New York Yankees vs Boston Red Sox
August 18, 2006 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 18, 2006 at Fenway Park. The New York Yankees defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

New York Yankees 14, Boston Red Sox 11

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Damon cf 6 1 3 3
Jeter ss 6 1 1 3
Abreu dh 4 1 2 2
Rodriguez 3b 5 2 2 1
Cano 2b 6 0 2 3
Wilson 1b 2 1 0 0
  Giambi ph,1b 2 1 0 0
  Green 1b 0 0 0 0
Williams rf 4 2 2 0
Fasano c 3 1 0 0
  Posada ph,c 2 1 2 0
Cabrera lf 3 3 3 2
Ponson p 0 0 0 0
  Villone p 0 0 0 0
  Bruney p 0 0 0 0
  Myers p 0 0 0 0
  Farnsworth p 0 0 0 0
  Proctor p 0 0 0 0
  Rivera p 0 0 0 0
Totals 43 14 17 14
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Youkilis 3b,1b 5 2 2 1
Loretta 2b 6 0 3 4
Ortiz dh 5 2 2 2
Ramirez lf 6 1 4 2
Hinske 1b 3 0 0 0
  Lowell ph,3b 2 0 1 0
Pena rf 6 0 0 0
Crisp cf 4 2 1 0
Mirabelli c 5 1 1 0
Cora ss 4 3 3 1
Lester p 0 0 0 0
  Tavarez p 0 0 0 0
  Hansen p 0 0 0 0
  Timlin p 0 0 0 0
  Foulke p 0 0 0 0
Totals 46 11 17 10
New York 050 200 70014173
Boston 131 230 00111170
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Ponson   3.0 9 7 6 1 4
  Villone   1.0 3 3 3 1 1
  Bruney   1.2 2 0 0 3 3
  Myers  W (1-0) 0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Farnsworth   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Proctor   1.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Rivera   1.0 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
17
11
10
5
8
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Lester   3.2 8 7 7 3 4
  Tavarez   2.1 2 0 0 1 2
  Hansen   0.1 2 3 3 1 0
  Timlin  L (5-3) 0.2 4 4 4 1 0
  Foulke   2.0 1 0 0 2 1
Totals
9.0
17
14
14
8
7

  E–Jeter (11), Rodriguez (22), C. Wilson (1).  DP–Boston 1. Mirabelli-Loretta.  2B–New York Cano (23,off Lester); Abreu (6,off Lester); Williams (24,off Tavarez); Jeter (28,off Timlin); Rodriguez (21,off Timlin); Posada (18,off Foulke)., Boston Ortiz (23,off Ponson); Youkilis (33,off Ponson); Loretta (29,off Ponson); Ramirez (25,off Ponson)..  HR–New York Damon (20,4th inning off Lester 1 on 1 out), Boston Ortiz (43,9th inning off Rivera 0 on 1 out).  IBB–Abreu (1,by Timlin).  Team LOB–10.  Team–13.  CS–Damon (8,2nd base by Lester/Mirabelli).  SB–Cora (6,2nd base off Bruney/Fasano).  U-HP–Jim Wolf, 1B–Joe West, 2B–Ed Rapuano, 3B–James Hoye.  T–4:45.  A–36,071.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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