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Game 11: April 11, 2008 Yankees 4 W: Chien-Ming Wang (3-0) 6-5, 2 game winning streak Red Sox 1 L: Mike Timlin (0-1) 5-6, 1 game losing streak Highlights: Last night was Native American Day at Fenway Park and Jacoby Ellsbury, a member of the Navajo Nation, didn’t make an appearance in the game. It’s unlikely that he or anyone else could have improved upon Coco Crisp’s 1-for-4 showing given Wang’s dominance. The Yankee ace ended the evening with a meager two hits (one a J.D. Drew homer, the only Boston run) encumbering his line, with no walks, three strikeouts, and 93 pitches to his credit. The loudest my section (5 in the right field grandstand) got besides cheering for J.D. Drew’s solo shot into the Red Sox bullpen was when a rambunctious female Yankee fan got booted. At first she wasn’t swearing or disrespecting Boston players or fans, merely shouting for her team (“Hip, hip, Jorge!” “I love you, Bobby!”) fueled by some liquid courage. When the bases were loaded with Yankees in the eighth, however, she proved to be equally soused. Drunkenness claimed the better part of common sense and she got into yelling matches with Red...
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Photo courtesy of the Boston Public Library’s Sports Temples of Boston.