Final
Four HRs, Tazawa's pitching give Boston 14-1 win
Aug 23, 2009 - 1:10 AM By HOWARD ULMAN AP Sports WriterBOSTON(AP) -- The Boston Red Sox piled up the runs for a second straight game. This time, a little-known rookie held the New York Yankees' lineup in check.
Kevin Youkilis homered twice and tied a career high with six RBIs, Junichi Tazawa stopped New York's big bats and Boston snapped a five-game skid against the Yankees with a 14-1 win Saturday.
"He did a good job," Boston manager Terry Francona said. "He gets a lineup that is dangerous probably on bad days and they come off swinging the bat like they did (Friday) night."
The Yankees beat the Red Sox 20-11 in the series opener with their most runs and hits (23) since July 20, 2007. But on Saturday, they left six runners in scoring position while Boston continued the slugging that has produced 49 runs in five games, four of them wins.
"Whatever happened, nobody can change that," said David Ortiz, who hit his 20th homer and drove in three runs. "You've just got to come the next day with a fresh mind and play the game. Simple. You've got to keep it simple."
The Red Sox roughed up A.J. Burnett and set a team record with their eighth consecutive multihomer game. Alex Gonzalez also connected for Boston, which has 39 homers in August with eight games left.
Tazawa (2-2) worked out of trouble all day, allowing eight hits and two walks in six shutout innings. In four of them, the Yankees had runners in scoring position with fewer than two outs but couldn't score. And after going 15 for 25 with runners in scoring position Friday, they were 0 for 9 on Saturday.
"I think it was just the law of averages," Mark Teixeira said. "We hit so well with runners on base last night. We hit a lot of balls well (Saturday) and they just didn't fall in."
Teixeira is expecting a much lower scoring game Sunday night when Boston's Josh Beckett and Yankees ace CC Sabathia try to become the majors' first 15-game winner.
"I would be shocked to see a 15-10 game," Teixeira said.
Tazawa spent the past four seasons with Nippon Oil ENEOS in the amateur Japan Industrial League. He appeared in just 53 games in that stretch, but the Red Sox signed him to a three-year major league contract in December.
"It was clear in spring training even before games began" that Tazawa could pitch inside aggressively, Boston pitching coach John Farrell said. "The mound presence and the poise that he has we knew that that would be something he would take to the mound today."
The 23-year-old right-hander made his major league debut at New York on Aug. 7 and allowed Alex Rodriguez's game-ending, two-run homer in the Yankees' 2-0 win in 15 innings.
In the third inning Saturday, he retired Rodriguez on a called third strike.
"I am satisfied that I could get a strikeout with him from my slider," Tazawa said through a translator.
He struck out two and completed his longest outing by getting Melky Cabrera to ground into a double play with runners at first and third.
Daniel Bard relieved and allowed Nick Swisher's 21st homer in the seventh.
The Yankees dropped to 15-4 in their last 19 games, a stretch that includes a four-game sweep of Boston. Their AL East lead over the Red Sox fell to 6 1/2 games.
Burnett (10-7) got off to a rare poor start when he allowed three runs in the first on a two-run double by Ortiz and an RBI single by Jason Bay. In his 15 previous outings, Burnett allowed just one first-inning run.
"It seemed like he was shaking me off" a lot, catcher Jorge Posada said. "I asked for a certain pitch and he threw another one. It's frustrating."
The Red Sox added four runs in the second on Gonzalez's first homer since being acquired from Cincinnati on Aug. 14 and Youkilis' three-run shot.
Burnett allowed nine hits and a career-high nine runs in five innings, dropping to 0-3 in his last five starts.
Alfredo Aceves allowed three runs in the sixth on an RBI single by Victor Martinez and a two-run homer by Youkilis, his 22nd.
Youkilis added an RBI double in the two-run eighth.
NOTES: Boston scored 13 runs with two outs. ... New York LF Johnny Damon expects to return to the lineup Sunday night after suffering a bruised right knee when he fouled a ball off his leg Friday. ... Yankees captain Derek Jeter went 0 for 3 after entering the game on a 25-for-46 roll. ... Ortiz reached 20 homers for the eighth straight season, the last seven with the Red Sox. ... Hall of Famer and 1967 Triple Crown winner Carl Yastrzemski turned 70 on Saturday. ... The Red Sox called up RHP Enrique Gonzalez from Triple-A Pawtucket and sent RHP Michael Bowden to their top farm club.
