Fenway Fables

After the typical Red Sox-Yankee lengthy game (3 hours, 55 minutes) Manny Delcarmen came through with the save in the 8-5 win over the Yankees.  Starter Daisuke Matsuzaka (3-0) nibblied away at the strike zone all night, resulting in a whopping 116 pitches in only five innings as he surrendered four runs on five hits, six walks and a wild pitch. But the Sox bullpen was sharp; David Aardsma (two innings), Javier Lopez (1) and Manny Delcarmen (two-thirds) bailed out the Sox on a night when Terry Francona rested Jonathan Papelbon and Hideki Okajima as well as slumping designated hitter David Ortiz (0.70) by combining for four scoreless innings of relief. Kevin Youkilis (2-3, 2 RBI), Sean Casey (2-3, 1 RBI, 1 Run), Manny Ramirez (2-3, 1 RBI, 2 Runs), and Coco Crisp (2-4, 1 Run, 2 SB) led the offensive charge on a cold night in Beantown.

The Red Sox are in Cleveland tonight to face the (5-7) Indians, Jon Lester opposes Jake Westbrook.