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BOSTON (AP) -- The Yankees can do it with pitching and defense,
too.
After New York slugged the Red Sox into submission in the series
opener, Andy Pettitte outpitched Pedro Martinez and Shane Spencer
threw out a runner at the plate to preserve the Yankees' 3-0 win
over Boston on Tuesday night.
|  | | Chuck Knoblauch, although flawless on defense Tuesday, is picked off first by Pedro Martinez in the fourth inning. |
"To win a game like we did last night, and then beat Pedro
tonight," Yankees manager Joe Torre said, "if that doesn't do
something for our confidence, I don't know what will."
One night after New York beat Boston 22-1 to snap a four-game
losing streak, Derek Jeter, Bernie Williams and Paul O'Neill
homered off Martinez to give New York a 1 1/2-game lead in the AL
East.
"It says a lot about our pitching staff, because we haven't
scored a lot of runs off him," said Jeter, whose Yankees beat the
Red Sox 2-1 last Wednesday in Martinez's last start. "The way that
Andy was pitching, we thought that a couple of runs would be
enough."
Martinez (9-3) allowed just five hits and struck out nine in
eight innings, but Pettitte (7-3) came away with the win.
"You can't keep riding Pedro's shoulders," Boston catcher
Jason Varitek said. "He's only human."
Pettitte, who allowed 16 runs in his previous three starts, gave
up six hits and two walks, striking out four before leaving with
two outs in the eighth. Mariano Rivera got four outs for his 16th
save.
Martinez, who came into the game having allowed three homers in 91
1/3 innings, had not given up than one homer in a game since Sept.
24, 1998, when he allowed three to Baltimore.
"He pitched a good game for us. We just couldn't score," Red
Sox manager Jimy Williams said. "Don't get too excited here. We're
OK. We can't panic. That's not the right thing to do."
Nomar Garciaparra went 3-for-4 for Boston to raise his
league-leading average to .391. He also reached base on a dropped
third strike.
The closest Boston came to scoring was in the third, when
Garciaparra singled with Offerman on second. Spencer threw a
one-hopper from shallow left field, and catcher Jorge Posada held
onto the ball when Offerman tried to bowl him over.
Chuck Knoblauch, who has had trouble making the seemingly simple
throw to first base, played the field flawlessly. But he was
ejected after arguing about his second baserunning mistake.
"I did a stupid thing. That's all," Knoblauch said.
"Sometimes you do stupid things."
After being picked off first base after singling to start the
fourth inning, Knoblauch was called out for running inside the
basepath in the sixth after hitting a slow roller back to the
mound.
Replays showed Knoblauch was barely on the inside edge of the
baseline when Martinez hit him in the back with a throw to first.
As Knoblauch returned to the dugout, he threw his helmet back onto
the field and was immediately ejected by home plate umpire Larry
Young.
Game
notes
Jeter has reached base in 19 of 21 games since returning
from the disabled list on May 27. ... The Red Sox have scored only
eight runs in Martinez's last five starts. ... Boston recalled
pitcher Tim Young from Triple-A Pawtucket to take Rob Stanifer's
place on the roster. Stanifer was sent down after allowing nine
runs -- one earned -- in two-thirds of an inning Monday night....
Garciaparra extended his hitting streak to 10 games. ... Martinez
struck out six consecutive batters in innings 1-3. ... Knoblauch
was picked off first base in the fourth by Martinez, his second
pickoff of the season and the eighth for the Red Sox. ... The
homers by Williams and O'Neill were the first against Martinez by a
lefty all season. Jeter's was the fourth by a right-handed hitter.
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 Joe Torre hopes the Yankees will get a boost in confidence after beating the Sox.
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Derek Jeter and the Yankees get a humorous reminder of who they are facing.
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Andy Pettitte felt the pressure against Pedro Martinez and the Red Sox.
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Pedro Martinez gives the Yankees credit for adjusting.
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The Yankees have gotten used to facing Pedro, according to ESPN's Brian McRae.
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