New York Yankees vs. Boston Red Sox - Box Score - April 20, 2012 - ESPN

Scores for Apr 20, 2012

Final

Series: Game 1 of 2

NY Yankees leads 1-0 (as of 4/20)

Game 1: Friday, April 20
NY Yankees	6	Final
Boston	2	Final
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Game 2: Saturday, April 21
NY Yankees	15	Final
Boston	9	Final
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Game 3: Sunday, April 22
NY Yankees		Postponed
Boston		Postponed
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Yankees 6

(8-6, 4-3 away)

Red Sox 2

(4-9, 3-4 home)

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Coverage: MLBN

3:05 PM ET, April 20, 2012

Fenway Park, Boston, Massachusetts

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
NYY	1	2	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	6	11	0
BOS	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	10	1

W: I. Nova (3-0)

L: C. Buchholz (1-1)

New York Yankees
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
D Jeter SS	5	1	1	0	0	1	15	.359	.373	.609
C Granderson CF	4	0	1	0	1	1	18	.281	.379	.649
A Rodriguez DH	5	1	2	2	0	1	18	.264	.361	.415
R Cano 2B	4	0	1	0	0	0	14	.241	.313	.397
M Teixeira 1B	4	0	0	0	0	0	12	.264	.339	.377
N Swisher RF	3	1	2	1	1	0	17	.259	.359	.519
R Ibanez LF	4	0	1	0	0	0	18	.282	.310	.462
E Chavez 3B	4	2	2	2	0	1	18	.400	.400	1.000
R Martin C	4	1	1	1	0	0	13	.147	.383	.235
Totals	37	6	11	6	2	4	143
BATTING 2B: N Swisher (5, S Atchison) HR: N Swisher (3, 2nd inning off C Buchholz 0 on, 0 Out); E Chavez 2 (2, 2nd inning off C Buchholz 0 on, 1 Out; 4th inning off C Buchholz 0 on, 0 Out); A Rodriguez (2, 5th inning off C Buchholz 0 on, 0 Out); R Martin (1, 6th inning off C Buchholz 0 on, 2 Out) RBI: A Rodriguez 2 (4), N Swisher (14), E Chavez 2 (2), R Martin (2) 2-out RBI: R Martin GIDP: R Ibanez Yankees RISP: 2-9 (M Teixeira 0-2, R Martin 0-1, A Rodriguez 1-2, E Chavez 0-1, R Ibanez 1-2, R Cano 0-1) Team LOB: 6
FIELDING DP: 1 (D Jeter-M Teixeira).

New York Yankees
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
I Nova (W, 3-0)	6.0	7	2	2	0	5	1	93-64	3.79
C Wade	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	13-9	2.08
D Robertson	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	19-13	0.00
C Eppley	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5-2	0.00
M Rivera	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	12-9	3.38
Totals	9.0	10	2	2	0	10	1	142-97
PITCHING C Eppley pitched to 1 batter in the 9th HBP: K Youkilis (By I Nova) First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: I Nova 17/25; C Wade 3/4; D Robertson 2/4; C Eppley 0/1; M Rivera 3/3 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: I Nova 18-7-20-19; C Wade 4-1-1-3; D Robertson 3-3-5-2; C Eppley 0-0-1-1; M Rivera 1-5-2-1 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: I Nova 7-6; C Wade 2-0; D Robertson 0-1; C Eppley 0-0; M Rivera 1-0 Game Scores: I Nova 55

Boston Red Sox
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
M Aviles SS	5	0	2	1	0	0	13	.283	.327	.478
R Sweeney RF	4	0	1	0	0	1	10	.405	.450	.622
D Pedroia 2B	4	0	1	0	0	1	20	.269	.333	.500
A Gonzalez 1B	4	0	1	0	0	2	18	.288	.328	.442
D Ortiz DH	4	1	2	1	0	0	14	.392	.429	.647
K Youkilis 3B	3	0	1	0	0	1	13	.195	.261	.317
J Saltalamacchia C	4	0	1	0	0	1	20	.103	.161	.241
C Ross LF-CF	4	1	1	0	0	2	16	.250	.333	.455
J Repko CF	2	0	0	0	0	0	11	.091	.091	.091
a-N Spears PH-LF	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.000	.000
b-N Punto PH	1	0	0	0	0	1	4	.286	.313	.357
Totals	36	2	10	2	0	10	142
a-struck out looking for J Repko in the 7th b-struck out swinging for N Spears in the 9th
BATTING 2B: K Youkilis (2, I Nova); R Sweeney (6, I Nova); C Ross (3, I Nova); M Aviles (3, I Nova) HR: D Ortiz (2, 2nd inning off I Nova 0 on, 0 Out) RBI: D Ortiz (11), M Aviles (6) GIDP: J Saltalamacchia Red Sox RISP: 1-10 (M Aviles 1-1, C Ross 0-1, D Pedroia 0-2, J Saltalamacchia 0-2, J Repko 0-2, R Sweeney 0-1, A Gonzalez 0-1) Team LOB: 8
FIELDING E: D Pedroia (1, pop up) DP: 1 (A Gonzalez-M Aviles-C Buchholz).

Boston Red Sox
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
C Buchholz (L, 1-1)	6.0	9	6	5	2	2	5	103-69	9.00
S Atchison	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	14-8	1.86
J Thomas	0.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	13-8	6.75
J Tazawa	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	13-9	0.00
Totals	9.0	11	6	5	2	4	5	143-94
PITCHING C Buchholz pitched to 1 batter in the 7th; S Atchison pitched to 1 batter in the 8th WP: C Buchholz; S Atchison First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: C Buchholz 20/29; S Atchison 2/4; J Thomas 0/2; J Tazawa 3/4 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: C Buchholz 18-3-23-25; S Atchison 2-2-1-3; J Thomas 2-1-4-1; J Tazawa 3-1-1-4 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: C Buchholz 9-7; S Atchison 2-0; J Thomas 0-0; J Tazawa 2-2 Game Scores: C Buchholz 32

Scoring Summary

			NYY	BOS
	1st	A Rodriguez singled to center, D Jeter scored.	1	0
	2nd	N Swisher homered to left center (399 feet).	2	0
	2nd	E Chavez homered to right center (398 feet).	3	0
	2nd	D Ortiz homered to left center (424 feet).	3	1
	4th	E Chavez homered to center (418 feet).	4	1
	5th	A Rodriguez homered to left (424 feet).	5	1
	5th	M Aviles doubled to right, C Ross scored.	5	2
	6th	R Martin homered to left (404 feet).	6	2
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Game Notes

THE GAME IS UNDERWAY AFTER A 12 MINUTE DELAY.

Game Information

Stadium	Fenway Park, Boston, MA
Attendance	36,770 (99.2% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	3:18
Weather	79 degrees, partly cloudy
Wind	19 mph
Umpires	Home Plate - Jeff Nelson, First Base - Bill Welke, Second Base - Tim Tschida, Third Base - Chris Conroy