BOSTON -- Hideki Matsui drove home five runs on a sacrifice fly and the fourth grand slam of his major league career, but the New York Yankees fell 9-6 to the Boston Red Sox in the rubber game of a three-game series.
New York Yankee Hideki Matsui cracks a grand slam off Red Sox pitcher Mike Timlin at Fenway Park in Boston. The BoSox won 9-6.
With two outs and the bases loaded in the seventh inning, Matsui blasted a Mike Timlin fastball over the center-field wall for his 19th homer of the season, cutting the Yankees' deficit to three runs.