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May 22, 2007
NEW YORK -- The Red Sox brought in Hideki Okajima to pitch the eighth and Okajima was as wild as he's been all season, leading to a Yankee run that cut Boston's lead to 7-3.
After getting Johnny Damon to fly out, Okajima surrendered a single to Derek Jeter and walked Hideki Matsui and Alex Rodriguez, loading the bases. He settled in after that, although a run scored on a fielder's-choice grounder by Jorge Posada. (Rodriguez appeared to interfere with second baseman Dustin Pedroia on Posada's grounder, sliding hard into the Sox' second baseman and elbowing him in the side, but there was no call from second-base umpire Joe West). A grounder by Bobby Abreu ended the inning with minimal damage and sent the Sox into the ninth with a 7-3 lead.
It was the first run allowed by Okajima since he gave up a home run to the Royals' John Buck on his first major-league pitch in the season opener.
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