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Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
NY Yankees 4, Boston 3
When: 7:05 PM ET, Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Where: Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York
Temperature: 62°
Umpires: Home - Bill Miller, 1B - CB Bucknor, 2B - Dale Scott, 3B - Dan Iassogna
Attendance: 41564
Yankees 4, Red Sox 3 (12): Raul Ibanez tied it in the bottom of the ninth with a two-run homer and singled in the winning run in the 12th as host New York maintained its lead in the American League East.

Andrew Miller (3-2) issued back-to-back walks to Francisco Cervelli and Curtis Granderson with two outs in the 12th before Ibanez ripped an opposite-field single through the left side for the walk-off run. The victory kept the Yankees one game clear of the Baltimore Orioles, who won earlier in the night.

Andrew Bailey came on with a 3-1 lead to close it in the ninth for the Red Sox and surrendered a leadoff single to Granderson before Ibanez entered as a pinch hitter and lined a 1-2 fastball into the stands in right to knot the game at 3-3.

Dustin Pedroia, who sat out Monday’s opener with a broken finger, decided to play through the pain and doubled in a run in the first to spark a two-run rally. James Loney’s solo home run off Rafael Soriano in the top of the ninth made it a 3-1 gap for Boston.

Derek Lowe (9-11) allowed a pair of hits in two scoreless innings to earn the win in relief for the Yankees.

GAME NOTEBOOK:
Should the Yankees and Orioles be tied after Wednesday, they will have to play a one-game playoff on Thursday to decide the division winner. … New York LHP Manny Banuelos, 21, who was the team’s top prospect entering the season, will undergo Tommy john surgery and is expected to miss all of 2013. … Boston RHP Daisuke Matsuzaka is scheduled to make his final appearance for the Red Sox on Wednesday. He is a free agent in the offseason and is not expected to be brought back after several injury-marred campaigns.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Boston   NY Yankees
Jon Lester Player David Phelps
No Decision W/L No Decision
5.0 IP 5.1
1 Strikeouts 4
8 Hits 3
0.00 ERA 3.38
Hitting
Boston   NY Yankees
Pedro Ciriaco Player Raul Ibanez
2 Hits 2
0 RBI 3
0 HR 1
2 TB 5
.500 Avg .667
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Boston 8 1 12 .190 20 11 3 4 1 1
NY Yankees 16 1 22 .333 25 6 4 5 1 0