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BOS 7, NYY 10
Red Sox win series, 4-3
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Yankees hold on after perfect start |
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By Ian Browne / MLB.com
Heading into the seventh inning, the Red Sox hadn't even managed a baserunner against the Yankees' Mike Mussina. By the end of the frame, they'd cut their eight-run deficit down to three, and after the top of the eighth, they were just one run behind. Even in the ninth, with the Yankees having added a cushion, Boston got the tying run to the plate before falling in Game 1 of the ALCS. Full story >
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 Hideki Matsui's five RBIs were a postseason career high. (Jed Jacobsohn/Getty Images)
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By Mark Feinsand / MLB.com
Mike Mussina twirled 6 1/3 perfect innings before Mark Bellhorn broke it up with a double, and thanks in part to Hideki Matsui's ALCS record-tying five RBIs and Mariano Rivera's emotional save, the Yankees won. Full story >
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| Boston | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG |
| Damon, CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | .000 |
| Bellhorn, 2B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .250 |
| Ramirez, LF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .250 |
| Ortiz, DH | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 |
| Millar, 1B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .250 |
| Nixon, RF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 |
| Varitek, C | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 |
| Cabrera, SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .250 |
| Mueller, 3B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .250 |
| Totals | 36 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 6 | |
BATTING
2B: Bellhorn (1, Mussina), Millar (1, Mussina).
3B: Ortiz (1, Gordon).
HR: Varitek (1, 7th inning off Sturtze, 1 on, 2 out).
TB: Bellhorn 2; Ramirez; Ortiz 4; Millar 2; Nixon; Varitek 5; Cabrera; Mueller.
RBI: Millar 2 (2), Nixon (1), Varitek 2 (2), Ortiz 2 (2).
2-out RBI: Millar 2, Nixon, Varitek 2, Ortiz 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Millar.
GIDP: Mueller.
Team LOB: 2.
FIELDING
DP: (Cabrera-Bellhorn-Millar).
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| N.Y. Yankees | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG |
| Jeter, SS | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .250 |
| Rodriguez, 3B | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .400 |
| Sheffield, RF | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .750 |
| Matsui, LF | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .600 |
| Williams, CF | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .400 |
| Posada, C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 |
| Olerud, 1B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .333 |
| Cairo, 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .250 |
| Lofton, DH | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .333 |
| Totals | 36 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 13 | |
BATTING
2B: Sheffield 2 (2, Schilling, Wakefield), Matsui 2 (2, Schilling, Schilling), Williams (1, Timlin).
HR: Lofton (1, 6th inning off Wakefield, 0 on, 0 out).
TB: Jeter; Rodriguez 2; Sheffield 5; Matsui 5; Williams 3; Olerud; Cairo; Lofton 4.
RBI: Matsui 5 (5), Williams 3 (3), Posada (1), Lofton (1).
2-out RBI: Matsui 2, Williams 3.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Sheffield, Cairo, Posada.
SF: Posada.
GIDP: Rodriguez.
Team LOB: 8.
FIELDING
PB: Posada (1).
DP: (Rivera-Jeter-Olerud).
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| N.Y. Yankees | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA |
| Mussina (W, 1-0) | 6.2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 5.40 |
| Sturtze | 0.1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 27.00 |
| Gordon (H, 1) | 0.2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27.00 |
| Rivera (S, 1) | 1.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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HBP: Posada (by Mendoza).
Pitches-strikes: Schilling 58-36, Leskanic 22-11, Mendoza 17-8, Wakefield 25-16, Embree 18-11, Timlin 20-12, Foulke 5-2, Mussina 95-62, Sturtze 7-7, Gordon 17-10, Rivera 18-12.
Ground outs-fly outs: Schilling 3-5, Leskanic 2-0, Mendoza 1-2, Wakefield 1-1, Embree 1-2, Timlin 1-1, Foulke 0-1, Mussina 5-7, Sturtze 0-0, Gordon 0-1, Rivera 2-2.
Batters faced: Schilling 17, Leskanic 4, Mendoza 5, Wakefield 6, Embree 4, Timlin 5, Foulke 1, Mussina 24, Sturtze 2, Gordon 5, Rivera 5.
Inherited runners-scored: Foulke 1-0, Sturtze 1-1, Rivera 1-0.
Umpires: HP: Randy Marsh. 1B: Jeff Nelson. 2B: John Hirschbeck. 3B: Jim Joyce. LF: Jeff Kellogg. RF: Joe West.
Weather: 59 degrees, partly cloudy.
Wind: 9 mph, L to R.
T: 3:20.
Att: 56,135.
Box score official statistics approved by Major League Baseball and the Office of the Commissioner
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