>> tim: wade tries to drop down, throw the breaking ball. does not get it outside infer. now running for mauro gomez, who is not a good defensive player, is mike aviles. how about the two minor league free agents on the left side of the infield tonight? they are 6 for 7, and control this game. ciriaco and gomez. >> joe: and tim, a game that the red sox absolutely had to have. >> tim: have to have, i should say. >> joe: they lead by three in the seventh. runner at second, one out. ciriaco now. mauro gomez, by the way, 27 years old, a year older than ciriaco, but hitting .366 with 19 home runs and 55 rbis in triple-a. >> tim: yeah. he's not an accident. as you said, he can flat-out hit. >> joe: ciriaco takes a ball in the dirt from cory wade.

so aviles is into the game. he's at second with one out. a 1-0 count on ciriaco. 2-0. hard hit. off the glove of nix. here comes aviles all the way around to score to another run. ciriaco produces another run with that ball to third.

>> tim: laynce nix trying to backhand that ball. i think it's got to be a hit. it's a very, very difficult hop, a very tough play going to his right. it's not been scored yet. but, i mean, i was just thinking that the fenway faithful cheering for two guys they know nothing about for the most part. pedro ciriaco and mauro gomez. >> joe: i'm going to write this down in pencil, but that was ruled an error. >> tim: oh, i think that should be changed. i think that's a double. >> joe: especially here at home. >> tim: yeah, right. ciriaco runs so well as clay

rapada is up and throwing. very difficult to get him at first. >> joe: instead of what would have been an rbi base hit, it's an error plating aviles, who was running for gomez. it's 8-4 red sox here in the seventh. cory wade has been falling behind these hitters. >> tim: by the way, ciriaco properly looked down there to see if nix made the play. might see why is he looking at the fielder. because if he gets by the fielder, you'll make your turn at first and get to second, which he did. >> joe: that's down the right-field line, foul.

2-2 on daniel nava who's 1 for 4. now clayton mortensen, who was just added, so good before he was shipped out, they had to bring up germano, who had an opt-out clause in his contract, he's back, getting loose, with the red sox up by four. a chance for more. 2-2 pitch. runner going. stolen base. ciriaco will score in one of the best games of his life certainly on the biggest stage. it's 9-4 red sox in the seventh. he's doing everything. >> tim: how big is the stage for the red sox against the yankees?

some managers try to encourage their catcher not to make that play with two outs. thrown into left field. a throwing error by russell martin. the red sox extend their lead. it's been all ciriaco and gomez tonight. >> joe: the stolen base e-2 on russell martin on the throw. they're chatting pedro's name. nava lines one to swisher. two out. nava hit it hard. he's 1 for 5 on the night. ciriaco, certainly his biggest game with the red sox, that's that big stage, who knows, in his life, being from the dominican republic, what he might have done in a winter ballgame. guy who hit well, as i said. i'll give you the numbers, for the pirates when he had a chance. nonroster invitee, then added to

the roster this week for the injured dustin pedroia. ciriaco when he was up with the pirates in 2011 hi 2011 hit .30. just hasn't had a chance. hitting .301 in triple-a. what a night he's had. to make a case, he could have four hits. >> tim: yeah. >> joe: the count goes to 3-0 on punto. rapada still getting loose. ortiz on deck in a 5-run game. yankees have committed four errors tonight, two in this inning. one by jeter in the sixth.

the other by mcdonald in the fifth. here's a 3-1. full count. the game was 5-3 at the start of the seventh. now it's 9-4. punto gets in on the fun here in the seventh inning. and cory wade, who had that rough june, was added to the active roster, is going to be pulled after that base hit by punto. rapada in the bullpen. ortiz coming up. the red sox in a game they needed. three in the sixth. four in the seventh. they're still going, up 9-4. back after this.

>> joe: we're talking about the high jersey numbers for the red sox as they've put 20 device onn the disabled list this season, an mlb high.

mauro gomez with number 50. 3 for 4 tonight. doubront, number 61, is in line for the win. middlebrooks not playing since sunday with the bad hams, but nava has a hit and ciriaco has had the best game his very brief mlb career. >> tim: i'll say. that's an easy call. >> joe: here's rapada now. one on, two out. ortiz at the plate. check on the runner, punto. logan went 2/3 of an inning, same for wade. phil hughes went 5 1/3, 3 earned runs, 5 total on 10 hits. ortiz takes a ball. david has been on base twice with a hit and walk. 1 for 3. hitting .310 with 22 home runs, 56 rbis. here's a 1-0.

