Red Sox @ Yankees: Patchwork lineup comes up big

Kevin Cash?

Jeff Bailey?

Mitchell Freedman?

Throwing Tim "fresh off the DL" Wakefield at the Yankees yesterday had me nervous from the get go, but with Manny gone, Lowell out and Drew and Casey hurt, I have to admit I did not expect this lineup to do much damage against Andy Pettitte and the Yankees.

Here's what I got for my lack of faith:

80 pitches and 6 solid innings from Wake. He gave up 3 runs (including to solo shots from Damon), but for the most part he held the Yankees down like the gritty veteran that he is...

Coco Crisp goes 3 for 5 with a home run... he also stole second in the 5th and came around to score on Jeff Bailey's key 2-run single... driving Pettitte from the game and gving the Sox a 6-2 lead.

Jason Bay continued his quiet thrashing of AL pitching, driving in 2 more runs and raising his AL average to a ridiculous .341... Manny who!?

In total, the Sox racked up 14 hits, 7 walks and 7 runs on the night while the Yankees, and their supposedly superior offense, simply couldn't get it done - specifically Arod and Giambi, who went a combined 0-9 in the 4/5 spots.

“Tonight, you can put it on me,” Rodriguez said. “It was a lousy night. We pretty much screwed it up every way you can screw it up. There’s absolutely no excuse.”

Bottom Line: I will put it on you Arod and thank you kindly while doing so... but I have to give credit to my team as well. They got the hits when they needed them, they made key plays in the field, and every guy out of the bullpen did his job.

The result was a well deserved victory... a sort of David and Goliath victory at that.

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