The Boston Red Sox continued their complete and total domination of the Yankees by winning their fourth straight game in Yankee Stadium 6-4. They are 6-1 against NY this year, and this one was really never in doubt. Jacoby Ellsbury started off Boston with a bomb to lead off the game on a 2-2. Ells sent it about 8 rows deep into the bleachers in right-center, and the Sox wouldn't stop at just the one. After Dustin Pedroia took a walk from Freddy Garcia, Adrian Gonzalez legged out a triple and scored on a Kevin Youkilis sacrifice fly, giving Boston 3 in the first. Jon Lester did not look very good, giving up a run in the first and hitting 2 batters, including Mark Teixeira, who left the game in pain. He ended up giving up 3 runs in 6 frames, but David Ortiz gave him insurance with a two-run homer to deep right. Gonzalez now has 51 RBI through just 60 games, and he still leads the majors in that category. Meanwhile, Papi has 14 homers and was named last week's player of the week, so he is hitting well. I find it great that the top and middle of the order are hitting so well, and that Gonzalez keeps getting RBI. Also, Jon Lester now has 8 wins, the league leader in that category, despite having problems in May. Finally, Jonathan Papelbon, with the save last night, now has 200 in his career, and has reached that mark in the least games ever.
Trivia
The Sox now have 3 hitters over .300: Ellsbury, Gonzalez, and Ortiz
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