Sox/Yanks Game Notes

Boston got off to yet another quick start in New York on Tuesday night. This time, however, they did all their early damage in one inning - the first - on four straight hits, including a three-run homer by Jason Bay. It was Bay's third homer against the pinstripes this season, to go along with 10 RBI. The game would remain 4-0 until the fourth inning, when Johnny Damon got the Yankees back into it with a three-run shot of his own, into the second deck in rightfield. Boston would tack on three runs combined in the eighth and ninth innings, to win the rain-soaked, four-hour affair 7-3.

Kevin Youkilis was out of the lineup, so Joba Chamberlain decided to drill the guy filling in for him in the clean-up spot, Jason Bay. In the fifth inning, with a runner on in a one-run game, Chamberlain decided it was a good time to throw at Bay because, you know, he had the audacity to do his job and hit a homer off of him earlier in the game. HOW DARE HE? This baffles me. If he wanted to send a message, he should have struck him out. Chamberlain had been cruising, sitting down the Red Sox left and right with a fastball he was placing perfectly. What better way to show Bay up than to gas him? No, instead, he put a 92 MPH heater in his back, taking the chance of injuring him, and putting two runners on in a one-run game. Smart pitching, you jackass.

Prior to last night's game, the Yankees placed C/DH Jorge Posada on the 15-day DL with a sore hamstring. New York called up Catcher Francisco Cervelli from AA-Trenton to take his place on the roster. Kevin Youkilis was held out of the Boston lineup due to tightness in his side, and during the game, Red Sox CF Jacoby Ellsbury had to be taken out due to a sore right hamstring. Youkilis hopes to return to the lineup this evening against Cleveland, and Ellsbury's status is unknown.

The Red Sox return home to Fenway tonight, to open up a short two-game series against Cleveland. Young Justin Masterson (2-1, 4.37 ERA) takes the mound against Carl Pavano (1-3, 7.46 ERA). No, really, he got another job. I swear.