Round One to Red Sox: Yankees Lose Two of Three in Boston

9th Inning:  Well, this one’s over.  The guy who’s playing for Jeter just doubled.  I think he ended up scoring.  I’m disgusted.  No way the Sox win a game this weekend.  They can’t hit.  Awful.  Just awful. 

Final: Yankees 4, Red Sox 1

Game 2: Josh Beckett vs. Mike Mussina

1st Inning:  Beckett just dominated Cabrera and Abreu, making them both look silly.  Meanwhile, Mussina somehow pitched around two singles and a stolen base.  Here we go again.

2nd Inning: Two more hits for the Red Sox, still no runs.  Not liking where this is going. 

4th Inning: Manny Ramirez just hit a homerun that landed in New York somewhere.  As soon as he hit the homerun, I noticed that it’s raining harder at Fenway.  Let’s race to five, then call the game?  Given that the Sox probably won’t score anymore runs and their bullpen hasn’t exactly been lights out, that might be our best hope.

5th Inning:  OK, we’re through five.  Beckett looks fantastic.  The Sox are winning by one.  It’s still raining.  There’s actually lightning out where I am, which is about twenty minutes north of Boston. 

Call the game, already!

6th Inning: Too late.  Once again, the Sox are killed by Jose Molina and that guy who’s filling in for Derek Jeter.  I can’t stand the Yankees.  This Red Sox team can’t hit,  so we’re screwed. 

6th Inning: What the heck was Girardi thinking?  You don’t even pitch to Manny in a video game in that situation.  I actually got up to go to the bathroom assuming he was going to walk him. 

I fully endorse Joe Girardi as Yankee manager.  Great decision, Hank.

7th Inning:  Beckett gave up another run in the seventh, as he’s clearly tiring.  Looked good though, can’t complain.  Manny Delcarmen kept it a one run game by striking out Jose “Babe Ruth” Molina to end the inning.

8th Inning:  Two men on, two men out, tying run at second, A-Rod at the plate, Papelbon coming in, and we’re going to rain delay.  Fantastic.

8th Inning: Papelbon waited over two hours, then made A-Rod look silly on three straight pitches.  Mr. April isn’t living up to his name today.

9th Inning:  One, two, three ninth and the Red Sox pick up a huge win.  The Yankees aren’t the same team without Jeter. 

Final: Red Sox 4, Yankees 3

Game 3: Daisuke Matsuzaka vs. Phil Hughes

1st Inning:  Wade Boggs was on Baseball Tonight.  Buckner on opening day, Boggs on Baseball Tonight, all we need is Marty Barrett and Spike Owen and we’ll have the entire 1986 Red Sox infield. 

1st Inning:

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