Major League Baseball
Boston Red Sox
7
New York Yankees
4
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | 2OT | 3OT | P8 | P9 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOS | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| NYY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
Clay Buchholz chilled the Yankees' bats, speedy Jackie Bradley Jr. got his first major league hit and the Boston Red Sox beat New York 7-4 on a cold Wednesday night to open a season with consecutive wins for the first time since 1999.
Pitch 7: foul
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
V Wells homered to left (367 feet), B Francisco and K Youkilis scored.
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 6: in play
Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
D Pedroia grounded out to shortstop, J Ellsbury scored.
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 7: foul
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 3: foul
T Hafner homered to right center (401 feet).
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
J Ellsbury singled to center, J Bradley Jr. and J Iglesias scored.
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
J Bradley Jr. singled to center, S Victorino scored.
Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
S Victorino singled to left, J Saltalamacchia scored.
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
D Nava hit by pitch, J Bradley Jr. scored, J Iglesias to third, J Ellsbury to second.
End of the 9th
B Francisco flied out to right.
Pitch 5: in play
Pitch 4: ball 2
Pitch 3: ball 1
Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
B Francisco batting
B Gardner struck out swinging.
Pitch 3: strike 3 (swinging)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
B Gardner batting
F Cervelli grounded into fielder's choice to third, E Nunez out at second.
Pitch 8: in play
Pitch 7: foul
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 5: ball 3
Pitch 4: ball 2
Pitch 3: strike 2 (looking)
Pitch 2: ball 1
Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
F Cervelli batting
E Nunez singled to right.
Pitch 5: in play
Pitch 4: ball 2
Pitch 3: ball 1
Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
E Nunez batting
J Hanrahan relieved A Aceves.
Bottom of the 9th inning
J Bradley Jr. grounded out to second.
Pitch 2: in play
Showing the last 40 of 626 events.
BOS wins series 2-1
Brett GardnerCF11
Ichiro SuzukiRF51
Robinson Cano2B22
Kevin Youkilis3B36
Travis HafnerDH33
Vernon WellsLF22
Lyle Overbay1B24
Eduardo NunezSS12
Chris StewartC12
Ben FranciscoRF8
Brennan BoeschPH31
Francisco CervelliC29
Jacoby EllsburyCF22
Daniel NavaDH25
Dustin Pedroia2B15
Mike Anthony Napoli1B5
Jarrod SaltalamacchiaC12
Will Middlebrooks3B12
Shane VictorinoRF8
Jackie Bradley Jr.LF41
Jose IglesiasSS7
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