Sox slip by Yanks

May 13 2011,
Well here we are Yankee Stadium. Red Sox began a 3 game series to start on a Friday night. With the Sox wearing there Friday night blue jerseys on the mound was right hander Clay Buchholz. Buchholz who has had a up and down year was in need of a real good outing. Starting for the Yankees was right hander and former Red Sox Bartolo Colon. Colon who was picked up by the Yankees in the off season has been impressive start by winning 3 games so far with an era under 4.00 so far. So on to the game. It was a pitching duel early on, the Sox would not get their first hit until the 3rd inning when Jacoby Ellsbury lined a single. He was stranded when Dustin Pedroia hit into a fielder's choice. Meanwhile Buchholz was dealing for the Sox. He did not give up a hit until the 4th inning with 1 out. Alex Rodriguez singled. In the bottom of the 4th the Sox took the lead when Adrian Gonzalez hit home run to give the Sox a 1-0 lead. Next batter Kevin Youkilis on a strike 3 pass ball he reaches base. After 2 more walks to load the bases Carl Crawford walked to bring home Youkilis. 2-0 Sox. In the top of the 5th after a single by Jorge Posada singled Russell Martin hit a 2 run homer to left. Score tied 2-2 after 5 innings. After 6 innings Bartolo Colon was done for the night and in the 7th Yankees brought in reliever Joba Chamberlain. After a sac fly by Gonzalez, Kevin Youkilis hit a two run homer to right to give the Sox a 5-2 lead. In the 8th inning Sox brought in Daniel Bard. (Line on Buchholz 7 ip 5 h 2 r 2 er 1 bb 7 k) Curtis Granderson tripled, walk to Rodriguez, the Robinson Cano was hit by a pitch. With bases loaded Bard un corked a wild pitch to bring in Granderson to make the score 5-3. So to the 9th. With Jonathan Papelbon in leadoff hitter Russell Martin strikes out, Brent Gardner flied to left. One out to go.... Derek Jeter lined a base it, then reached second on the defensive indifference. Next up Curtis Granderson got a base it to drive in Jeter. 5-4 Sox. So with the tying run on Mark Texieria popped up to end the game! A happy ending to a close game.
Next up: Back in Portland May 18th vs Reading.