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Bard replaced Boston starter Clay Buchholz (4-3), who gave up two runs and five hits in seven innings and often had the Yankees swinging from their heels at his changeup. The Red Sox had won only three of their previous eight games, but Buchholz gave them a lift Friday.
Derek Jeter singled off Boston closer Jonathan Papelbon with two outs in the ninth inning, took second and scored on a single to left by Granderson. But Mark Teixeira, who went 0 for 5, popped out to Youkilis to end the game.
The flags atop Yankee Stadium are arranged according to the standings, and the Yankees entered Friday one flag behind Tampa Bay, the first-place team in the American League East, with the Boston Red Sox three flags back. Then a blimp hovered over the park.
Blimps do not tend to hover over the Bronx when, say, Kansas City is in town. Even when both teams are underperforming, with Boston still three games under .500 and the Yankees coming off a series loss to the Royals, any Yankees-Red Sox game is still a big deal.
Colon strode to the mound at 7:06 p.m. under a heightened amount of scrutiny, and not just because the Red Sox were the opponents and because Colon gave up five runs and nine hits in four and a third innings in his previous start, a 7-5 loss Saturday at Texas.
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