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Sox Streakers for May 21

From the team's official game notes:

Who's Hot
-Kevin Youkilis, 13-game hitting streak, going 25 for 56 (.446) with six doubles, four home runs, 14 RBIs and 10 runs
-Mike Lowell, 11-game hitting streak, going 18 for 41 (.439) with four home runs and 14 RBIs
-Hideki Okajima, 20.2 consecutive scoreless innings out of the bullpen, the longest streak by a Boston left-hander since Bruce Hurst pitched 21.2 scoreless innings in May 1987.

Who's Not
-Alex Cora, 3 for his last 22 (.136)
-Doug Mirabelli, 1 for his last 20
-Brendan Donnelly, 9 hits and 5 runs allowed in last 3.1 innings

Red Sox vs. Chien-Ming Wang
-Manny Ramirez, 10 for 16 (.625), 2 HR
-Eric Hinske, 10 for 19 (.526), 2 HR
-David Ortiz, 9 for 20 (.450), 2 HR
-Kevin Youkilis, 4 for 11 (.364)
-Alex Cora, 4 for 13 (.308), 1 HR
-Julio Lugo, 6 for 21 (.286)
-Coco Crisp, 3 for 12 (.250)
-Doug Mirabelli, 1 for 4 (.250)
-Mike Lowell, 3 for 15 (.200)
-Wily Mo Pena, 0 for 5
-J.D. Drew and Dustin Pedroia have no at-bats against Wang

Yankees vs. Tim Wakefield
-Melky Cabrera, 1 for 3 (.333)
-Derek Jeter, 27 for 84 (.321), 3 HR
-Josh Phelps, 8 for 25 (.320)
-Johnny Damon, 13 for 48 (.271), 2 HR
-Jorge Posada, 14 for 56 (.250), 3 HR
-Bobby Abreu, 4 for 16 (.250)
-Alex Rodriguez, 16 for 66 (.242), 5 HR
-Robinson Cano, 5 for 24 (.208), 1 HR
-Hideki Matsui, 7 for 40 (.175), 2 HR
-Jason Giambi, 14 for 81 (.173), 3 HR
-Doug Mientkiewicz, 1 for 16 (.063)

More Stuff
-Since the Yankees swept five games at Fenway Park in August 2006, the Red Sox are 8-2 against New York.
-In their last 100 meetings, including postseason, the Red Sox and the Yankees have each won 50 games.
-Derek Jeter and Jorge Posada have each batted safely in 15 straight games. That's tied for the longest streak in the American League; Kevin Youkilis' 13-game streak is tied for third.
-The Red Sox were also 30-13 in the 2002 season. They failed to make the playoffs that year.
-But, for all those who say that we've seen this before: This is only the fifth time in major league history that any team has been in first place by 10.5 or more games as early as 43 games into a season. Every other team to have such a lead -- the 2001 Seattle Mariners, the 1977 Los Angeles Dodgers, the 1912 New York Giants and the 1902 Pittsburgh Pirates -- ended up finishing in first place.
-The Red Sox have won four straight on the road, and they're 14-5 against the American League East.

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