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 Jeter, who served as the designated hitter, bounced a
high-chopper off the plate that resulted in a single and drove in
Ichiro Suzuki to make it 3-0 in the third. After Jeter was replaced
by pinch-runner Brian McCann, he hugged his teammates and
acknowledged the Fenway Park crowd before disappearing into the
dugout.
A group of former Red Sox players including Hall of Famers Carl
Yastrzemski and Jim Rice, and Jeter contemporary Jason Varitek, were
on hand for a pregame ceremony in which Jeter jogged out to the
shortstop position while receiving a huge ovation. Boston's other
three sports teams were also represented by captains of the past,
including Hockey Hall of Famer Bobby Orr of the Bruins, the Celtics'
Paul Pierce and the Patriots' Troy Brown.
Suzuki preceded Jeter's final at-bat with a two-run triple that
rolled all the way to the wall in the triangle in right-center.
McCann came around to score on Mark Teixeira's sacrifice fly to
complete the four-run frame and the Yankees added five in the
seventh - ignited by Jose Pirela's two-run double - to take a 9-0
lead.
New York's Michael Pineda (5-5) won his second straight start after
striking out 10 and allowing one run and three hits in 6 1/3
innings, and finished the season by yielding one run and four hits
while striking out 18 in 13 2/3 frames. Clay Buchholz (8-11) lost
his third straight start after permitting four runs and five hits in
six innings while catcher Dan Butler recorded his first two career
RBIs with a double to highlight Boston's five-run seventh.
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GAME NOTEBOOK: Jeter, who lined out sharply to shortstop in his
first at-bat, finished sixth all-time on the career hit list with
3,465 and a lifetime batting average of .3095, while leading the
Yankees in hits, games (2,747), doubles (544) and stolen bases
(358). ... Jeter played only four career games - three this season -
with New York eliminated from postseason contention. ... This marks
the first time in 20 years that neither the Red Sox nor Yankees made
the playoffs.
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