April 4, 2013: Yankees 6 Red Sox 4

Well that didn't go according to plan. New Red Sox closer Joel Hanrahan gets his first save opportunity, and he quickly loads the bases on a single and 2 walks. A failed sac fly with a runner thrown out at the plate gave him two outs, but he walked another batter to load the bases again, followed by perhaps the worst possible thing to happen for Red Sox fans - a walk-off grand slam, by a Yankee, in Yankee Stadium, where that Yankee is former Red Sox star Kevin Youkilis.

Mike Napoli had a 2-run homer in the top of the 9th off Mariano Rivera that gave the Sox the lead. It was his 2nd of the game and his 4th of the young season. Ryan Dempster had a quality start but didn't figure in the decision.

BOXSCORE: 2013 Boston Red Sox At 2013 New York (AL) Yankees          4/4/2013
 
  Red Sox            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Yankees            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  J.Ellsbury CF       4  0  1  1 .636     B.Gardner CF        4  0  1  0 .167  
  S.Victorino RF      4  0  0  0 .357     R.Cano 2B           4  2  1  1 .091  
  D.Pedroia 2B        4  1  1  0 .462     K.Youkilis 3B       4  1  1  4 .091  
  M.Napoli 1B         4  2  2  3 .308     T.Hafner DH         3  0  1  0 .167  
  J.Gomes DH          4  0  2  0 .333     V.Wells LF          4  0  1  0 .083  
  W.Middlebrooks 3B   4  0  0  0 .071     I.Suzuki RF         3  0  0  0 .222  
  J.Bradley Jr LF     4  0  0  0 .000     E.Nunez SS          4  0  1  0 .364  
  D.Ross C            3  0  1  0 .333     L.Overbay 1B        3  0  0  0 .000  
A-P.Ciriaco PR        0  1  0  0 ----   C-J.Nix PR            0  1  0  0 .000  
B-J.Saltalamacchia C  0  0  0  0 .222     F.Cervelli C        3  1  1  1 .167  
  J.Iglesias SS       3  0  1  0 .400   D-B.Boesch PR         0  1  0  0 ----  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      34  4  8  4                 Totals      32  6  7  6
 
A-Pinch Ran For Ross In 8th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Ciriaco In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Ran For Overbay In 9th Inning
D-Pinch Ran For Cervelli In 9th Inning
 
Red Sox......... 0 1 0  0 0 0  0 1 2  -  4  8  0
Yankees......... 0 0 0  0 2 0  0 0 4  -  6  7  0
 
Red Sox (2-1)            IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
R.Dempster                6       3   2   2   3   3   2  89   3.00
A.Miller                  1       1   0   0   0   2   0  17   0.00
J.Tazawa                  1       1   0   0   0   1   0  15   0.00
J.Hanrahan L(0-1) BS(1st) 0 2/3   2   4   4   3   0   1  29  54.00
Totals                    8 2/3   7   6   6   6   6   3
 
Yankees (1-2)            IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
A.Pettitte                6 2/3   2   1   1   0   5   1  74   1.35
D.Robertson HOLD(1st)     0 1/3   1   0   0   0   0   0  11  15.43
M.Rivera BS(1st)          1 1/3   4   3   3   0   1   1  20  20.25
D.Phelps WIN(1-0)         0 2/3   1   0   0   0   1   0  12  10.80
Totals                    9       8   4   4   0   7   2
 
ATTENDANCE- 26,107 DATE- Thursday, April 4th 2013 TIME- Night WEATHER- Bad
UMPIRES- Lance Barksdale, Vic Carapazza, Gary Cederstrom, Kerwin Danley
T- 2:41
LEFT ON BASE- Red Sox: 3  Yankees: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Red Sox: 1  Yankees: 0
DOUBLES- D.Ross(1st), V.Wells(1st)
HOME RUNS- M.Napoli-2(4th), R.Cano(1st), K.Youkilis(1st), F.Cervelli(1st)
RBIs- J.Ellsbury(1st), M.Napoli-3(7th), R.Cano(1st), K.Youkilis-4(4th),
      F.Cervelli(1st)
WALKS- B.Gardner, R.Cano, T.Hafner, I.Suzuki, L.Overbay, F.Cervelli
HIT BY PITCH- K.Youkilis
STRIKE OUTS- S.Victorino-2, M.Napoli-2, J.Gomes, W.Middlebrooks-2, K.Youkilis,
             T.Hafner-2, V.Wells, L.Overbay, F.Cervelli
2-out RBI- R.Cano, J.Ellsbury, K.Youkilis-4
RLISP 2-out- E.Nunez-3
 
Andy Pettitte delivered 6 and two third solid innings at Yankee Stadium as the
New York (AL) Yankees came back dramatically to top the Boston Red Sox by the
score of 6 to 4.
 
New York (AL) erupted with the game winning runs in the bottom of the 9th
inning when they came up with 4 runs on 2 hits.  The big moment was provided
by Kevin Youkilis who thrilled the crowd when he caught a hold of a fastball
for a Grand Slam homerun.  New York (AL) finished with 7 hits in the victory.
 
David Phelps(1-0) picked up the victory, allowing no runs in 2/3 of an inning.
The loss was charged to Joel Hanrahan(0-1) in relief.  He pitched 2/3 of an
inning giving up 2 hits and 3 walks.