The New York Yankees win a thriller over the Boston Red Sox

The New York Yankees defeated the Boston Red Sox on Sunday night.  The game took place at

Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 3-2 Yankees.  It was a very good

game with good pitching and some very good defense.  Ivan Nova started for the Yankees and

pitched well and their bullpen got some huge outs including out of a huge mess in the eighth

inning.  Carlos Beltran carried the offense with his three hits. 

Nova pitched 7 1/3 innings giving up two runs on eight hits.   He walked none and struck out four

and earned his second win of the season.  Matt Thornton pitched to one batter and retired him and

David Phelps gave up a hit and a walk and hit a batter in 1/3 of an inning.  He also struck out a batter

and Shawn Kelley saved his third game of the season pitching a perfect inning with two strikeouts. 

Felix Doubront lost his second game of the season.  He pitched 6 2/3 innings giving up seven hits

and three runs with three walks and two strikeouts.  Chris Capuano pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a

hit. 

Brett Gardner had a couple of hits, Beltran had three hits and two RBI and Jacoby Ellsbury had a hit. 

Brian McCann had a hit and drew a walk, Yangervis Solarte had a hit and drew a walk and Kelly

Johnson drew a walk.  Francisco Cervelli had an RBI, Ellsbury, McCann and Beltran each hit a

double.  Beltran hit a homerun and the Yankees were 0-10 with runners in scoring position and left

seven men on base.  Gardner had an outfield assist. 

Grady Sizemore had two hits, Xander Bogaerts had a hit and Mike Napoli had two hits and an RBI. 

Daniel Nava drew a walk, Ryan Roberts had two hits and Jackie Bradley Jr. had a hit.  Jonathan

Herrera had a hit and an RBI, Napoli hit a double and hit a homerun.  The Red Sox were 2-3 with

runners in scoring position and left eight men on base.  Bradley had an outfield assist. 

In the second Herrera hit an RBI single to give the Red Sox a 1-0 lead.  The Yankees took a 2-1 lead in

the third on a Beltran homerun.  In the fourth Cervelli hit into a double play but the call was

challenged and was overturned allowing a run to score.  The Yankees had a 3-1 lead but Cervelli did

get hurt on the play and was taken out of the game.  In the sixth Napoli hit a solo homerun and that

would be the final run of the game.  The Yankees won the game 3-2.  The Yankees won three out of

four games in the series and will have their first off day on Monday.  The Yankees will remain at

home to play the Chicago Cubs in a brief two game series.