Red Sox stymied by Wang's Yanks

 
The Red Sox received six gutsy innings of one-run ball from Clay Buchholz on Friday, but he couldn't match the Yankees' Chien-Ming Wang, who allowed just two hits in a 4-1 Boston loss. J.D. Drew provided the lone highlight, a homer in the fifth. (link)

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