Yankees are fit to be tied By Mark Feinsand / MLB.com
Rookie Chien-Ming Wang displayed uncharacteristic wildness, allowing five runs while walking six batters as the Yankees dropped into a tie for first place in the American League East with two games to go. Derek Jeter hit a two-run homer in the seventh.
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Red Sox 5, Yankees 3
David Wells fanned five batters over seven frames to notch his 15th victory. (Winslow Townson/AP)
Wells pitches Sox to first By Ian Browne / MLB.com
David Wells held the Yankees to three runs over seven innings of work to pitch the Red Sox back into a first-place tie in the American League East. Jason Varitek put the Sox ahead for good with a solo homer in the second.
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TODAY'S WRAPS: September 30, 2005
Boston 5, NY Yankees 3
Today's Boxes 9/30/05
CWS 3, CLE 2
MIL 6, PIT 5
PHI 4, WSH 3
TOR 10, KC 1
NYM 3, COL 2
BAL 7, TB 6
FLA 5, ATL 2
LAA 7, TEX 1
CHC 4, HOU 3
STL 12, CIN 6
MIN 7, DET 3
SD 3, LAD 1
SEA 4, OAK 1
ARI 7, SF 3
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Standings through 9/30/05 | Gameday | Yankees Stats | Red Sox Stats
NY Yankees AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Jeter , SS5 1 1 2 0 1 1 .307
Rodriguez, A , 3B3 1 0 0 1 1 0 .318
Giambi , 1B3 0 1 0 1 1 0 .274
Sheffield , RF3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .291
Matsui , LF4 0 3 1 0 1 0 .302
Posada , C4 0 0 0 0 2 6 .258
Sierra , DH4 0 0 0 0 2 6 .235
Williams , CF4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .251
Cano , 2B4 1 2 0 0 0 0 .295
Totals 34 3 7 3 2 9 15
BATTING 2B : Matsui (44, Wells).HR : Jeter (19, 7th inning off Wells, 1 on, 1 out).TB : Jeter 4; Giambi; Matsui 4; Cano 2.RBI : Matsui (115), Jeter 2 (69).Runners left in scoring position, 2 out : Sierra 4.Team LOB : 7.BASERUNNING SB : Rodriguez, A (21, 3rd base off Wells/Varitek).FIELDING E : Rodriguez, A (12, fielding), Giambi (7, throw).DP : 2 (Wang-Giambi-Rodriguez, A-Jeter, Jeter-Cano-Giambi).
Boston AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Damon , CF3 2 1 0 1 0 0 .317
Renteria , SS2 0 0 0 1 1 2 .278
Ortiz , DH2 1 1 1 2 0 1 .299
Ramirez, M , LF4 1 1 0 0 1 3 .288
Nixon , RF2 0 0 1 2 2 1 .279
Varitek , C4 1 1 1 0 1 2 .279
Olerud , 1B2 0 0 1 1 0 0 .293
Mueller , 3B3 0 0 0 0 0 3 .294
Graffanino , 2B3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .305
Totals 25 5 4 4 7 5 12
BATTING HR : Varitek (22, 2nd inning off Wang, 0 on, 0 out).TB : Damon; Ortiz; Ramirez, M; Varitek 4.RBI : Ortiz (147), Varitek (70), Nixon (66), Olerud (37).Runners left in scoring position, 2 out : Mueller; Ramirez, M.S : Renteria.SF : Olerud.GIDP : Mueller.Team LOB : 5.BASERUNNING SB : Damon 2 (17, 2nd base off Wang/Posada, 2nd base off Wang/Posada).CS : Nixon (1, 2nd base by Wang/Posada).
NY Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Wang (L, 8-5)6.2 4 5 3 6 4 1 4.02
Leiter 0.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6.16
Proctor 1.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 5.52
Boston IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Wells (W, 15-7)7.0 6 3 3 2 5 1 4.45
Bradford (H, 8)0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.91
Myers (H, 9)0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.19
Timlin (S, 13)1.1 1 0 0 0 3 0 2.25
WP : Wang.IBB : Ortiz (by Wang).HBP : Sheffield (by Wells).Pitches-strikes : Wang 104-54, Leiter 4-0, Proctor 16-11, Wells 101-70, Bradford 1-1, Myers 11-9, Timlin 16-13.Ground outs-fly outs : Wang 13-2, Leiter 0-0, Proctor 2-1, Wells 4-12, Bradford 1-0, Myers 0-0, Timlin 1-0.Batters faced : Wang 29, Leiter 1, Proctor 4, Wells 30, Bradford 1, Myers 1, Timlin 5.Inherited runners-scored : Leiter 1-0, Proctor 2-0.Umpires : HP: Mark Wegner. 1B: Gary Darling. 2B: Larry Poncino. 3B: Paul Nauert.Weather : 58 degrees, partly cloudy.Wind : 8 mph, In from LF.T : 3:08.Att : 34,832.Box score official statistics approved by Major League Baseball Office of the Commissioner
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