The Yankees jumped out to an early lead and the Red Sox couldn't recover in the finale of a three-game series at Yankee Stadium on Wednesday. Andy Pettitte gave up eight hits and one run over seven innings to lead the Yankees to an 8-3 win and improve his record to 3-3 on the season. He struck out two and walked one.
After scoring three runs in the first -- highlighted by a Derek Jeter single and Hideki Matsui's two-run homer -- the Yankees scored one run each in the following three innings. Jeter ripped an RBI single in the second -- his 2,215th career hit -- Jorge Posada brought in a run with a single to right in the third and Doug Mientkiewicz hit a solo homer deep into right field in the fourth. Continue
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