BALCO-92
BOSTON RED SOX AT NEW YORK YANKEES
10/04/2009
 
BALCO-92
BOSTON RED SOX AT NEW YORK YANKEES
GAME ID: 3172 - SUNDAY, OCTOBER 4TH , 2009 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Boston Red Sox (87-75) 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 0 0 6 14 2
New York Yankees (97-65) 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 12 0
Red Sox Spill Yankees, 6-4
The Boston Red Sox defeated the New York Yankees, 6-4. Doing his part was right fielder Lance Berkman, who was 3 for 4 with a home run, 2 singles, and a walk. Boston pitcher Ricky Nolasco got the win, upping his record to 9-5. Brad Penny got the loss. Dustin Lansford collected his 14th save.

The result might have been different for Boston, had it not been for Arturo Rios, the 27-year old third baseman . Rios stroked a run-scoring single in the top of the seventh inning to put Boston up, 6-4. For the game, he had 1 double and 2 singles in 5 at-bats.

"Winning is all that really matters and we got it done today," Rios told the Boston News.

Boston bumps their record to 87-75 with the win.
BOSTON BATTING LINESCORE NEW YORK BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
R. Hidalgo CF 4 1 1 0 1 1 1 .233 12 38
D. Murphy DH 5 1 3 0 0 0 2 .300 3 26
D. Hernandez RF 5 1 1 2 0 3 4 .269 11 55
   a-T. Long RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 0 1
T. Mora LF 4 1 1 0 1 0 2 .232 40 109
R. Cano 2B 5 0 2 0 0 1 3 .288 19 86
O. Pena SS 5 1 1 1 0 0 4 .254 34 77
   b-C. Pennington SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .296 0 8
A. Rios 3B 5 1 3 2 0 1 1 .298 25 97
C. Shelton C 4 0 1 1 0 1 3 .281 14 62
C. Koskie 1B 4 0 1 0 0 2 2 .280 4 36
Totals 41 6 14 6 2 9 22      
a - T. Long substituted for D. Hernandez in the 8th
b - C. Pennington substituted for O. Pena in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: D. Murphy 2 (18, 1st Inning off R. Vogelsong, 0 on, 1 out; 7th Inning off B. Penny, 1 on, 0 outs) , T. Mora (33, 4th Inning off R. Vogelsong, 0 on, 0 outs) , C. Shelton (27, 4th Inning off R. Vogelsong, 1 on, 2 outs) , A. Rios (46, 4th Inning off R. Vogelsong, 1 on, 2 outs) , R. Cano (40, 9th Inning off J. Grilli, 0 on, 1 out)
Home Runs: O. Pena (34, 6th Inning off R. Vogelsong, 0 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: R. Hidalgo , D. Murphy 5 , D. Hernandez , T. Mora 2 , R. Cano 3 , O. Pena 4 , A. Rios 4 , C. Shelton 2 , C. Koskie
2-out RBI: , A. Rios 2 , C. Shelton
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: T. Mora , R. Cano , A. Rios , C. Shelton , C. Koskie
Team LOB: 10

BASERUNNING
SB: R. Hidalgo (9)

FIELDING
Errors: O. Pena 2 (14)
Double Plays: 1 (Pennington-Koskie)
OF assists: 1 (Hidalgo(Ludwick at 3rd base))
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
L. Berkman RF 4 1 3 1 1 0 0 .311 28 86
A. Ramirez 1B 5 1 1 0 0 1 4 .299 44 112
D. Pedroia 2B 5 0 1 0 0 0 5 .298 15 87
A. LaRoche DH 4 0 0 0 1 0 2 .248 26 92
N. Garciaparra 3B 5 1 3 1 0 1 0 .289 23 99
J. Posada C 4 1 2 0 1 1 4 .261 19 58
D. Jeter SS 4 0 1 0 0 0 4 .298 12 66
P. Wilson CF 3 0 0 1 0 1 3 .245 5 41
   a-M. Ordonez PH, LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .212 7 31
R. Ludwick LF, CF 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 .252 22 81
Totals 38 4 12 4 3 4 24      
a - M. Ordonez pinch hit for P. Wilson in the 7th

BATTING
Doubles: N. Garciaparra (31, 2nd Inning off R. Nolasco, 0 on, 0 outs) , J. Posada (20, 4th Inning off R. Nolasco, 0 on, 1 out) , A. Ramirez (43, 5th Inning off R. Nolasco, 0 on, 1 out)
Home Runs: L. Berkman (28, 5th Inning off R. Nolasco, 0 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: L. Berkman 6 , A. Ramirez 2 , D. Pedroia , N. Garciaparra 4 , J. Posada 3 , D. Jeter , R. Ludwick
2-out RBI: N. Garciaparra , R. Ludwick
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: D. Pedroia , J. Posada , D. Jeter , P. Wilson , M. Ordonez
GIDP: J. Posada
Sac Bunt: R. Ludwick
Team LOB: 11

BASERUNNING
SB: J. Posada (22)
BOSTON PITCHING LINESCORE NEW YORK PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
R. Nolasco W (9-5) 6.0 9 4 4 3 3 1 101 4.27   
M. Melancon H (3) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 15 0.00   
J. Duchscherer H (4) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 5.30   
D. Lansford SV (14) 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 13 4.44   
PITCHING
Game Score: R. Nolasco 38
Batters Faced: R. Nolasco 30, M. Melancon 5, J. Duchscherer 3, D. Lansford 4
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: R. Nolasco 8-6, M. Melancon 1-1, J. Duchscherer 0-3, D. Lansford 1-1
Pitches - Strikes: R. Nolasco 101-61, M. Melancon 15-11, J. Duchscherer 11-8, D. Lansford 13-7
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
R. Vogelsong 5.2 7 3 3 2 8 1 104 4.28   
C. Meredith H (7) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 2.66   
B. Penny L (7-5), BS (8) 1.0 5 3 3 0 0 0 30 3.03   
K. Loe 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 16 1.87   
J. Grilli 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 3.03   
PITCHING
Game Score: R. Vogelsong 49
Batters Faced: R. Vogelsong 26, C. Meredith 1, B. Penny 8, K. Loe 4, J. Grilli 4
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: R. Vogelsong 2-7, C. Meredith 0-0, B. Penny 2-1, K. Loe 0-3, J. Grilli 0-3
Pitches - Strikes: R. Vogelsong 104-71, C. Meredith 5-3, B. Penny 30-19, K. Loe 16-11, J. Grilli 12-10
Inherited Runners - Scored: C. Meredith 1-0
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Lance Berkman
Ballpark: Yankee Stadium
Weather: Rain (69 degrees), wind blowing in from right at 12 mph
Start Time: 3:05 PM ET
Time: 3:09
Attendance: 55544
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