Bomber rookie Brett Gardner singled home the winning run in the bottom half of the tenth inning, as the Yankees edged their division rival, 5-4.
Alex Rodriguez tied Mikey Mantle on the all time home run list with his 536th career home run, a solo shot off of Tim Wakefield in the second inning.
| New York Yankees | ||||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG |
| B Gardner LF | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .143 |
| D Jeter SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .281 |
| B Abreu RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .272 |
| A Rodriguez 3B | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .323 |
| J Giambi 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .256 |
| J Posada DH | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .280 |
| R Cano 2B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .252 |
| M Cabrera CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .247 |
| J Molina C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .221 |
| a-W Betemit PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .253 |
| Totals | 35 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 8 | |
| a-struck out swinging for J Molina in the 10th | ||||||||
| BATTING 3B: R Cano (1, J Lopez) HR: A Rodriguez (18, 2nd inning off T Wakefield 0 on, 0 Out) RBI: A Rodriguez (50), D Jeter (37), R Cano 2 (37), B Gardner (3) S: M Cabrera 2-out RBI: B Gardner Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: J Molina 1 Team LOB: 3 | ||||||||
| BASERUNNING SB: B Gardner (3, 2nd base off T Wakefield/K Cash); M Cabrera (7, 2nd base off M Delcarmen/K Cash) | ||||||||
| FIELDING E: D Jeter (8, throw) DP: 2 (J Molina-D Jeter, J Giambi-D Jeter-J Giambi). | ||||||||
| New York Yankees | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | PC-ST | ERA |
| J Chamberlain | 6.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 101-63 | 2.45 |
| D Robertson | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23-15 | 3.00 |
| K Farnsworth | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16-10 | 3.69 |
| M Rivera (W, 3-3) | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16-13 | 1.12 |
| Totals | 10.0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 156-101 | |
| PITCHING WP: J Chamberlain Batters faced: J Chamberlain 24; D Robertson 5; K Farnsworth 3; M Rivera 7 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: J Chamberlain 11-1; D Robertson 1-2; K Farnsworth 0-2; M Rivera 3-1 | |||||||||
| Scoring Summary | ||||
| BOS | NYY | |||
 | 2nd | A Rodriguez homered to left. | 0 | 1 |
 | 5th | K Youkilis scored on J Chamberlain's wild pitch. | 1 | 1 |
| 5th | D Pedroia singled to right center, S Casey and C Crisp scored, J Ellsbury to second. | 3 | 1 |
| 6th | D Jeter singled to right center, B Gardner scored. | 3 | 2 |
| 7th | K Cash doubled to left, J Lugo scored. | 4 | 2 |
| 7th | R Cano tripled to deep right, A Rodriguez and J Posada scored. | 4 | 4 |
| 10th | B Gardner singled to right center, R Cano scored. | 4 | 5 |
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