Tonight’s loss to the Yankees is so painful because of what it could have been. The Red Sox needed to make a statement tonight in the Bronx and they were on their way to doing just that. The offense overcame a poor start by Dice-K and hit five home runs in the game. Ortiz showed he could still produce with two hits including a homer, V-Mart broke out of his slump with a homer from each side of the plate, and Wake was brilliant out of the pen; on his way to his first win this season.
Then came the bottom of the ninth and Papelbon. Two-run homer to tie it up by A-Rod, hit batter, walk-off two-run jack by Thames.
Red Sox Lose 11-9 BOX SCORE
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
| Red Sox | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 13 | 0 |
| Yankees | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 0 |
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