2-0. the only guy not having any fun is on deck. saltalamacchia is 0 for 4 with 4 strikeouts and a check on punto. ortiz waits for a 2-0 pitch. 2-1. >> tim: there are a lot of ways that rapada can get a left-handed hitter out. he can do it with that breaking ball. he has excellent control with the slider. d.j. mitchell now is up for the yankees. >> joe: here's the 2-1. big swing by ortiz. 2-2. >> tim: dropping down, the

fastball, good swing. comes up empty. a lot of left-handers in the american league do not like to face clay rapada. >> joe: breaking ball, foul ball, left side. next is over there, but out of room. so many teams are struggling to find one left-hander they like, and the yankees have two. >> tim: yeah. logan and rapada. >> joe: also have pedro feliciano. missed all of last year with a strained rotator cuff, throwing bullpen sessions. the yankees think there's a chance he could be back and help out. nice catch by a fan down to our left, and fa foul ball hit by ortiz. it's still 2-2.

red sox have scored eight runs over their last three innings at the plate. four in this frame. that's rocketed into center for a base hit. going first to third is punto. two out. ortiz is on base for the third straight time. this has to feel good for a frustrated red sox team knocking the yankees around here in the seventh. >> tim: scoring 9 runs on 15 hits now. >> joe: here's saltalamacchia with his four strikeouts, the ninth man to bat in the seventh after the red sox batted around in the sixth.

strike one. here are the strikeouts. hughes got him three times. logan got him to end the sixth. now he's trying to pick up this sidearm slinger with the count one ball, one strike. chavez and ortiz talk it over. 2-1. if you think about 1, the only other time he faced the yankees this year was in april. he left up 9-1.

that was in a game the yankees scored seven in the seventh, seven in the eighth, and won 15-9. still hitless is saltalamacchia. that force-out ends the inning. but it's a four-run seventh on a day that has been certainly memorable for pedro ciriaco. a curtain call here at fenway and a big smile. red sox lead by five.

>> joe: monday the home run derby on espning at 8:00

eastern/5:00 pacific. on tuesday, the red carpet show on mlb network. at 4:00 eastern/1:00 pacific followed by the 2012 all-star game right here on fox, 7:30 eastern/4:30 pacific tuesday night from kansas city. pedro ciriaco has moved from short to second. mike aviles who scored a run, pinch-run fog mauro gomez is in at short. that moves punto to third. the new pitcher is clayton mortensen, third of the day. albers went 2/3 of an inning. allowed a walk, struck out one. and mortensen, who has been in the cardinal and the oakland organization and has been very good in eight games, good e.r.a., takes over here in the eighth. strike over the outside corner. it's 1-1 on granderson. >> mortensen pitched five

scoreless innings against oakland last night, then because he wasn't expected to pitch for another couple days, germano was brought up because of the opt-out clause in his contract. now clayton brought back by the red sox because of the double-header today, and each team extending their roster to 26 players. >> joe: they gave up mortensen to get matt holliday back in '09. he went to the rockies, went to oakland, and was traded to these red sox for marco scutaro this past january. he issues a leadoff walk. that won't make bobby valentine happy as -- >> tim: or felix doubront. >> joe: yeah. up by five, a leadoff walk here in the eighth with teixeira coming up.

>> tim: he's thinking, i left with the score 5-4 tonight, tacked on four more runs. don't let me down. >> joe: a 9-4 red sox lead. teixeira has homered a three-run shot, 1 for 3. they're going to get back to work in the red sox bullpen. >> joe: the herky jerkey style of mortensen, it's low. >> tim: the ball doesn't seem to follow his body coming to home plate. padilla is up for the red sox. >> joe: here's a 1-1. out in front of it, strike two.

