New York 14 Boston 5
AL  FINAL
                    1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9     R  H  E
                    -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -     -  -  -
NY YANKEES          0  0  0   2  6  1   0  5  0    14 15  0
BOSTON              0  2  0   0  3  0   0  0  0     5 10  1      (FINAL)

BATTERIES: NYY - MIKE MUSSINA, MIKE STANTON (7TH), RANDY CHOATE (9TH) AND JORGE
                 POSADA

           BOS - DARREN OLIVER, TIM WAKEFIELD (5TH), SUN-WOO KIM
                 (8TH) AND DOUG MIRABELLI


            WP - MIKE MUSSINA (7-2)
            LP - DARREN OLIVER (4-4)
          SAVE - NONE

HOME RUNS: NYY - JORGE POSADA (8) OFF DARREN OLIVER IN THE 4TH, 1 ON
                 ALFONSO SORIANO (13) OFF DARREN OLIVER IN THE 5TH, 0 ON
                 JASON GIAMBI (12) OFF DARREN OLIVER IN THE 5TH, 2 ON
                 RON COOMER (3) OFF TIM WAKEFIELD IN THE 5TH, 1 ON
                 ALFONSO SORIANO (14) OFF TIM WAKEFIELD IN THE 6TH, 0 ON
                 ROBIN VENTURA (13) OFF SUN-WOO KIM IN THE 8TH, 2 ON

           BOS - BRIAN DAUBACH (7) OFF MIKE MUSSINA IN THE 2ND, 0 ON
                 SHEA HILLENBRAND (10) OFF MIKE MUSSINA IN THE 2ND, 0 ON



     TIME: 3:26     ATT: 34,096

PROBABLES: NYY - MIKE THURMAN (NR)
           CHA - DANNY WRIGHT (5-4, 5.27)

PROBABLES: BOS - FRANK CASTILLO (2-5, 3.64)
           TOR - ROY HALLADAY (5-1, 3.15)




Box Score
NY YANKEES (14) VS BOSTON (5) - FINAL

NY YANKEES             ab  r  h rbi bb so lob   avg
A Soriano 2b            6  3  3  2   0  1   1  .325
D Jeter ss              3  2  0  0   3  1   0  .307
B Williams cf           4  2  2  1   1  0   2  .294
Ja Giambi 1b            1  3  1  3   3  0   0  .306
J Posada c              4  2  2  3   0  0   2  .289
R Coomer 3b             4  1  3  2   0  0   2  .333
 a-R Ventura ph-3b      1  1  1  3   0  0   0  .255
R White lf              4  0  2  0   0  0   1  .241
 G Williams lf          0  0  0  0   0  0   0  .000
S Spencer rf            5  0  0  0   0  2   2  .272
N Johnson dh            5  0  1  0   0  1   2  .228

Totals                 37 14 15 14   7  5  12

a-homered to right for R Coomer in the 8th.

BATTING: HR - J Posada (8, 4th inning off D Oliver 1 on, 0 Out), A Soriano 2 (14,
5th inning off D Oliver 0 on, 0 Out, 6th inning off T Wakefield 0 on, 0 Out),
J Giambi (12, 5th inning off D Oliver 2 on, 0 Out), R Coomer (3, 5th inning off
T Wakefield 1 on, 0 Out), R Ventura (13, 8th inning off S Kim 2 on, 1 Out).
SF - J Posada. RBI - J Posada 3 (35), A Soriano 2 (37), J Giambi 3 (35),
R Coomer 2 (6), B Williams (26), R Ventura 3 (36). Runners left in scoring
position, 2 out - N Johnson 2, B Williams 2. GIDP - J Posada, S Spencer, N Johnson,
J Posada. Team LOB - 6.

BASERUNNING: SB - A Soriano  (13, 2nd base off S Kim/D Mirabelli).


BOSTON                 ab  r  h rbi bb so lob   avg
J Damon cf              4  0  1  1   0  0   0  .332
J Offerman 1b           4  0  1  0   0  1   1  .250
N Garciaparra ss        4  0  1  0   0  1   0  .309
 B Nelson pr-2b         0  0  0  0   0  0   0  .000
B Daubach lf            4  1  1  1   0  2   0  .324
S Hillenbrand 3b        4  1  1  1   0  0   1  .330
T Nixon rf              4  0  0  0   0  0   0  .253
C Baerga dh             3  1  2  0   1  0   0  .327
D Mirabelli c           4  1  1  0   0  1   0  .227
R Sanchez 2b            3  1  2  1   0  1   2  .324
 L Merloni pr-2b-ss     1  0  0  0   0  0   1  .208

Totals                 35  5 10  4   1  6   5

BATTING: 2B - D Mirabelli (1, M Mussina); N Garciaparra (18, M Stanton); C Baerga (4,
R Choate). HR - B Daubach (7, 2nd inning off M Mussina 0 on, 0 Out), S Hillenbrand (10,
2nd inning off M Mussina 0 on, 0 Out). RBI - B Daubach (21), S Hillenbrand (37),
R Sanchez (18), J Damon (19). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - L Merloni 1,
S Hillenbrand 1. GIDP - J Offerman. Team LOB - 4.

BASERUNNING: CS - J Offerman (3, 2nd base by M Mussina/J Posada).

FIELDING: E - R Sanchez (3, throw). DP: 4 (R Sanchez-N Garciaparra-J Offerman 2,
N Garciaparra-R Sanchez-J Offerman, J Offerman-N Garciaparra-T Wakefield).



----------------------------------------------------
    NY YANKEES      - 000 261 050   --  14
    BOSTON          - 020 030 000   --   5
----------------------------------------------------

NY YANKEES                   ip       h   r  er  bb  so  hr    era
M Mussina (W, 7-2)            6       7   5   5   1   5   2   4.42
M Stanton                     2       2   0   0   0   0   0   2.42
R Choate                      1       1   0   0   0   1   0   4.30

BOSTON                       ip       h   r  er  bb  so  hr    era
D Oliver (L, 4-4)             4       8   7   7   3   2   3   5.14
T Wakefield                   3       4   2   2   2   2   2   2.50
S Kim                         2       3   5   5   2   1   1   7.36

D Oliver pitched to 5 batters in the 5th.

HBP - R White (by D Oliver); J Giambi (by D Oliver). Pitches-strikes: M Mussina 98-67;
M Stanton 30-18; R Choate 16-10; D Oliver 97-57; T Wakefield 45-21; S Kim 40-22.
Ground balls-fly balls: M Mussina 5-7; M Stanton 4-2; R Choate 0-2; D Oliver 7-3;
T Wakefield 7-0; S Kim 1-4. Batters faced: M Mussina 24; M Stanton 8; R Choate 4;
D Oliver 23; T Wakefield 13; S Kim 11.

UMPIRES: HP--Matt Hollowell. 1B--Mark Hirschbeck. 2B--Paul Schrieber. 3B--Jim Reynolds.

T--3:26. Att--34,096.
Weather: 65 degrees, cloudy. Wind: 16 mph, right to left.

AL        NY YANKEES AT BOSTON
          NOTE: THE HOME RUNS BY BOSTON'S BRIAN DAUBACH AND SHEA
          HILLENBRAND IN THE BOTTOM OF THE SECOND INNING WERE HIT
          BACK-TO-BACK.


AL        NY YANKEES AT BOSTON
          NOTE: BOSTON'S REY SANCHEZ LEFT THE GAME IN THE SEVENTH
          INNING WITH A STRAINED RIGHT HAMSTRING.  HE WILL BE RE-EVALUTED
          WITHIN THE NEXT TWO DAYS.