Yankees 13, Red Sox 5
Jorge Posada watches the flight of his bases-clearing triple. (Brita Meng Outzen/MLB.com)
By Mark Feinsand / MLB.com
The Yankees took full advantage of 13 Red Sox walks, nine by Boston starter Josh Beckett, and won their third in a row against their AL East rivals. Johnny Damon hit three doubles, Robinson Cano had five RBIs and Jorge Posada added a triple and four RBIs.
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TODAY'S WRAPS: August 19, 2006
NY Yankees
(73-48)
Won 3
NY Yankees 13, Boston 5
Today's Boxes 8/19/06
CHC 5, STL 4
ARI 5, SD 3
BAL 15, TOR 0
ATL 5, FLA 3
CIN 14, PIT 7
MIL 6, HOU 4
TEX 3, DET 1
PHI 11, WSH 2
CWS 4, MIN 1
OAK 7, KC 2
CLE 5, TB 3
NYM 7, COL 4
LAD 14, SF 7
LAA 9, SEA 7
Boston
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Lost 3
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Standings thru 8/19/06  | Gameday  | Yankees Stats  | Red Sox Stats
NY Yankees AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Damon , DH6 1 3 1 0 0 2 .297
Jeter , SS4 1 0 0 1 1 1 .335
Abreu , RF4 2 1 0 2 2 2 .298
Guiel , RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .235
Giambi , 1B2 2 1 0 3 0 1 .256
1-Wilson , PR-1B 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 .265
Rodriguez , 3B3 2 1 2 2 1 4 .288
Green , 3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .187
Cano , 2B3 2 2 5 2 0 0 .330
Posada , C4 0 1 4 1 0 3 .270
2-Fasano , PR-C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .227
Williams , CF4 1 1 1 1 1 3 .282
Cabrera , LF4 1 0 0 1 1 2 .291
Totals 35 13 10 13 13 7 18
1-Ran for Giambi in the 8th. 2-Ran for Posada in the 8th.
BATTING 2B : Damon 3 (29, Beckett, Beckett, Beckett), Abreu (32, Beckett), Rodriguez (22, Beckett), Giambi (18, Van Buren).3B : Posada (2, Delcarmen).HR : Williams (9, 2nd inning off Beckett, 0 on, 2 out), Cano (8, 8th inning off Van Buren, 2 on, 1 out).TB : Damon 6; Abreu 2; Giambi 2; Rodriguez 2; Cano 5; Posada 3; Williams 4.RBI : Williams (47), Damon (67), Cano 5 (44), Rodriguez 2 (91), Posada 4 (63).2-out RBI : Williams; Damon; Cano 2; Rodriguez; Posada 3.Runners left in scoring position, 2 out : Jeter; Posada; Williams 3; Damon.S : Jeter.GIDP : Rodriguez.Team LOB : 9. BASERUNNING SB : Cabrera (10, 2nd base off Beckett/Lopez, J), Abreu (27, 2nd base off Beckett/Lopez, J), Posada (2, 2nd base off Beckett/Lopez, J). FIELDING DP : 2 (Cano-Jeter-Giambi, Jeter-Cano-Giambi).
Boston AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Youkilis , 1B4 0 0 0 1 0 0 .292
Loretta , 2B1 1 0 0 2 0 0 .308
Ortiz , DH2 1 0 1 1 1 1 .284
Ramirez , LF1 1 1 3 2 0 0 .327
a-Hinske , PH-LF 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .268
Lopez, J , C4 1 1 0 0 1 3 .265
Lowell , 3B4 0 2 0 0 0 1 .286
Pena , RF4 0 1 1 0 0 1 .301
Kapler , CF4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .226
Cora , SS3 1 0 0 0 0 0 .285
Totals 28 5 5 5 6 4 8
a-Struck out for Ramirez in the 8th.
BATTING HR : Ramirez (34, 4th inning off Johnson, 2 on, 1 out).TB : Ramirez 4; Lopez, J; Lowell 2; Pena.RBI : Ramirez 3 (99), Pena (35), Ortiz (116).Runners left in scoring position, 2 out : Lopez, J; Ortiz.S : Loretta.SF : Ortiz.GIDP : Lowell; Kapler.Team LOB : 5. FIELDING PB : Lopez, J (3).DP : (Cora-Loretta-Youkilis).
NY Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Johnson (W, 14-9)7.0 4 5 5 6 3 1 4.98
Wright 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 4.50
Beam 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10.50
IBB : Ramirez (by Johnson), Cano (by Beckett).HBP : Cora (by Johnson).Pitches-strikes : Johnson 112-61, Wright 22-15, Beam 20-12, Beckett 121-58, Delcarmen 12-4, Van Buren 39-20, Snyder 27-17.Ground outs-fly outs : Johnson 11-7, Wright 1-1, Beam 0-3, Beckett 12-3, Delcarmen 1-0, Van Buren 1-1, Snyder 0-2.Batters faced : Johnson 30, Wright 4, Beam 3, Beckett 32, Delcarmen 3, Van Buren 8, Snyder 6.Inherited runners-scored : Delcarmen 3-3, Snyder 1-0.Umpires : HP: Joe West. 1B: Ed Rapuano. 2B: Tony Randazzo. 3B: Jim Wolf.Weather : 79 degrees, cloudy.Wind : 12 mph, Out to CF.T : 3:41.Att : 35,738.
Box score official statistics approved by Major League Baseball Office of the Commissioner