It’s sad that it’s come to this. The Red Sox rolled into Yankee Stadium in a September series, and it didn’t mean anything for either team. The Red Sox won’t be playing once the regular season ends and the losses were just a road bump for the Yankees in what will be another division title.
Friday’s game was rained out so that forced a pair of doubleheaders over the weekend. Game one went to the Red Sox. Josh Beckett threw a solid game and he won his 15th game of the season. Mark Loretta had two hits and two runs and David Ortiz reached base five times with two hits and three walks in the 5-2 win.
Game two was the lone loss. Julian Taverez was bounced after five mediocre innings and the pen didn’t hold on to the lead. Alex Gonzalez and Coco Crisp each had two RBIs in the 7-5 loss. Craig Breslow took the loss and he’s now 0-2.
Sunday, things went even better. David Ortiz hit his 49th homerun of the season and Kevin Youkilis had two hits and three RBIs in the 6-3 win. Kyle Snyder pitched five solid innings but he didn’t get a decision. The win went to Bryan Corey.
The Red Sox came from behind to beat the Yankees in the series finale. The game winner came in the top of the tenth when Mark Loretta drove home Alex Cora to make it 5-4. So goes the final game against our hated arch rival.
Next up is three against the Twins so the Red Sox could still play spoiler.
