The Red Sox win the rubber match of their three-game series against the Yankees, 3 – 2, to recapture first place by a game in front of New York in the AL East. Josh Reddick ends the game with a run-scoring single in the 10th inning, after the Sox rally against Mariano Rivera to tie the game in the 9th. The Yankees take a 2 – 1 lead on homers by Eduardo Nunez and Brett Gardner, but Marco Scutaro leads off the 9th with a double – his fourth hit of the game – then scores on a sacrifice fly to send the game into extra innings. Also of note, Jorge Posada is benched tonight amid talk that his job as the Yankees’ starting DH may be in jeopardy.

On August 7, 2011 — The Red Sox win the rubber match of their three-game series against the Yankees, 3 – 2, to recapture first place by a game in front of New York in the AL East. Josh Reddick ends the game with a run-scoring single in the 10th inning, after the Sox rally against Mariano Rivera to tie the game in the 9th. The Yankees take a 2 – 1 lead on homers by Eduardo Nunez and Brett Gardner, but Marco Scutaro leads off the 9th with a double – his fourth hit of the game – then scores on a sacrifice fly to send the game into extra innings. Also of note, Jorge Posada is benched tonight amid talk that his job as the Yankees’ starting DH may be in jeopardy.

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