Boston Red Sox vs New York Yankees
May 4, 2009 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 4, 2009 at Yankee Stadium II. The Boston Red Sox defeated the New York Yankees 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

Boston Red Sox 6, New York Yankees 4

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Ellsbury cf 5 1 2 0
Pedroia 2b 4 1 1 0
Ortiz dh 3 0 2 1
Youkilis 1b 3 0 0 0
  Bailey 1b 2 0 0 0
Drew rf 2 2 1 0
Bay lf 5 1 3 2
Lowell 3b 4 1 2 2
Varitek c 5 0 0 0
Green ss 4 0 0 0
Lester p 0 0 0 0
  Ramirez p 0 0 0 0
  Papelbon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 6 11 5
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Jeter ss 4 0 1 0
Damon lf 5 1 1 2
Teixeira 1b 5 2 2 2
Swisher rf 3 0 0 0
Cano 2b 4 0 0 0
Posada dh 2 0 2 0
  Matsui ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Cabrera cf 4 0 1 0
Molina c 4 0 1 0
Berroa 3b 3 1 0 0
  Gardner ph 1 0 1 0
Hughes p 0 0 0 0
  Aceves p 0 0 0 0
  Ramirez p 0 0 0 0
  Coke p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 9 4
Boston 111 100 2006110
New York 000 030 010492
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Lester  W(2-2) 7.0 6 3 3 2 10
  Ramirez   0.1 1 1 1 1 0
  Papelbon  SV(7) 1.2 2 0 0 1 3
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
4
13
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Hughes  L(1-1) 4.0 7 4 3 4 2
  Aceves   4.1 4 2 2 2 7
  Ramirez   0.1 0 0 0 2 1
  Coke   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
6
5
8
10

  E–Jeter (2), Molina (1), Jeter (2), Molina (1).  DP–Boston 2. Berroa-Cano-Teixeira, Berroa-Teixeira, New York 2. Berroa-Cano-Teixeira, Berroa-Teixeira.  PB–Molina (2); Molina (2).  2B–Boston Ortiz 2 (9,off Hughes 2); Ellsbury (4,off Hughes).  HR–Boston Lowell (6,2nd inning off Hughes 0 on 0 out); Bay (6,7th inning off Aceves 1 on 1 out), New York Damon (5,5th inning off Lester 1 on 2 out); Teixeira 2 (5,5th inning off Lester 0 on 2 out,8th inning off Ramirez 0 on 0 out).  HBP–Drew (1,by Aceves); Jeter (2,by Papelbon).  IBB–Ortiz (1,by Aceves).  Team LOB–13.  Team–10.  SB–Ellsbury (14,2nd base off Aceves/Molina); Gardner (6,3rd base off Papelbon/Varitek); Jeter (6,2nd base off Papelbon/Varitek).  U-HP–Jerry Meals, 1B–Mike DiMuro, 2B–James Hoye, 3B–Dale Scott.  T–3:48.  A–46,426.
Baseball Almanac Box Score | Printer Friendly Box Scores


The player names and pitcher names in the box score above can be clicked and their comprehensive single season & career statistics will be shown. If you would like to see a complete roster for either team, simply click the team name.

Did you know that you can order an "original" print copy of this same box score from Baseball Almanac? The print source might be USA Today Baseball Weekly, The Sporting News, New York Times, Cleveland Plain Dealer, or other similar sources. Regardless, it will look great framed on your wall.

Fred Schwed, Jr., in How to Watch a Baseball Game (1957) wrote our favorite baseball box score quote, "The baseball box score is the pithiest form of written communication in America today. It is abbreviated history. It is two or three hours (the box score even gives that item to the minute) of complex activity, virtually inscribed on the head of a pin, yet no knowing reader suffers from eyestrain."

     

Baseball Almanac on Facebook