>> joe: talk about padilla and teixeira, they were teammates with texas in '06 and '07. here comes a 1-2 pitch. strike three called. one on, one out. first out of the eighth inning. mortensen comes back after the walk with a strikeout. when padilla would hit guys while pitching for the rangers, those other teams would retaliate by hitting the rangers' best hitter named mark teixeira. at one point teixeira went up to padilla, said, hey, knock it off. unless you want to stand in there and get hit. >> tim: which doesn't happen in the american league because of

the dh. >> joe: i'm getting drilled because you're hitting batters. he didn't. then they faced each other in '09. teixeira's first year with the yankees. padilla was pitching for the phillies. teixeira took padilla deep in the first two at-bats of the game, and then padilla drilled teixeira. >> tim: hitting three times in 17 at-bats. >> joe: last night padilla was on the mound and mark teixeira got him for a two-run triple in the seventh inning. big part of that 10-8 win for the yankees on friday night. here's a base hit to left off the bat of cano. it's two on with one out. the yankees down by five here in the eighth. it will be bring in nick swisher.

and padilla, who's been very good this year for the red sox, especially in stranding inherited runners -- although that wasn't the case last night -- may get a chance to do it here in the eighth tonight. that's next saturday, after the all-star break. back to afternoon games. that's on "fox saturday baseball." d.j. mitchell still up for the yankees in their pen. two on, one out. swisher grounds it foul. if you just joined us, give you another game summary. mauro gomez and pedro ciriaco, the bottom two in the lineup for the red sox, scored three runs, driven in four, 6 for 8

combined. two guys that are minor league free agents, and they've been big tonight for the red sox. adrian gonzalez has three hits andruw jones, who's on deck, has hit three solo home runs. two in the opener of this day/night double-header. then he went deep. we'll go down to ken rosenthal if a moment. two on for swisher. inside, kenny, your phone is lighting up again. >> ken: joe, you might be wondering who gets credit for signing mauro gomez and pedro ciriaco. well, i just got a text from theo epstein, former red sox gm, now with the cubs, and he reminded me that alec baird and

alex porter of the red sox get the credit. theo says they always do a great job. >> joe: 1-1, down and in. meanwhile, ken, i know you found information on the red sox, if they want to add players or payroll going forward in 2012. >> tim: that's right, joe. i found out today they're about $10 million over the luxury tax threshold. that's not a good thing, because what it means is they'll get penalized 40% for every dollar over that they are. what it means come trade time, if they are buyers, is that essentially they're going to need teams to include money in deals. they'll include money, the other teams will, to get better players in return. so that hurts the red sox too if that's the way they go. >> joe: meanwhile it's 3-1 on nick swisher. this is getting a little uncomfortable for the red sox and their fans here in the eighth. here's a 3-1 from mortensen.

not close. the bases loaded. in a five-run game and bobby valentine couldn't wait to get out of that dugout to make this change. must have been .20 of a second after saltalamacchia caught ball four and valentine was out of the dugout. >> tim: yeah, that's right. >> joe: two walks, a hit. the yankees making noise, and the guy who's had an all-world day, andrew jones, coming up against vincente padilla coming in. and a heavy right foot. if you are unsure if you belong in the club, you do not belong in the club. to apply for membership, try new stronger stp complete fuel system cleaner with ten times the cleaning agents. to wipe out engine deposits and enjoy the benefits of the left lane.

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the all-new escape, from ford. >> tim: what a day it's been for andruw jones. three home runs in game one, first inning, and fourth inning against franklin morales. here in the seventh inning of this game, off of felix doubront. so three home runs, all solo shots, and he's got a chance to do more damage right here against vincente padilla. >> joe: mortensen only got one out, a hit, two walks, one strikeout. and so here's jones. 10 home runs, in 120 at-bats on the year. and with one flick of the wrist, he could make this a one-run

game. popped it will up foul. saltalamacchia will deal with a bat in the on-deck circle. he makes the catch. he almost went down, tripping over the weighted bat that laynce nix left there. >> tim: there's nothing that a team could do, but there's all sorts of lead bats, rosin bags, and those cups they put around the ends of the bats, that wait the bats, and he did trip over the bat of laynce nix, i assume. but andruw jones would love to have that pitch back. he got what he was looking for, and popped it up. >> joe: raul ibanyez will come off the bench and bat for jayson nix. ibanyez in the eighth inning here with two out now, a huge out, picked