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Lidle, Abreu shine in finale
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Yankees 2, Red Sox 1
Cory Lidle threw six shutout innings at the Sox on Monday. (Brita Meng Outzen/MLB.com)
 Lidle on his performance
 Torre says his team was tenacious
 Abreu's RBI double
 Green scores on wild pitch
Cory Lidle blanked the Boston on three hits over six innings and the bullpen finished off the Red Sox to sweep a five-game series from their rivals at Fenway for the first time since 1943. Bobby Abreu plated the Bombers' first run with an RBI double in the sixth.
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Series at a glance:
TODAY'S WRAPS: August 21, 2006
NYY
NY Yankees (75-48)
Won 5
NY Yankees 2, Boston 1   BOS
Boston (69-55)
Lost 5
August 21, 2006
   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   R   H   E 
NY Yankees
0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0   2 6 1
Boston
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0   1 5 0
Standings thru 8/21/06  |  Gameday  |  Yankees Stats  |  Red Sox Stats
NY YankeesABRHRBIBBSOLOBAVG
Cabrera, LF3110010.290
Jeter, DH-SS4010011.336
Abreu, RF3011110.300
Rodriguez, 3B4010002.287
Cano, 2B4010003.327
Wilson, 1B4000001.262
Williams, CF3000011.278
  Damon, CF0000000.296
Fasano, C3000010.223
Green, SS3110010.185
  Farnsworth, P0000000.000
Totals31261168 

BATTING
2B: Cano (25, Wells), Abreu (33, Wells), Green (5, Wells).
TB: Cabrera; Jeter; Abreu 2; Rodriguez; Cano 2; Green 2.
RBI: Abreu (74).
2-out RBI: Abreu.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Williams; Cano 2.
S: Cabrera.
GIDP: Rodriguez.
Team LOB: 4.

BASERUNNING
SB: Cabrera (11, 2nd base off Wells/Lopez, J).

FIELDING
E: Green (1, fielding).

 
BostonABRHRBIBBSOLOBAVG
Crisp, CF4000010.268
Loretta, 2B5010011.308
Ortiz, DH3010111.287
Ramirez, LF0000200.330
  Kapler, RF2000003.219
Hinske, 1B4000013.262
Lowell, 3B3000110.286
Pena, RF-LF3121110.300
Lopez, J, C4000005.262
Cora, SS4010012.281
Totals321515715 

BATTING
HR: Pena (10, 8th inning off Proctor, 0 on, 2 out).
TB: Loretta; Ortiz; Pena 5; Cora.
RBI: Pena (36).
2-out RBI: Pena.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Hinske; Lopez, J 2; Kapler; Cora.
S: Crisp.
Team LOB: 10.

FIELDING
DP: (Lowell-Loretta-Hinske).

 
NY YankeesIPHRERBBSOHRERA
Lidle (W, 10-9)6.03005504.45
Dotel (H, 1)0.110000013.50
Myers (H, 12)0.10000102.78
Proctor (H, 18)1.11110013.53
Farnsworth (S, 2)1.00000104.00
 
BostonIPHRERBBSOHRERA
Wells (L, 2-3)7.16221405.40
Foulke 1.20000205.05

WP: Foulke.
IBB: Ortiz (by Lidle).
Pitches-strikes: Lidle 105-65, Dotel 3-3, Myers 3-3, Proctor 24-17, Farnsworth 9-8, Wells 104-69, Foulke 18-10.
Ground outs-fly outs: Lidle 10-3, Dotel 1-0, Myers 0-0, Proctor 1-3, Farnsworth 0-2, Wells 11-7, Foulke 1-2.
Batters faced: Lidle 27, Dotel 2, Myers 1, Proctor 5, Farnsworth 3, Wells 28, Foulke 5.
Inherited runners-scored: Myers 1-0, Proctor 1-0, Foulke 1-1.
Umpires: HP: Tony Randazzo. 1B: James Hoye. 2B: Joe West. 3B: Ed Rapuano.
Weather: 72 degrees, cloudy.
Wind: 12 mph, In from LF.
T: 3:03.
Att: 35,829.

Box score official statistics approved by Major League Baseball Office of the Commissioner