifice fly to center, J Bay scored. | 6 | 2 | |
| 8th | C Crisp singled to center, J Lowrie scored, J Varitek to second. | 7 | 2 | |
| 8th | D Pedroia homered to left, J Varitek, C Crisp and J Ellsbury scored. | 11 | 2 | |
| 9th | J Giambi homered to right. | 11 | 3 | |
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| Stadium | Yankee Stadium, Bronx, NY |
| Attendance | 55,027 (109.4% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 3:16 |
| Weather | 76 degrees, partly cloudy |
| Wind | 10 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Tim Timmons, First Base - Gary Cederstrom, Second Base - Fieldin Culbreth, Third Base - Jim Reynolds |
