The New York Yankees faced the the Boston Red Sox yesterday at New Yankee Stadium with the Yankees winning 5 to 2. It was quite a game that followers with cheap Yankee tickets online will be talking about for days.
Yankees pitcher Phil Coke (4.98 ERA) got the win, while Daniel Bard (2.97 ERA) took the loss for the Red Sox. Andy Pettitte went 7 solid innings for the Yankees, allowed 5 hits, no home runs and no earned runs with 2 walks and 4 strikeouts. The Red Sox’s starter Jon Lester went 7 innings, allowed 5 hits, one home run and one earned run with no walks and 7 strikeouts. Hideki Okajima (3.06) also pitched for the Red Sox. With the win, Coke’s record goes to 4-3, while Bard falls to 0-1. Mariano Rivera earned the save for the Yankees, bringing his saves up to 32.
In addition to the 5 runs, the Yankees managed 10 hits and committed no errors. It wasn’t a huge day for anyone at the plate for the Yankees, as nobody managed more than 2 hits. J.D. Drew had the most hits for the Red Sox (3), followed by Nick Green (2). Jason Varitek could not get much going at the plate as he left 6 runners on base. The Red Sox managed 2 runs, 9 hits and no errors.
Umpiring duties were performed by Bill Miller, Derryl Cousins, Chad Fairchild and Jim Joyce. There were 48,190 Yankees ticket holders in attendance at New Yankee Stadium.
The win puts the Yankees at a record of 69-42, still leading their division, while the loss brings the Red Sox to 62-48, (6.5 games behind first place in the division). Next up for the Yankees are the Toronto Blue Jays (53-57) at Toronto Blue Jays New Yankee Stadium. If you are in the area you might want to check out what’s available for Toronto Blue Jays tickets because that game should be a good one. The Red Sox will next take on the Detroit Tigers (59-51) at Fenway Park in what should be a very good game of MLB baseball. Buy your Detroit Tigers tickets today and be there for first pitch.