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Yanks batter Beckett in win over Sox
Posada, Cano get big hits as New York wins third in a row
By Mark Feinsand / MLB.com
BOSTON -- During a span of roughly 28 hours, the Yankees managed to turn
Fenway Park into their own personal batting cage.
New York continued its domination over Boston's pitching, rapping Josh
Beckett and a trio of relievers around the yard in a 13-5 victory.
The win was the third in a row for the Yankees, who extended their lead in
the American League East to 4 1/2 games over the Red Sox. New York has won 17
of its last 25, while Boston has dropped 10 of its last 14.
New York swept a day-night doubleheader on Friday to kick off the five-game
set, winning 12-4 and 14-10. With the 13-run output Saturday, the Yankees
became the first team in history to score 12 or more runs against the Sox at
Fenway Park in three straight games.
The Yankees drew 13 walks -- nine of them off Beckett -- in the game, with
eight of those batters coming around to score.
Jorge Posada's three-run triple capped a five-run sixth inning for New York,
which has scored 39 runs in the first three games of the series. Robinson
Cano, who matched a career-high with five RBIs, put the game away with a
three-run homer in the eighth.
"Big things happen when you think small," manager Joe Torre said. "These guys
are taking what they give us; we've taken advantage of it."
Johnny Damon continued to torch his former team, going 3-for-5 with three
doubles. Damon is 9-for-18 with six extra-base hits, five runs scored and
eight RBIs in the three games.
"This feels pretty good," Damon said. "We're pretty focused; by no means are
we celebrating. We're already focused on what we have to do [Sunday] against
Curt Schilling, and hopefully we can get the same kind of results."
Randy Johnson wasn't at his best, allowing five runs on four hits and six
walks in seven innings, but he was worlds better than Beckett, who was
charged with a career-high nine earned runs in 5 2/3 innings. In three starts
against New York this year, Beckett is 1-2 with a 12.21 ERA; in his last two,
he is 0-2 with a 20.57 ERA.
"It's unacceptable; it's brutal," Beckett said. "They're the Yankees, and
they have a tough lineup. I think if you execute your pitches, you can get
them out. When you don't execute pitches and you're walking guys on top of
that, it's going to be a long day."
Johnson is now 3-0 with a 4.05 ERA in his last three starts, improving to
14-9 for the season to tie Chien-Ming Wang for the team lead in victories.
"I feel like I pitched a lot better than the numbers show," Johnson said.
"But when you're walking guys and you give up a long ball here in Fenway, the
score is going to mount up."
The Yankees jumped out to a 3-0 lead after three innings, scoring twice in
the second and once in the third. New York worked Beckett's pitch count,
which reached 64 by the end of the third.
Johnson cruised through the first three innings without allowing a hit, but
things fell apart in the fourth. The Sox hit the Big Unit for four runs,
three on Manny Ramirez's 34th homer of the year -- which also happened to be
Boston's first hit of the game.
"I was disappointed I gave up the home run because the momentum had been
going our way," Johnson said. "I gave up four hits in seven innings and the
thing that killed me was the walks."
The Yankees regained the lead in the fifth with a pair of runs against
Beckett, who needed 25 more pitches to get through the inning, bringing his
total to 97.
Johnson hit Alex Cora to open the fifth, then walked Kevin Youkilis, starting
another potential Boston rally. Torre walked to the mound to talk to his
pitcher, telling him to pitch with the confidence that he has what it takes
to get the outs he needed.
"He just got a little too careful in the middle and started walking people,"
Torre said. "It didn't look like he was trusting his stuff enough, but he
bounced back."
Johnson escaped the inning after allowing just one run on a sacrifice fly by
David Ortiz that tied the game at 5.
"Joe came up to me and said bear down a little bit more, so the last few
innings, I gave it all I had," Johnson said. "He just came over there and
said, 'Give it everything you got, empty your tank.' ... That's pretty much
what he always says to me."
Beckett couldn't hold the game there in the sixth, though, losing whatever
limited control he may have had. After Damon doubled with one out, Beckett
walked Jeter. Bobby Abreu grounded out to first, moving the runners to second
and third, then Beckett walked Jason Giambi to load the bases.
"If you don't make him throw strikes, you don't have a lot of chances,"
Giambi said. "His stuff with his breaking ball, fastball and changeup is so
good, so even when you're ahead in the count, you feel defensive. We just
kept the pressure on."
Alex Rodriguez, who hit into a double play with the bases loaded in the
first, drew a walk to bring Damon home and give the Yankees a 6-5 lead. The
walk, which was Beckett's ninth of the game, was all Terry Francona could
take, as he pulled his starter in favor of Manny Delcarmen.
Unfortunately, Delcarmen was no better, as he walked Cano to force in another
run. That brought up Posada, who worked the count to 3-1 before drilling a
triple to center, clearing the bases to give the Yankees a 10-5 lead.
"We're not going out of the zone," Posada said. "That says a lot about
today's game and the last two days. We're having some good at-bats, not
giving them away."
Johnson retired the side in order in the sixth, striking out Gabe Kapler to
end the inning. That brought a big fist pump from the Big Unit, who was able
to keep the momentum on his team's side.
Johnson posted another zero in the seventh, striking Ortiz out with a runner
on second to end the frame -- and his day.
"Randy, even though he had that little hiccup in the middle, still kept us in
the game," Torre said. "He managed to get outs when we needed them, kept it
so our hot bats could do something for us."
"He pitched well with the exception of Manny, but Manny does it to everyone,"
Jeter said. "Randy did exactly what we needed him to do."
Cano's homer was the icing on the cake, stretching the lead to 13-5. Cano
crushed his shot into the batter's eye seats in center field, his eighth
homer of the year.
"I was trying to make a good swing and get some more runs in," Cano said.
"We've been doing that for the whole season; looking to swing at strikes and
not at balls. I think that's the key right now."
Most importantly, Johnson's seven-inning day allowed Torre to rest his
regulars in the bullpen, as Jaret Wright and T.J. Beam finished up with an
inning apiece.
The two rivals play two more games in the series, but the Yankees know that
the worst-case scenario has them heading to the west coast with a 2 1/2-game
lead. The best-case scenario? New York heads to Seattle with a 6 1/2-game
lead, taking control of the AL East.
"Right now, we're hot; we're swinging the bats well and playing with
confidence," Torre said. "Over 162 games, you go into little lulls; when
you're playing as well as we are right now, we want to try to milk it as long
as we can."
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