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Red Sox win; back into tie with Yanks
(AP)
Updated: 2005-09-28 09:24
BOSTON - Tim Wakefield pitched seven strong innings, David Ortiz drove in two
runs to pad his major league-leading RBIs total and the Boston Red Sox pulled
into a tie for the AL East lead, beating the Toronto Blue Jays 3-1 Tuesday in
the opener of a day-night doubleheader.
Boston Red Sox starting pitcher Tim Wakefield
delivers a throw during the fifth inning against the Toronto Blue Jays at
Fenway Park in Boston, Tuesday afternoon Sept. 27, 2005.
[AP] | The Red Sox were tied with the New York
Yankees for first place heading into the nightcap of the split-admission
doubleheader, a result of Monday's rainout. The Yankees were scheduled to play
the plummeting Orioles, losers of nine straight, in Baltimore.
The Red Sox won their fourth in a row and their fifth in six games. The
victory guaranteed that the AL East title will be up for grabs when New York
comes to Fenway Park for a three-game, season-ending series this weekend.
Plus, the result further knotted up the AL wild-card race. The win left
Boston, the Yankees and Cleveland all even with 92-64 records.
Wakefield (16-11) allowed one unearned run on three hits and a walk, striking
out six to win for the eighth time in 10 decisions.
Reliever Jonathan Papelbon got through the eighth, escaping a
first-and-third, one-out jam. First baseman John Olerud raced into the Fenway
shadows to run down Vernon Wells' popup, then Papelbon blew a fastball past
former Red Sox infielder Shea Hillenbrand for strike three to end the inning.
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