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MLB: Boston 7, Detroit 5

Wed, 08/12/2009 - 10:54 by preet_20

Boston, Aug. 12: Mike Lowell homered twice and drove in three runs Tuesday and the Boston Red Sox beat Detroit 7-5 in a game marred by a bench-clearing melee.

Jason Bay hit a three-run homer for the Red Sox, who have taken the first two games of a four game set at home after losing six straight.

Lowell was in the game as a replacement for Kevin Youkilis, who was ejected for igniting the brawl.

Junichi Tazawa (1-1), making his first major league start, gave up three runs on four hits in five innings, with two walks and six strikeouts to get the win for Boston.

Curtis Granderson had a two-run home run and the Tigers got an RBI apiece from Brandon Inge, Magglio Ordonez and Carlos Guillen in their third loss in four games.

MLB: N.Y. Yankees 2, Boston 0

Sat, 08/08/2009 - 12:01 by preet_20

New York, Aug. 8: Alex Rodriguez hit a two-run homer with two out in the 15th inning Friday, giving the New York Yankees a dramatic 2-0 victory over Boston.

The teams combined to score 19 runs Thursday -- eight of them by the Yankees in one inning -- but it took them almost six hours to produce a single run Friday.

Rodriguez, who had been mired in his longest home run drought as a Yankee, came up with Derek Jeter on first and Junichi Tazawa on the mound, making his major league debut.

Tazawa, called up from Class AAA when Boston released John Smoltz Friday, gave Rodriguez a pitch to hit on a 2-1 count, and Rodriguez slammed it over the wall in left field. He had not had a home run in 71 at bats.