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BOSTON (AP) -- Just what the American League needs: another
successful Yankees starter.
Randy Keisler, making his major league debut, became the third
straight Yankees pitcher to shut down the light-hitting Boston Red
Sox, leading New York to a 6-2 victory Sunday that completed its first
three-game sweep at Fenway Park in nine years.
|  | | Red Sox catcher Scott Hatteberg tries in vain to tag out Derek Jeter, who scores on Bernie Williams' single in the third inning. |
"It's probably the most excited I've been in my life right
now," Keisler said. "I'm not to the level of those two guys yet,
but, hopefully, I can get there."
Keisler allowed one run and four hits in five innings, and Dwight Gooden got his second save in two chances by holding Boston
to one run and three hits in four innings.
Scott Brosius' 16th homer and Tino Martinez's double each drove
in two runs. The Yankees outhomered the Red Sox 14-0 at Fenway this
season.
New York won for the ninth time in 11 games and increased its AL
East lead to a season-high 8½ games over Toronto. Boston trails by
nine and fell to fourth in the wild-card race, 3½ games behind
Cleveland.
"This was a big series, and we wanted to have a good showing,
and we didn't," Boston's Scott Hatteberg said. "The kid threw the
ball pretty well, but we didn't swing the bats well."
Keisler, a 24-year-old left-hander, was called up from Triple-A
Columbus on Tuesday after David Cone separated his left shoulder in
Kansas City. Cone had won three of four decisions after losing
eight in a row.
Roger Clemens, who pitched eight innings in Friday night's 4-0
win, is 8-0 in the last three months. Andy Pettitte, who allowed
one run in eight innings in Saturday's 5-3 victory, has won nine of
his last 10 decisions.
Orlando Hernandez and Denny Neagle also have been pitching well.
"You only go as far as your pitching staff," Derek Jeter said.
"Pitching wins championships."
The Yankees have won three of the last four and have the AL's
best record since July 1 at 44-22.
They got Bernie Williams back Sunday, when he returned to center
field after missing five games with a strained right ribcage.
Williams went 1-for-4 with a run and an RBI.
"We have a lot of confidence right now, and we're flying real
high," New York manager Joe Torre said.
Boston's clubhouse was quiet after the Red Sox lost their first
three-game series to the Yankees at Fenway Park since June 25-27,
1991.
"It's not necessarily the right time to go through a stretch
like this," Boston manager Jimy Williams said. "But it only takes
one good game to turn it around."
The Red Sox -- held to five runs and 21 hits in the series -- get
their chance Monday night in Yankee Stadium when the teams meet
again to make up a rainout.
Keisler (1-0) was a combined 14-5 with a 2.89 ERA this year in
28 starts with Columbus and Double-A Norwich. He struck out two and
walked three, including his first two batters, Darren Lewis and
Jose Offerman.
Lewis was thrown out trying to steal third as Offerman took
second, Carl Everett popped out and Nomar Garciaparra hit an RBI
single.
"I felt butterflies all day long," said Keisler, who admitted
he was aiming the ball early. "I told myself on the mound, 'You
can do this. You belong.' "
Brosius' second homer in as many games gave New York a 2-1 lead
in the second. He connected after Pete Schourek (3-10) hit Jorge
Posada with a pitch.
The Yankees made it 3-1 in the third. Jeter led off with a
triple, extending his hitting streak to 11 games, and scored on
Williams' grounder to second, just sliding under Hatteberg's
attempted tag after Offerman's high throw.
"Today was pretty ugly," Boston's Jason Varitek said. "You
can't make many mistakes against the Yankees."
Jose Canseco hit a run-scoring single in the seventh and scored
on Martinez's two-run double.
Keisler allowed a runner in each of his innings, but the Red Sox
scored only once.
Troy O'Leary led off the second with a single, but Lou Merloni
struck out and Hatteberg grounded into a double play. In the third,
Offerman was stranded after a two-out single.
Garciaparra led off the fourth with a double, but Keisler
retired the next three batters. Hatteberg started the fifth with a
walk but was caught stealing
Garciaparra tripled in the ninth and scored on O'Leary's
groundout.
Game notes
Keisler became the third Yankees pitcher to make his first
major league start this season, following Jake Westbrook on June 17
and Ben Ford on June 23, both against the Chicago White Sox. ...
Monday's makeup game will mark the first time the teams have met in
different stadiums on consecutive days since July 8 and 9, 1959,
when they played in New York first, then Boston. ... The Red Sox
obtained RHP Hector Carrasco from Minnesota for Class-A outfielder
Lew Ford. ... New York's Chuck Knoblauch broke an 0-for-13 slump
with a seventh-inning single and went 1-for-3.
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