Some interesting stats from last night’s game, via Rob Bradford -

• The 20 runs were the most the Red Sox had surrendered since Jun 19, 2000, when these same Yankees tortured Brian Rose, Bryce Florie, Rob Stanifer, and Tim Wakefield to the tune of 22 runs.
• No team had managed 23 hits against the Red Sox since Sept. 3, 1981, when the Seattle Mariners out-hit the Sox by one, totaling 24 against the group of Mike Torrez, Bill Campbell, Tom Burgmeier, Luis Aponte, Chuck Rainey, John Tudor and Bob Stanley.
• Red Sox starter Brad Penny became one of three Red Sox pitchers since 1954 to give up at least eight runs and 10 hits over four innings or fewer against the Yankees.
• Rookie Michael Bowden followed up Penny by letting the Yanks score seven runs in two innings, the most runs allowed by a Red Sox reliever since Frank Castillo took it on the chin to the tune of 10 runs against Texas, Aug. 1, 2002.
• New York’s Hideki Matsui finished with seven RBI, becoming the first opponent since Kansas City’s Freddie Patek to manage the feat against the Sox at Fenway Park, and the first Yankee to collect as many in a game at Fenway Park since Lou Gehrig’s eight-RBI performance, July 31, 1930.
• According to the Elias Sports Bureau, the last time the Yankees collected 23 or more hits against the Red Sox was June 6, 1934.

Who were those other two starting pitchers, that Penny joined? The answer: Tom Bolton on June 27, 1991 and Bill Lee on April 21, 1975.

Alex Johnson was the D.H. for the Yankees in that Bill Lee game. And, Bam-Bam Meulens was the D.H. for New York in that Tom Bolton game. This has nothing to do with the game last night, or the job that Hideki Matsui did as D.H. in it. Basically, if I can find any excuse to say “Bam-Bam Meulens,” I’m jumping on it…that’s all.