- ** CONFIRMED **
AL
NY YANKEES 1
BOSTON 14 FINAL
Aug 22 7:31 PM - AL
AT BOSTON - SCORING UPDATE
DOUBLE BY KEVIN YOUKILIS SCORED CASEY KOTCHMAN
SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, K YOUKILIS ON SECOND, 2 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: NY YANKEES 1
BOSTON 14 BOTTOM,8TH
DUE UP FOR BOSTON: D ORTIZ (.229, 2-FOR-4, HR, 3 RBI)
Yankees 1, Red Sox 14 Bot 8, 0 OutsAug 22 7:15 PM - AL
AT BOSTON - SCORING UPDATE
DOUBLE BY CASEY KOTCHMAN SCORED DUSTIN PEDROIA
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, C KOTCHMAN ON SECOND, 2 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: NY YANKEES 1
BOSTON 13 BOTTOM,8TH
DUE UP FOR BOSTON: K YOUKILIS (.306, 2-FOR-4, 2 HR, 5 RBI)
Yankees 1, Red Sox 13 Bot 8, 0 OutsAug 22 7:12 PM - AL
AT BOSTON - SCORING UPDATE
SOLO HOME RUN BY NICK SWISHER (21) TO LEFT CENTER WITH 1 OUT
IN THE 7TH OFF DANIEL BARD.
CURRENT SCORE: NY YANKEES 1, BOSTON 12
DUE UP FOR NY YANKEES: M TEIXEIRA (.287, 1-FOR-2, HBP)
Yankees 1, Red Sox 12 Top 7, 0 OutsAug 22 6:40 PM - AL
AT BOSTON - SCORING UPDATE
TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY KEVIN YOUKILIS (22) TO LEFT CENTER WITH
2 OUT IN THE 6TH OFF ALFREDO ACEVES SCORED VICTOR
MARTINEZ.
CURRENT SCORE: NY YANKEES 0, BOSTON 12
DUE UP FOR BOSTON: D ORTIZ (.230, 2-FOR-3, HR, 3 RBI)
Yankees 0, Red Sox 12 Bot 6, 0 OutsAug 22 6:28 PM - AL
AT BOSTON - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY VICTOR MARTINEZ SCORED DUSTIN PEDROIA
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, V MARTINEZ ON FIRST, 2 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: NY YANKEES 0
BOSTON 10 BOTTOM,6TH
DUE UP FOR BOSTON: K YOUKILIS (.304, 1-FOR-3, HR, 3 RBI)
Yankees 0, Red Sox 10 Bot 6, 0 OutsAug 22 6:26 PM - AL
AT BOSTON - SCORING UPDATE
DOUBLE BY J.D. DREW SCORED JASON BAY
SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, J DREW ON SECOND, 2 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: NY YANKEES 0
BOSTON 9 BOTTOM,5TH
DUE UP FOR BOSTON: J VARITEK (.224, 0-FOR-2)
Yankees 0, Red Sox 9 Bot 5, 0 OutsAug 22 6:05 PM - AL
AT BOSTON - SCORING UPDATE
SOLO HOME RUN BY DAVID ORTIZ (20) TO LEFT CENTER WITH 2 OUT
IN THE 5TH OFF A.J. BURNETT.
CURRENT SCORE: NY YANKEES 0, BOSTON 8
DUE UP FOR BOSTON: J BAY (.256, 1-FOR-2, RBI)
Yankees 0, Red Sox 8 Bot 5, 0 OutsAug 22 6:01 PM - AL
AT BOSTON - SCORING UPDATE
THREE-RUN HOME RUN BY KEVIN YOUKILIS (21) TO LEFT CENTER
WITH 2 OUT IN THE 2ND OFF A.J. BURNETT SCORED VICTOR MARTINEZ
AND DUSTIN PEDROIA.
CURRENT SCORE: NY YANKEES 0, BOSTON 7
DUE UP FOR BOSTON: D ORTIZ (.229, 1-FOR-1, 2 RBI)
Yankees 0, Red Sox 7 Bot 2, 0 OutsAug 22 5:00 PM - AL
AT BOSTON - SCORING UPDATE
SOLO HOME RUN BY ALEX GONZALEZ (1) TO LEFT WITH 1 OUT IN THE
2ND OFF A.J. BURNETT.
CURRENT SCORE: NY YANKEES 0, BOSTON 4
DUE UP FOR BOSTON: J ELLSBURY (.299, 0-FOR-1)
Yankees 0, Red Sox 4 Bot 2, 0 OutsAug 22 4:52 PM - AL
AT BOSTON - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY JASON BAY SCORED DAVID ORTIZ
SITUATION: 3 RUNS IN, J BAY ON FIRST, 2 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: NY YANKEES 0
BOSTON 3 BOTTOM,1ST
DUE UP FOR BOSTON: J DREW (.259, 15 HR, 48 RBI)
Yankees 0, Red Sox 3 Bot 1, 0 OutsAug 22 4:31 PM - AL
AT BOSTON - SCORING UPDATE
DOUBLE BY DAVID ORTIZ SCORED VICTOR MARTINEZ AND DUSTIN
PEDROIA
SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, D ORTIZ ON SECOND, 2 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: NY YANKEES 0
BOSTON 2 BOTTOM,1ST
DUE UP FOR BOSTON: J BAY (.255, 27 HR, 86 RBI)
Yankees 0, Red Sox 2 Bot 1, 0 OutsAug 22 4:29 PM
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