The Red Sox won last night 7-5 with the offensive power of Manny Ramirez. So far this young season Ramirez has been on fire. Last night Manny hit went 3 for 5 with two home runs off of Mike Mussina, 3 RBIs, and 3 runs scored. In the 7th inning though, Yankees reliever Kyle Farnsworth threw a pitch 97 mph fastball behind Ramirez's neck on the first pitch to him. After the game Farnsworth said "It just slipped. I was trying to be aggressive and go in on him." After the game Ramirez said "We hit one of the best players and I guess they want to send a message and that's what they did. They've got to back up their players and he did."

Derek Jeter had this to say about the Farnsworth pitch, "He said it got away, so I guess that's the end of it. I get hit all the time. Getting hit hurts. Close doesn't hurt."

Josh Beckett started for the Red Sox and pitched 8 innings, allowing 6 hits, 3 runs, striking out 5, and walking 1. Beckett got the win and is now 2-1. Yankees starter Mike Mussina only pitched 3.0 innings, allowing 7 hits, 5 runs, and had 1 strikeout. Mussina got the loss and is now 1-3.

The Red Sox and Yankees now don't meet back up until Thursday, July 3rd at New York. See the Red Sox vs Yankees schedule on the right side of the page.