Top 10 Moments Of The New York Yankees-Boston Red Sox Rivalry
7. Ellsbury Steals Home
Many Yankee fans loved when Jacoby Ellsbury did this two weeks ago, but they were quite bitter when he swiped home against them back in 2009.
With J.D. Drew at the dish in the bottom of the fifth with the bases loaded and two away, Andy Pettitte began to deliver a pitch and Ellsbury made an unexpected break for home, beating the tag by Jorge Posada.
It was the first straight steal of home by a Boston Red Sox player since Billy Hatcher did it in back 1994. When he did it for the Yankees earlier this month, he was the first to do it since Jeter back in 2001.
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