April 8, 2011 Red Sox 5, Yankees 1 (Red Sox home opener)

A sellout crowd for the Fenway Park opener sees something done that no other Red Sox team in history has ever done. The win gives the team a 7-0 start to the season, the best start in team history. Much better than the 0-6 start IRL. Even better that the Sox beat the Yankees today, that is just icing on the cake. Adrian Gonzalez continues to roll along with a solo homerun, his fourth homer in the last three games, leading the majors with 6 homers and 15 RBI through seven games.

Strat-O-Matic Report

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BOXSCORE: 2011 New York (AL) Yankees At 2011 Boston Red Sox          4/8/2011
 
  Yankees            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Red Sox            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  B.Gardner LF        4  0  0  0 .217     C.Crawford LF       5  0  1  0 .371  
  D.Jeter SS          4  0  0  0 .296     D.Pedroia 2B        4  0  1  1 .323  
  M.Teixeira 1B       3  0  1  0 .111     A.Gonzalez 1B       2  1  2  1 .500  
  A.Rodriguez 3B      4  0  1  0 .167     K.Youkilis 3B       3  0  0  0 .077  
  R.Cano 2B           4  0  1  0 .333     D.Ortiz DH          4  1  1  0 .333  
  N.Swisher RF        4  1  2  0 .259     J.Drew RF           2  1  0  1 .263  
  J.Posada DH         4  0  0  0 .348     J.Saltalamacchia C  4  1  1  2 .308  
  C.Granderson CF     2  0  0  1 .059     J.Ellsbury CF       4  1  1  0 .483  
  R.Martin C          3  0  1  0 .227     M.Scutaro SS        3  0  1  0 .300  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      32  1  6  1                 Totals      31  5  8  5
 
 
Yankees......... 0 0 0  0 0 0  1 0 0  -  1  6  0
Red Sox......... 0 1 0  0 1 2  1 0    -  5  8  0
 
Yankees (3-4)            IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
P.Hughes LOSS(0-1)        4       4   2   2   2   3   0  61   6.00
L.Ayala                   0 2/3   1   0   0   2   1   0  21   0.00
R.Soriano                 0 1/3   0   1   1   1   1   0   7   6.75
J.Chamberlai              3       3   2   2   1   4   2  51   3.38
Totals                    8       8   5   5   6   9   2
 
Red Sox (7-0)            IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
J.Lackey WIN(2-0)         7       6   1   1   2   4   0  98   3.46
A.Aceves                  2       0   0   0   0   1   0  15   0.00
Totals                    9       6   1   1   2   5   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 21,659 DATE- Friday, April 8th 2011 TIME- Day WEATHER- Bad
UMPIRES- Paul Schrieber, Chad Fairchild, Joe West, Angel Hernandez
T- 2:43
LEFT ON BASE- Yankees: 6  Red Sox: 8
DOUBLE PLAYS- Yankees: 1  Red Sox: 1
DOUBLES- N.Swisher(4th), C.Crawford(3rd), M.Scutaro(1st)
TRIPLES- D.Ortiz(1st)
HOME RUNS- A.Gonzalez(6th), J.Saltalamacchia(2nd)
STOLEN BASES- R.Martin(1st), J.Ellsbury(3rd)
WALKS- M.Teixeira, C.Granderson, A.Gonzalez-2, K.Youkilis, J.Drew-2, M.Scutaro
STRIKE OUTS- B.Gardner-2, D.Jeter, N.Swisher, J.Posada, C.Crawford-2,
             D.Pedroia-2, K.Youkilis, D.Ortiz-2, J.Saltalamacchia-2
GIDP- A.Rodriguez, J.Saltalamacchia
2-out RBI- D.Pedroia
 
The streaking Boston Red Sox defeated the New York (AL) Yankees by a score of
5 to 1 at Fenway Park.
 
In the 2nd inning Boston went on top for good plating an isolated run.  David
Ortiz tripled.  J.D. Drew was next and he would ground out.  Jarrod
Saltalamacchia got his chance to keep things going, but he went down on
strikes.  Boston had 8 hits for the afternoon.  
 
John Lackey(2-0) got credit for the victory, pitching 7 innings and allowing 1
run. Phil Hughes(0-1) was the loser.  In another of a string of victories,
Boston knocked extended their winning streak to 7 games.

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