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				<title><![CDATA[Ellsbury steals home, Red Sox sweep Yankees]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[BOSTON (AP) -- Jacoby Ellsbury studied Andy Pettitte's slow 
windup. He took a few steps toward home. Then he took off.

The Red Sox speedster slid headfirst, stirred up a cloud of dirt
and looked at plate umpire Gary Cederstrom.

Safe.

"The biggest thing is getting the courage to go, I guess. In 
that situation, bases loaded, you've got to make it," Ellsbury 
said after a 4-1 win Sunday night gave the Red Sox their 10th 
straight win and a three-game sweep of the New York Yankees. "I 
was pretty confident that I could get in there."

His first steal of home since before college came in a three-run
fifth inning after New York's Brett Gardner and Boston's David 
Ortiz hit sacrifice flies in the third.

Ellsbury decided to run after watching the left-hander's 
previous pitch. Batter J.D. Drew didn't know that but, as a 
left-handed hitter, saw him running and sliding under Jorge 
Posada's swipe.

So did Pettitte.

"Obviously, that's frustrating," Pettitte said. "I was in the 
windup. I should have been in the stretch. Jorgie told me to 
keep an eye on him. I saw him in the corner of my eye and tried 
to speed up my windup."

The Red Sox came from behind in all three games, went 9-0 on the
homestand and are 12-6 after starting at 2-6.

"I don't want to get carried away with what happened in this 
homestand," Boston manager Terry Francona said. "but it was a 
good homestand."

In the fifth, Ortiz doubled in the go-ahead run before Kevin 
Youkilis was walked intentionally to load the bases. As Pettitte
began his windup with third baseman Angel Berroa playing far off
the bag, Ellsbury ran.

"There was no set play so I originally was going to go feet 
first. But then I saw J.D. kind of move that he saw me coming 
in, so at the last minute I decided to go headfirst," he said. 
"I was just hoping J.D. wasn't going to swing at a pitch right 
down the middle and hit me."

When he did swing, he hit a ground-rule double that made it 4-1.

Justin Masterson (2-0) pitched 5 1-3 innings in his second start
in place of Daisuke Matsuzaka, who is on the disabled list. 
Takashi Saito pitched the ninth for his second save.

Pettitte (2-1) dropped to 17-2 in 24 starts when trying to 
prevent the Yankees from getting swept, according to Elias 
Sports Bureau. The Yankees fell to 9-9.

"For me to get concerned is going to take a lot more than that,"
Pettitte said.

Ellsbury's steal was the latest dramatic play in the series.

The Red Sox won 5-4 Friday night when Jason Bay tied the game 
with a two-run homer off Mariano Rivera in the ninth and won it 
on Youkilis' homer in the 11th.

Boston won 16-11 on Saturday, overcoming a 6-0 deficit with six 
RBIs from Mike Lowell in the seventh and eighth.

On Sunday, Pettitte struck out the side in the fourth. But in 
the fifth, he walked Jason Varitek, struck out Nick Green and 
walked Ellsbury. The runners stayed put on Dustin Pedroia's fly 
out.

Ortiz doubled off the left-field wall, scoring Varitek and 
sending Ellsbury to third. Youkilis, who began the day with a 
major-league best .444 batting average, then was walked so 
Pettitte could face Drew, who already had struck out twice.

He should have paid more attention to Ellsbury.

"It shouldn't happen, but it did," said Yankees manager Joe 
Girardi, who tried to alert Pettitte as the crowd roared. "We 
were screaming, but nobody can hear you here."]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 04:54:48 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Red Sox seek sweep of Yankees]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[By Paul Digiacomo
Stats Senior Editor

NY Yankees (11-6) at Boston (11-6), 8:05 p.m. EDT

BOSTON (AP) -- When Andy Pettitte takes the mound Sunday night 
at Fenway Park, he'll be looking to help the New York Yankees 
rebound from a pair of devastating losses to the rival Boston 
Red Sox.

He'll also be attempting to become a part of major league 
history.

Pettitte and the Yankees try to avoid a three-game sweep at the 
hands of the Red Sox, who will be looking to win their 10th 
straight when the teams complete their first series of the 
season.

New York (9-8) lost 5-4 in 11 innings in the series opener 
Friday night after Mariano Rivera allowed Jason Bay's tying 
two-run homer with two outs in the ninth.

On Saturday, the Yankees gave A.J. Burnett a 6-0 lead heading 
into the bottom of the fourth before the Red Sox (11-6) rallied 
for a 16-11 victory behind a career high-tying six RBIs from 
Mike Lowell.

It was Boston's biggest comeback win against New York since 1968
as the teams swapped leads four times in the fifth, sixth and 
seventh innings.

"Lot of pitching changes. Lot of runs. Lot of commercials," Red 
Sox manager Terry Francona said. "There's that many pitches 
thrown, and it seems like every one is of consequence. It can 
drain you."

The Yankees will now turn to Pettitte (2-0, 2.53 ERA), who has 
been the team's best starter this season. The left-hander has 
plenty of experience against Boston in his career, going 16-8 
with a 3.74 ERA in 32 appearances. He's 6-2 with a 3.53 ERA in 
15 games at Fenway.

If Pettitte earns the win and Rivera picks up the save, it will 
be the 58th time Rivera has closed out a victory for Pettitte, 
and they'll pass Oakland Hall of Famer Dennis Eckersley and 
starter Bob Welch for the highest total in major league history.

"It's a lot of longevity," manager Joe Girardi told the Yankees'
official Web site after Rivera saved Pettitte's 5-3 win over 
Oakland on Tuesday. "The way they take care of themselves, the 
way they work at their trade, to have that opportunity to tie 
that is pretty amazing. Those two guys have been staples here 
for a long time."

Rivera also wouldn't mind picking up a save after Friday's 
performance. Including playoffs, he has blown 14 saves against 
Boston - nine at Fenway - for his most versus any opponent.

"He's been so great for so long," Girardi said. "It's baseball 
and it's what this series is all about."

Despite his strong numbers against the Red Sox, Pettitte has had
trouble getting numerous Boston players out. Bay, Lowell, Kevin 
Youkilis, David Ortiz, J.D. Drew and Jason Varitek - who hit a 
grand slam Saturday - are 68-for-182 (.374) with eight homers 
against the 15-year veteran.

Pettitte will be opposed by Justin Masterson (1-0, 3.18), who's 
making his second start of the season after replacing the 
injured Daisuke Matsuzaka in the rotation. The 24-year-old 
right-hander held Baltimore to one run and four singles over 5 
1-3 innings of a 12-1 win Monday.

Masterson faced the Yankees five times last season, going 0-2 
with a 4.82 ERA. He pitched well in his lone start against them 
July 5 in New York but suffered a 2-1 loss after giving up two 
runs and six hits over six innings.

Pettitte and Masterson will be looking to pitch deep into the 
game. Boston and New York have each used 10 relievers in the 
series, with both games lasting 4 hours, 21 minutes.

Yankees second baseman Robinson Cano hit two homers and drove in
a career high-tying five Saturday to extend his hitting streak 
to 12. He's batting .366 with five home runs and 15 RBIs after 
hitting .151 with two homers and seven RBIs in 29 games last 
April.

Boston hasn't won 10 in a row since a 12-game run in interleague
play from June 16-29, 2006.]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2009 01:47:33 GMT</pubDate>
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