#125---NYA @ BOS, 9/11/2012

2012 was a lost year for the Red Sox, but the Yankees were just a game ahead of Baltimore in the AL East race when they came to Fenway to open a three-game mid-week series with a matchup of excellent starters in Hiroki Kuroda and Jon Lester. New York opened the scoring with an unholy combination of a Derek Jeter walk and a Nick Swisher double, followed by a Robinson Cano groundout. Boston would answer with two in the third, but Jeter chased Lester with a two-run ground rule double that skipped into the stands down the right field line in the sixth. Pedroia tied it with a homer over the Monster in the bottom of the frame.

In the seventh, Boston loaded the bases on an infield single, a Russell Martin muff of a sac bunt attempt, and another infield single (from Jacoby Ellsbury) off reliever Boone Logan. Joba Chamberlain was summoned into this one out mess and pinch-hitter Daniel Nava hit into a fielder’s choice at the plate and Pedroia popped out. There were no real threats until the bottom of the ninth, where Pedro Ciriaco singled with one out, Mike Aviles got an infield hit, and Jacoby Ellsbury lined one through the right side to give Boston a 4-3 walkoff win.