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
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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 |
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 |
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