The Yankees can't buy a win against the Red Sox

It's a special time to be a Red Sox fan. With last night's exciting 6-5 win over the Yankees in the books, Boston improved to 7-0 against New York this season. After each win, all you can wonder is how much longer will this dominance last?

Red Sox (35-24) starter Tim Wakefield is 8-3 after six innings of work. He gave up three runs on eight hits, with three walks and two strikeouts.

For the second straight night, the Yankees (34-25) starter couldn't get out of the third inning. Chien-Ming Wang (0-4) is completely useless these days. He allowed four runs on six hits, with three walks and three strikeouts.

Jason Bay got the Sox on the board first with an RBI single in the first inning.

Jorge Posada (2 hits) tied it in the second with a solo homer.

Boston jumped ahead 3-1 in the home half of the second after George Kottaras' (2 hits) RBI double and Dustin Pedroia's RBI ground-rule double that was misplayed by Yankees right fielder Nick Swisher.

Mike Lowell hit a solo shot just over the Monster in the third.

Melly Cabrera cut it to 4-2 with an RBI single in the fourth before Kevin Youkilis hit a two-run shot.

New York chipped away at the lead as Robinson Cano brought home a run in the fifth with a ground out while Johnny Damon and Mark Teixeira (4 hits) hit back-to-back solo homers in the seventh off Sox reliever Ramon Ramirez.

No worries though as Hideki Okajima got a hold, with four important outs (including three strikeouts) and Jonathan Papelbon recorded his 15th save.

Boston looks for the sweep tonight as Brad Penny (who will likely be dealt soon with John Smoltz and Clay Buchholz knocking at the door) takes on C.C. Sabathia.

The Opposite of a Pitcher's Duel

After staging a pitcher's duel just five days earlier, Clay Buchholz and Chien-Ming Wang served up nothing but batting practice last night at Yankee Stadium as the Yankees hammered the Red Sox, 15-9.

Buchholz went 3.2 innings, giving up eight hits, seven runs (all earned), one walk and two strikeouts.

Wang went four innings, giving up nine hits, eight runs (all earned), three walks and two strikeouts. Yankees middle reliever LaTroy Hawkins earned the win as he threw two scoreless innings which on this night was analogous to a classy girl in the porn industry. Brian Bruney added the save.

Boston (9-7) jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the first after Manny Ramirez hit a laser RBI double. New York (9-7) answered in the bottom of the inning when Bobby Abreu (two-run) and A-Rod hit back-to-back homers.

Down 7-3 after four, the Red Sox jumped ahead with six in the fifth to go up 9-7. You wouldn't expect Julian Tavarez to hold a precarious lead like that in the Bronx and true to form, Freddie Kruger (1.1 innings, 3 hits, 4 runs-3 earned, 2 walks, 1 strikeout) was a nightmare as he took the loss.

The Yankees stepped on the Red Sox' throat with four in the eighth. Mike Timlin gave up four runs on three hits in the ugly frame.

For the game, Boston pounded out 14 hits which was slightly trumped by New York's 16. Manny and J.D. Drew had three hits while Dustin Pedroia and Sean Casey had two apiece.

Yankees backup backup catcher Chad Moeller led the way with three hits. Derek Jeter, Jason Giambi, A-Rod, Hideki Matsui and Posada each had two hits. Jacoby Ellsbury was the only starter on either team to not record a hit.

Josh Beckett opposes Mike Mussina tonight in the finale of this two-game set. Relievers for both teams must be praying for deep outings.

Quit Playing with your Wang, It'll Make you go Blind

Yankees ace Chien-Ming Wang (3-0) pitched a gem last night at Fenway as the Yankees defeated the Red Sox, 4-1 in the teams first meeting of the season. Wang pitched a complete game, two-hitter, giving up an earned run with no walks and three strikeouts. He only needed 93 pitches to dispatch of Boston.

Red Sox (5-6) starter Clay Buchholz matched Wang for a while, going six innings and giving up four hits, one run (earned), three walks and three strikeouts.

The Yankees (6-5) opened the scoring in the fifth when Jose Molina doubled in Hideki Matsui. The Sox answered in the bottom of the inning when J.D. Drew hit a solo home run into the bullpen in right. It looked like Bobby Abreu was going to catch it but it ticked off his glove and into the bullpen to tie it up.

Mike Timlin (fresh from Pawtucket) made his season debut and it wasn't a good one. He gave up a solo shot to Jason Giambi in the seventh and Melky Cabrera added a sac fly. Timlin took the loss.

The Boston bats could never get anything going. They weren't able to get walks off Wang and they hit a bunch of fly ball outs (10). The only other hit was a bunt single (obviously) by Coco Crisp in the ninth. David Ortiz is officially in the worst slump of his career: he's 3 for 39 this season. Yikes.

The rivals get back at it this afternoon as Sox ace Josh Beckett takes the hill against Mike Mussina.