1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
NY Yankees	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	6	11	1
Boston	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	5	2

NY YANKEES	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Knoblauch 2b Sojo 2b Jeter ss Oneill rf Williams cf Davis dh Bellinger pr-dh a-Strawberry ph-dh Curtis pr-dh T Martinez 1b Posada c Spencer lf Brosius 3b Totals	5 0 5 5 4 3 0 1 0 4 4 5 3 39	1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 6	2 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 11	0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 6	0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4	0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 11	0 0 3 1 1 4 0 0 0 2 5 4 0 20	.267 .000 .387 .276 .290 .143 .000 .333 .000 .233 .143 .111 .179

a-singled for Bellinger in the 9th.

BATTING
HR: Jeter (1, 1st inning off Mercker 1 on, 0 out); Posada (1, 9th inning off Gordon 1 on, 2 out).
Rbi: Jeter 2 (4), Davis (1), T Martinez (3), Posada 2 (2).
2-out rbi: Posada 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Posada 1, Jeter 2, Spencer 2.
Team LOB: 11.

BASERUNNING
SB: Curtis (1, 2nd base off Gordon/Varitek).
Picked off: T Martinez (1st base, Mercker).

FIELDING
E: Jeter (2, ground ball).

BOSTON	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Offerman 2b Valentin 3b Varitek c Garciaparra ss Oleary lf Stanley 1b Daubach dh a-Huskey ph-dh Sadler pr-dh Lewis cf b-Hatteberg ph Buford cf Nixon rf Totals	4 5 5 4 3 3 2 0 0 3 1 0 3 33	0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1	1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5	0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1	1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 6	1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 10	2 1 3 2 2 3 2 0 0 1 3 0 3 22	.429 .333 .220 .406 .275 .368 .212 .200 .500 .242 .500 .250 .250

a-walked for Daubach in the 8th; b-struck out for Lewis in the 8th.

BATTING
2B: Garciaparra (4, Hernandez).
HR: Varitek (2, 8th inning off Hernandez 0 on, 0 out).
Rbi: Varitek (4).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Oleary 1, Offerman 1, Daubach 1, Nixon 2.
Team LOB: 11.

BASERUNNING
SB: Garciaparra (1, 2nd base off Hernandez/Posada).

FIELDING
E: Stanley (1, catch); Offerman (2, ground ball).


Pitching

NY YANKEES	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Hernandez (W, 2-0) Stanton (H, 2) Nelson (H, 4) Watson (H, 2) Mendoza (S, 1)	7 0 1/3 0 1 2/3	5 0 0 0 0	1 0 0 0 0	1 0 0 0 0	4 1 0 1 0	9 0 0 0 1	1 0 0 0 0	1.17 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

BOSTON	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Mercker (L, 0-1) Lowe Cormier Gordon	3 2/3 2 2/3 1 2/3 1	6 1 2 2	2 2 0 2	2 0 0 2	2 1 1 0	3 3 3 2	1 0 0 1	5.79 3.07 0.00 9.00

Hernandez pitched to 2 batters in the 8th. Stanton pitched to 1 batter in the 8th. Watson pitched to 1 batter in the 8th.

HBP: T Martinez (by Mercker).
Pitches-strikes: Mercker 79-47; Lowe 44-29; Cormier 37-23; Gordon 17-11; Hernandez 138-82; Stanton 7-3; Nelson 5-2; Watson 5-1; Mendoza 26-18.
Ground balls- fly balls: Mercker 2-5; Lowe 5-0; Cormier 2-0; Gordon 0-1; Hernandez: 4-8; Stanton 0-0; Nelson 0-1; Watson 0-0; Mendoza 1-3.
Batters faced: Mercker 19; Lowe 11; Cormier 9; Gordon 5; Hernandez 31; Stanton 1;: Nelson 1; Watson 1; Mendoza 5.
Umpires: HP: Dale Scott. 1B--Tim Tschida. 2B--Tim Mcclelland. 3B--Dan Morrison.
LF: Rick Reed.
RF: Al Clark.
T: 4:09.
Att: 33,589.
Weather: 49 degrees, clear.
Wind: 18 mph,: in from left.