Red Sox, Yanks ready for round two

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04/21/2007 - (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Boston Red Sox got the better of the New York Yankees when the hated foes renewed their bitter rivalry last night. Now the Bronx Bombers aim to even the score and rebound from a surprising late-inning loss when the American League East contenders square off again this afternoon at Fenway Park.

The Yankees appeared to have the upper hand on Boston in Friday's opener of this highly-anticipated three-game series, as the visitors carried a four-run lead into the bottom of the eighth inning. However, the Red Sox responded with five runs against the New York bullpen to pull out an exciting 7-6 victory.

Coco Crisp tied the contest with a two-RBI triple off Yankees closer Mariano Rivera, then scored the go-ahead on an Alex Cora base hit. Jason Varitek added an RBI single during Boston's big eighth inning and finished 3-for-4 with a home run and three RBI.

J.D. Drew also collected three hits for the Red Sox, who won for the third straight night and the eighth time in their last 10 games.

Rivera (1-2) came on with two on and one out in the eighth and New York owning a 6-3 advantage, but the normally-reliable reliever couldn't hold the lead. He surrendered three consecutive hits and was charged with two runs before recording the final two outs of the frame.

Kyle Snyder (1-0) earned the victory by getting two outs in the top of the eighth and Hideki Okajima threw a scoreless ninth to pick up his first major league save. The Japanese lefty was subbing for regular closer Jonathan Papelbon, who was unavailable after pitching in Boston's last two games.

Boston's big inning overshadowed another spectacular day by Alex Rodriguez. The Yankee third baseman finished 3-for-5 with a solo homer and a three-run shot, and has now hit 12 home runs in the first 15 games of the season. The two-time AL MVP tied Mike Schmidt's major-league record of becoming the fastest to reach 12 homers in a season, initially set in 1976.

Rodriguez has also hit in all 15 contests of the 2007 campaign and is riding a 20-game hit streak dating back to last season.

The Red Sox rally also denied Andy Pettitte a victory in his return to the New York-Boston feud. The veteran lefty allowed just two runs on eight hits over the first 6 1/3 innings.

Both of Rodriguez's homers came off Sox starter Curt Schilling, who battled through seven innings and gave up five runs on eight hits.

New York will go up against another tough right-hander this afternoon in Josh Beckett. The hard-throwing Texan, who's best known for his dominating performance against the Yankees in Game 6 of the 2003 World Series as a member of the Florida Marlins, has been sensational thus far in 2007. Beckett has surrendered one run in each of his first three starts, recording the victory in all three outings, and allowed just 10 hits while racking up 18 strikeouts over 18 innings of work.

The 26-year-old scattered six hits and a walk in six innings to defeat the Angels in Monday's annual Patriot's Day game, and was even better during his previous trip to the Fenway Park mound. Against Seattle on April 10, Beckett yielded only two hits and struck out eight Mariners without a walk over seven frames in the Red Sox'14-3 win.

Beckett hasn't had as much success when facing the Yankees in a Boston uniform. He faced New York four times in 2006 and went 2-2 in those games, but also allowed 22 runs (21 earned) and five homers over 20 total innings.

Jeff Karstens gets his opportunity to make an impression in the Yankees' injury-riddled rotation today. The young right-hander has spent the season's first three weeks sidelined with tendinitis in his elbow, but did throw four scoreless innings in a minor-league rehab assignment on Monday.

New York could use a boost from the 24-year-old, who went 2-1 with a 3.80 ERA in eight games (six starts) as a rookie last season. Three of the team's top four starters -- Chien-Ming Wang, Mike Mussina and Carl Pavano -- are currently on the disabled list.

This will be Karstens' first-ever appearance against the Red Sox.

The Yankees took 11 of the 19 meetings with the Red Sox in 2006. In their last visit to Fenway Park, the Bronx Bombers produced a memorable five-game sweep of Boston last August that propelled New York to the American League East title.

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