No, this not Johnny Damon. This is Carl Crawford's welcoming party!


Carl Crawford sure didn't disappoint in his Yankee debut!


Speed kills, the other team!


Mike Cameron flips his bat, turns his back, and watched his home run fly, far, far, away.


Joba waves goodbye, after striking out his 3rd batter of the inning!


Enter Sandman was on point tonight, as he earned his 11th Save on the season!


This round of Yankees-Red Sox rivalry goes to Yankees.

A crowd of 52,325 fans saw the hometown Yankees get a win over the Red Sox, a 5-1 decision that went the Yankees way.

Mark Teixeira was a catalyst on offense, going 2-for-4 with 1 RBI.

Leading the way for the Yankee was Phil Hughes, who threw 5 scoreless innings to record his 2nd win of the season.

In the contest David Ortiz was able to stroke career hit number 1500.

Tonight at Yankee Stadium the Yankees will throw their best starter, C.C.Sabathia (4-2, 4.38), at the visiting Rays, who arrive in town for anew series with Wade Davis (1-3, 5.67) set to take the mound.

The Yankees acquired CP Kerry Wood from the Indians for CP David Aardsma.

Red Sox at Yankees - Yankee Stadium
May 18, 2010	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Boston (21-20)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	9	0
New York (22-17)	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	X	5	10	0
Player of the Game: Phil Hughes - IP: 5.0 H: 3 R: 0 ER: 0 BB: 1 K: 2 ERA: 0.00
W: Phil Hughes (2-0) L: Clay Buchholz (1-3) S: Mariano Rivera (11)

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			BOS	NYY
	1st	Rodriguez grounded out to Scutaro (6-3). Crawford scores. Swisher advances to 3rd.	0	1
	1st	Teixeira lined to right for a single. Swisher scores.	0	2
	5th	Swisher lined to center for a single. Crawford scores.	0	3
	7th	Swisher hit a sacrifice fly to Ellsbury (SF7). Berkman Scores. Jeter advances to 3rd.	0	4
	8th	Cameron homered to right.	1	4
	8th	Granderson lined to center for a single Teixeira scores.	1	5

Boston Red Sox
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Ellsbury, LF	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	.274
Youkilis, 1B	3	0	0	0	1	2	0	.312
Martinez, C	4	0	1	0	0	2	0	.321
Ortiz, DH	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	.341
Pedroia, 2B	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.252
Lowell, 3B	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	.364
Scutaro, SS	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	.271
Hermida, RF	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.292
Cameron, CF	4	1	1	1	0	1	1	.237
TEAM TOTALS	35	1	9	1	1	8	1
BATTING: 2B: J. Ellsbury (10) HR: M. Cameron (7) RBI: M. Cameron (24)
BASERUNNING: CS: J. Ellsbury (7)

New York Yankees
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Crawford, LF	4	2	3	0	0	1	0	.360
Swisher, RF	2	1	1	2	0	0	0	.250
Golson, RF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167
Cano, 2B	3	0	1	0	1	1	0	.200
Rodriguez, 3B	4	0	0	1	0	1	0	.277
Teixeira, 1B	4	1	2	1	0	1	0	.315
Posada, C	4	0	0	0	0	3	0	.234
Granderson, CF	3	0	1	1	1	0	0	.341
Berkman, DH	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	.278
Jeter, SS	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	.259
TEAM TOTALS	29	5	10	5	3	8	0
BATTING: 2B: M. Teixeira (7) RBI: C. Granderson (18), M. Teixeira (28), A. Rodriguez (27), N. Swisher 2 (30) HBP: N. Swisher SF: N. Swisher GIDP: A. Rodriguez
BASERUNNING: SB: D. Jeter (18), M. Teixeira (13), C. Crawford (11) CS: D. Jeter (8), C. Granderson (10), R. Cano (7)

Boston Red Sox
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
C. Buchholz (L, 1-3)	5.0	6	3	3	3	3	0	4.36
S. Schoeneweis	1.1	2	1	1	0	3	0	1.67
M. Delcarmen	1.2	2	1	1	0	2	0	6.35
TEAM TOTALS	8.0	10	5	5	3	8

New York Yankees
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
P. Hughes (W, 2-0)	5.0	3	0	0	1	2	0	2.78
D. Robertson (H, 5)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4.73
D. Aardsma (H, 6)	0.1	2	0	0	0	0	0	4.02
J. Chamberlain (H, 10)	1.2	2	1	1	0	3	1	2.51
A. Aceves	0.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	7.71
M. Rivera (S, 11)	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3.00
TEAM TOTALS	9.0	9	1	1	1	8
PITCHING: WP: J. Chamberlain (2)