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June 1, 2007
A fairly sedate Red Sox-Yankees game got a little exciting in the bottom of the ninth tonight when Scott Proctor threw a pitch close to Kevin Youkilis' head and was immediately ejected from the game.
The benches emptied and members of the bullpen came racing in, but no punches were thrown.
Interestingly, Yankee catcher Jorge Posada walked with Youkilis to first base, apparently attempting to convince him that the pitch -- which grazed Youkilis' shoulder as he fell to the ground -- wasn't intentional.
The Red Sox' Javier Lopez had hit Bobby Abreu in the top of the ninth, which may have convinced plate umpire Brian O'Nora that Proctor's actions were intentional.
There were five batters hit in the game. Yankee starter Chien-Ming Wang hit Mike Lowell on the wrist, eventually knocking him out of the game (he stayed in after being hit in the third, but was lifted in the fifth), and Red Sox pitchers hit Josh Phelps (a Tim Wakefield knuckleball), Alex Rodriguez (by Kyle Snyder, though the situation -- 1-and-2 count with two runners on base and the Sox trailing by only three -- indicated that it clearly wasn't intentional) and Abreu.
Posted by Art Martone 
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