Yanks creep closer to clinching

The New York Yankees defeated the Boston Red Sox last night by the score of 9-5. The magic number to clinch the division now stands at 3 for the Yankees and 3 for the Red Sox to clinch the wildcard. Joba Chamberlain got the start and looked better then he has in a long time. He pitched 6 innings giving up 3 runs on 7 hits. I think when he can just go out and pitch and not have to worry about pitch or inning counts then he can be effective so hopefully he will have one more good one before the postseason and then be ready to go in the ALCS if they get there. The offense was led by A-rod who had 3 hits and 2 walks and also 4 rbis. He now has 92 rbi's so he has a chance to get to 100, he really has had a great season it just doesn't look like it because he missed so many games. Derek Jeter added a couple of more hits. Jon Lester who took a liner off what appeared to be his knee is ok and should make his next start which seems unbelievable but good for him. The Yankees have hit 127 homeruns at the New Yankee stadium this season which is a franchise record and they still have 5 more home games. 227 homeruns have been hit at the new stadium which is 12 more then were ever hit at the old place. The Yankees stole 7 bases which was the most since they stole 8 against Oakland on June 2, 2006. If the Yankees play the Red Sox in the ALCS that is a glimpse of what they will do. They need to get runners on but if they do they will run all day on Varitek which also distracts the pitcher. The Yankees with 98 wins have won their most games since they finished the 2004 season with 101 victories. It is hard to imagine that the Yankees were 0-8 against Boston. They have gone 7-1 since then and outscored Boston by 21 runs. Boston leads the season series 9-7 and the difference in runs is 3. The Yankees are 42 games over 500 for the first time since the 2002 season when they were 103-58. I am wondering if the Red Sox will actually beat the Angels this time around, the Angels have a great running team and Varitek can't throw anyone out. The Angels also have homefield advantage, it should be ineteresting. The Yankees will play later today at 4 and I will be going to the game so not sure if I will have a gamepost up or not but I will have the postgame reaction and wrapup later on tonight. The Yankees are looking to cut the magic number down to 1 and CC is on the mound against Daisuke Matsusaka.