Yanks take series in Boston

The New York Yankees defeated the Boston Red Sox tonight by the score of 8-4. They won the series 2 games to one and have won 6 of their last 7 games against the Red Sox to build a 7 1/2 game lead in the AL East. The Yankees finished their 10 game, 3 city roadtrip at 7-3. CC Sabathia got the start and pitched 6 2/3 innings giving up 4 runs, 3 earned although it could of easily been 2 with better defense. Phil Hughes came on to finish the seventh and complete the 8th giving up 1 hit with a strikeouts. Mariano came on in the ninth giving up a walk but had 2 strikeouts. The offense exploded for 5 homeruns off Josh Beckett. Derek Jeter hit a homerun on the first pitch he saw of the game. He also added a single. Hideki Matsui hit 2 homeruns, A-rod had a 2 run homer and a rbi groundout. Johnny Damon had a couple of hits, Big Tex had a hit and rbi and Robinson Cano had a solo homerun. Jose Molina contributed a hit. The Yankees will be off tomorrow and then open a 3 game series with the Texas Rangers who trail the Red Sox by 1 game in the wildcard race.