Ortiz ignites BoSox rain-delayed rally vs. Yanks

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CC Sabathia has allowed six earned runs in each of two home starts against the Red Sox this season. He has not allowed more than four earned runs in any other 2011 start.

Derek Jeter has been hit by Red Sox pitchers 23 times in his career. No active player has been hit more by Boston hurlers:

Derek Jeter was hit in the 1st inning of Thursday's game vs the Red Sox. It was the 23rd time in his career that he was hit by a Red Sox pitcher, more than any other team:

David Ortiz has played almost an entire seasons worth of games vs the Yankees in his career (160 games) with close to 600 career ABs. The Yankees have never hit him with a pich.

NEW YORK -- David Ortiz got more than even for getting drilled.

Ortiz broke loose soon after CC Sabathia hit him with a pitch, starting and finishing a seven-run burst in the seventh inning that led the Boston Red Sox over the Yankees 8-3 early Friday in a rain-delayed game that ended at 1:43 a.m.

CC Sabathia has allowed six earned runs in each of two home starts against the Red Sox this season. He has not allowed more than four earned runs in any other 2011 start.

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