Yankees vs Red Sox (8/28-8/30)

Game 1: The Yankees and Red Sox played a tight game all the way through on Tuesday night but the final blow was dealt by the Yankees when Johnny Damon hit a 2-run shot off of Daisuke Matsuzaka in the 7th inning.

Matsuzaka finished with 6.1 IP and 5 ER while striking out 2. The winning pitcher for the Yankees was Andy Pettitte who allowed 3 runs in 7 innings. Joba Chamberlain and Mariano River pitched a scoreless 8th and 9th to close out the victory.

Game 2: As tight as Tuesday night's game was, Monday night's contest was even tighter. The Yankees had a 4-1 lead going into the 8th inning until Kevin Youkilis blasted a 2-run shot against Kyle Farnsworth. Unfortunately, the Red Sox could not make up the other run against Mariano Rivera in the 9th inning.

Josh Beckett started the game for Boston and gave up 13 hits in 6.2 innings. The 13 hits was the most that Beckett had ever allowed in a given start. New York's big inning came in the 2nd when Josh Beckett was on the wrong side of some controversial calls, which ended up costing the Red Sox 3 runs.

Roger Clemens allowed 1 run in 6 innings for the Yankees as he picked up his 6th win of his shortened season.

Game 3: The Red Sox went into the series with the Yankees knowing that they had to avoid a sweep at all costs, but unfortunately they weren't even able to do that as they got outplayed and outpitched throughout the series..

Curt Schilling did his best to prevent the worst from happening, but his offense was unable to give him any support. Schilling pitched 7 innings and allowed 2 runs, both coming on solo homeruns from Robinson Cano.

Chien-Ming Wang, who started for the Yankees, took a no-hitter into the 7th inning. He finished with 7 shutout inings, only allowing 1 hit. The Red Sox were only able to collect 2 hits in all.

Tempers began to flare in the 9th inning when Joba Chamberlain fired 2 pitches right over the head of Kevin Youkilis. The umpires quickly took matters into their own hands and ejected Chamberlain before the situation escalated. Chamberlain ended up getting suspended 2 games for his actions.

The sweep brings the Yankees to within 5 games of the Red Sox.

On Deck: The Red Sox will begin a 3-game series with the Baltimore Orioles on Friday night.