On Wednesday, 29 June 2011, won the Philadelphia Phillies and the second duel of their inter-league series against the Boston Red Sox.
The second duel between the Boston Red Sox (45-34) and the Philadelphia Phillies on Wednesday (51-30) 29 June was also decided to throw the hill. Vance Worley (3-1) again showed a good performance and allowed only five hits and one run. The weakening of the season John Lackey (5-7) threw very solid. Raul Ibanez at the end but decided with his three hits on the game. His home run in the seventh inning gave the Phillies a 2-1 lead. With this result, it remained. Double bad luck for Lackey - for a well-played and yet conceded defeat, on the other scored a hit, which was almost long enough for a home run. But only almost. So the Red Sox slide into a minor crisis. Away on their journey, they lost five of six games and scored only ten runs. In the final duel against the Phillies, it is not easy. Then has to face the Red Sox lineup of Cole Hamels. The Red Sox keep up with Jon Lester against it. Both starters have nine wins on the account.
New York Yankees and San Francisco Giants still clearly in the lead
Thanks to its own crisis and a good run, are the New York Yankees (47-31) in the American League East is already two and a half games before the Red Sox. The Yankees defeated the second time the Milwaukee Brewers (44-37). 5:2 When they succeeded this time, no offensive fireworks, but two more homers to beat this time not the usual suspects Curtis Granderson and Mark Teixeira, but with Russell Martin and Jorge Posada two players who rarely produce long balls. AJ Burnett (8-6) continued their duel against Shaun Marcum (7-3) by. Closer Mariano Rivera got his 21st Save of the season. Despite the 1-2 defeat of the San Francisco Giants (46-35) against the Chicago Cubs (33-48) is the defending champion also two and a half games against the Arizona Diamondbacks. The last game of the Giants and Cubs was one's equal duel between Ryan Dempster and Tim Lincecum, who allowed seven hits in seven innings and one run and threw nine strikeouts. His victories record, he could not once again increase. Aramis Ramirez in the ninth inning as a pinch hitter managed the walk-off RBI single for the Cubs to victory, which ended the run of seven consecutive victories for the Giants.
