Heading into the 7th inning, the game was tied at zero. In the bottom of the 7th, Alex Rodriguez hit a solo homer. However, new Red Sox slugger Victor Martinez hit a homer in the top of the 8th to put Boston up 2-1. In the bottom of the 8th, Johnny Damon and Mark Teixeira hit long balls to ignite a four-run inning to give the Yankees the winning margin.

Both teams got great outings from their starting pitchers. Jon Lester gave up five hits and one earned run while striking out seven batters in seven innings of work. Andy Pettitte edged Lester by pitching seven shutout innings.

After the Yankees four-game sweep, they have a commanding lead in the AL East. The Red Sox trail by 6.5 games and the Tampa Bay Rays trail by 8 games. The Red Sox are now tied with the Texas Rangers in the AL Wild Card race.

Alex Rodriguez - New York Yankees (Image: Zuma Press)

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Yankees Complete Sweep of the Red Sox

Clemens: Remember what Carmelo Anthony says about snitching?
Don’t.

Andy Pettitte, who admitted to using HGH immediately after he as accused of doing so, is likely to testify to that effect before Congress. This is probably going to screw Roger Clemens, but whatever, Clemens has his own foolproof statistical defense which cannot be refuted in any way!

“Based on what we know, there was a situation where Andy was speaking to Roger in Brian’s presence, then Andy came over to Brian and essentially said, ‘Why didn’t you tell me about this stuff?’ He referred to HGH,” Ward said. “Brian discouraged him and then several months later, when he (Pettitte) got injured, he came back and asked Brian about it, and that’s when Brian injected him. We believe that based on the fact that Andy came to Brian and asked him about HGH, it was Roger who told Andy about HGH and that’s why he asked Brian about it.”

Richard Emery, another lawyer for McNamee, said his client and Pettitte also discussed steroids use by Clemens.

“Pettitte is certainly going to tell the truth and if he tells the truth everything will be fine,” Emery said.

Goodness, Congress is already boring, hearing people talk about talking about talking about steroids isn’t going to help at all.

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McNamee: Pettitte to Snitch, and Snitch Good