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NEW YORK (AP) -- Rolando Arrojo and the Boston Red Sox made the
most of their brief trip to the Bronx.
Arrojo pitched shutout ball into the eighth inning, Jose
Offerman and Manny Alexander homered and the Red Sox salvaged the
final game of an unusual four-game series, beating the New York
Yankees 4-0 Monday night.
|  | | Maybe if he were 6-8, instead of 5-8, Yankees left fielder Luis Polonia might have had a shot at robbing Manny Alexander of a two-run homer in the second. |
The Yankees swept a three-game set during the weekend in Boston.
Not since July 8-9, 1959, had these longtime rivals played at
Fenway Park and Yankee Stadium on consecutive days -- a rainout June 12 caused this makeup.
"Your starting pitching sets the tone," Red Sox manager Jimy
Williams said. "It was big for us because we knew who we were
facing."
The Red Sox trail the Yankees by eight games in the AL East, but
closed within three of Cleveland in the wild-card race.
Boston barely had time to unpack for this visit. Players hardly
touched their luggage in the locker room, leaving bags intact as
they prepared to go to Cleveland for a three-game series starting
Tuesday night.
Arrojo (5-2) outpitched his best friend in baseball, Orlando
Hernandez, as Boston stopped New York's four-game winning streak.
"I saw him before the game and said 'good luck,' " Arrojo said
through his interpreter, Red Sox reliever Rich Garces. "I said,
'let's have a good game.' "
Hernandez (11-11) and Arrojo marked the second matchup of Cuban
defectors in the majors this season. Florida's Vladimir Nunez and
San Francisco's Livan Hernandez opposed each other April 26.
"It was the first time I'd seen two Cuban pitchers like that,"
Arrojo said.
Two years ago, when he played for Tampa Bay, Arrojo joined in
the late-night celebration after Hernandez won his major league
debut by beating the Devil Rays.
"He's a lot like El Duque. He throws from different
positions," Yankees manager Joe Torre said.
Arrojo gave up five hits in 7 1/3 innings, struck out seven and
did not allow a runner past second base. He was in complete
control, even after being hit in the right leg by Jorge Posada's
single in the second inning -- only four days after Red Sox reliever
Bryce Florie sustained extensive eye damage after being struck in
the face by a line drive by New York's Ryan Thompson.
With the crowd of 40,326 getting loud, Derek Lowe relieved with
runners on first and second in the eighth and got Paul O'Neill to
ground into an inning-ending double play.
Lowe finished with a hitless ninth for his 32nd save, giving the
Red Sox their AL-leading 12th shutout. New York never got a runner
past second base.
"We couldn't get anything going," said Yankees leadoff man
Chuck Knoblauch, who went 0-for-4.
Offerman hit a two-run homer in the first inning and Alexander
had a two-run drive in the second. Boston was outhomered by the
Yankees 14-0 in seven games at Fenway this season, but held a 7-6
edge at Yankee Stadium.
Hernandez, who had won three straight decisions, fell to 3-8 at
home. He walked Trot Nixon to start the night and Offerman followed
with his fourth homer in six games.
Brian Daubach singled to open the second and Alexander, batting
ninth and facing Hernandez for the first time, hit his fourth home
run.
Game notes
The starting time for the Yankees' game Sept. 21 against
Detroit has been changed from 4:35 p.m. ET to 1:15 to accommodate
Fox television. ... The Yankees finished 7-6 against Boston this
season. ... Through Monday night, the Yankees have drawn 6,089,632
fans in the last two seasons, a record for all New York baseball
teams in two years. ... Ted Lilly made his Yankees debut and
pitched a perfect ninth.
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RECAPS
Boston 4
NY Yankees 0
Chi. White Sox 10
Detroit 3
Baltimore 3
Anaheim 1
Oakland 5
Tampa Bay 1
Kansas City 6
Seattle 3
Philadelphia 5
Montreal 2
Montreal 7
Philadelphia 6
(2nd game)
Cincinnati 7
Chicago Cubs 6
St. Louis 8
Pittsburgh 4
Milwaukee 8
NY Mets 2
San Francisco 8
Houston 7
Los Angeles 6
Arizona 3
San Diego 7
Colorado 2
AUDIO/VIDEO
 Peter Gammons talks about past pitching duels between Rolando Arrojo and Orlando Hernandez.
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