The New York Yankees defeat the Boston Red Sox as Derek Jeter calls it a career

The New York Yankees defeated the Boston Red Sox on Sunday afternoon.  The game took place at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts and the final score was 9-5.  Michael Pineda started and pitched great for the Yankees.  Derek Jeter had a hit and an RBI in his final at-bat. 

Pineda pitched 6 1/3 innings giving up three hits and a run.  He didn't walk a batter and struck out ten and earned his fifth win of the season.  Esmil Rogers pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit and four runs with two walks and a strikeout, Adam Warren pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a hit and he struck out two and David Phelps pitched an inning and struck out two batters. 

Clay Buchholz pitched six innings giving up five hits and four runs.  He walked one and struck out four and took his 11th loss of the season.  Craig Breslow didn't record an out and gave up five hits and five runs, Drake Britton pitched an inning giving up two hits and he struck out one and Burke Badenhop pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout.  Alex Wilson pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout. 

Ichiro Suzuki had a hit and two RBI in probably his last game as a Yankee.  Eury Perez had a hit, Jeter had a hit and an RBI and John Ryan Murphy had a hit and an RBI.  Brett Gardner had a hit, Austin Romine had a hit and an RBI and Mark Teixeira had an RBI.  Chase Headley had a hit and an RBI, Francisco Cervelli had a hit and drew a walk and Chris Young had two hits.  Jose Pirela had two hits and two RBI, Gardner, Pirela and Romine each had a double.  The Yankees were 7-11 with runners in scoring position and left four men on base.  Perez committed an error. 

Mookie Betts had two hits and two RBI, Allen Craig had a hit and Garin Cecchini drew a walk.  Rusney Castillo had a hit, Danny Butler had a hit and two RBI and Jemile Weeks drew a walk.  Butler and Betts each hit a double and the Red Sox were 2-6 with runners in scoring position and left three men on base.  Betts had a stolen base. 

In the third Suzuki hit a two run triple, Jeter hit an RBI single, Teixeira hit a sacrifice fly and it was 4-0 Yankees.  In the seventh Pirela hit a two run double, Murphy hit an RBI single, Romine hit an RBI double and Headley hit an RBI single.  The Yankees had a 9-0 lead.  In the seventh Butler hit a two run double and a run scored on an error also.  Betts hit a two run double to make it 9-5.  The Yankees won two out of three in the series and finished the season at 84-78.  The Red Sox finished at 71-91.