The New York Yankees clinch the best record in the AL with victory over the Boston Red Sox

The New York Yankees defeated the Boston Red Sox by the score of 14-2 on Wednesday night. The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York. Hiroki Kuroda started for the Yankees and pitched well, the bullpen finished it off well and Robinson Cano led the offense. Daisuki Matsuzaka started for the Red Sox and was bad, their bullpen didn’t do much better. The Red Sox offense was led by Cody Ross. 
Kuroda pitched seven innings giving up seven hits and two runs. He won his 16^th game of the year and walked two and struck out four. Cody Eppley pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and striking out one, Clay Rapada pitched to one batter and struck him out and Freddy Garcia pitched a perfect inning striking out the side. Matsuzaka lost his seventh game of the season pitching 2 1/3 innings giving up six hits and five runs with a walk and two strikeouts. Clayton Mortensen pitched two innings giving up three hits and two runs with two walks and two strikeouts, Pedro Beato pitched an inning giving up a hit and two runs with a walk and a strikeout and Scott Atchison pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit. Chris Carpenter pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up three hits and five runs with two walks, Craig Breslow pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and a walk and Junichi Tazawa pitched a perfect inning.

Derek Jeter had a hit, Brett Gardner had a hit and Ichiro Suzuki had a hit and two RBI. Alex Rodriguez had two hits and drew two walks, Robinson Cano had four hits, six RBI and drew a walk and Nick Swisher had two hits, an RBI and drew two walks. Mark Teixeira had an RBI and drew a walk, Curtis Granderson had two hits and four RBI and Raul Ibanez had a hit and drew a walk. Russell Martin had a hit including a double, Rodriguez and Suzuki each hit a double. Granderson and Cano each hit two homeruns and the Yankees were 5-13 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base. Suzuki had a stolen base.

Jacoby Ellsbury had a hit, Dustin Pedroia had a hit and drew a walk and Daniel Nava had a hit. Ross had two hits and an RBI, Ryan Lavarnway drew a walk and Pedro Ciriaco had two hits. Jose Iglesias had a hit and an RBI. Pedroia, Ciriaco and Nava each hit a double. The Red Sox were 2-9 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base. Pedroia had a stolen base and Ross was caught stealing.

Ross hit an RBI single in the first to put the Red Sox up 1-0. In the second Granderson hit a three run homerun to make it 3-1 Yankees. Cano hit a two run homerun in the third to make it 5-1 Yankees. Cano hit a two run homerun in the fifth to make it 7-1 Yankees. In the sixth Cano hit a two run single making it 9-1 and the rout was on. Iglesias hit an RBI single in the seventh to make it 9-2. Granderson hit a solo homerun in the seventh to make it 10-2. That homerun set the Yankees single season franchise record for team homeruns with 245. Suzuki hit a two run double to make it 12-2. In the seventh still Swisher hit an RBI single and Teixeira hit a sacrifice fly making it 14-2 and that was the final score.
The Yankees finished the regular season with a record of 95-67 and the Red Sox are headed home finishing a terrible season. The Sox were 69-93. The Yankees will play their next game on Sunday on the road. They aren’t sure where they will play yet though. The Texas Rangers will host the Baltimore Orioles in a one game playoff on Friday and the winner will play the Yankees in their home ballpark for the first two games. The Yankees will have games 3-5 in their building. The Yankees finished the regular season with the best record in the AL and will have home field advantage through the ALCS.