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NEW YORK, N. cheap jerseys from china .Y. - Mike Napoli hoped Masahiro Tanaka would make a mistake. The New York Yankees ace sure did — he twice shook off his catcher, then threw a pitch the Boston slugger could handle. Napoli stung Tanaka by hitting a solo home run with two outs in the ninth inning, lifting Jon Lester and the Red Sox over the Yankees 2-1 Saturday night. "What an idiot!" Napoli was heard exclaiming on Fox television microphones as he high-fived teammates in the dugout. Napoli later said he didnt mean any disrespect, adding he was "surprised" Tanaka didnt throw his tremendous split-finger fastball. Napoli had struck out in his previous two at-bats, was down 1-2 in the count this time and was having all sorts of trouble with Tanakas diving splitter. "He had me where he wanted me," Napoli said. Tanaka, however, preferred to throw a fastball. Napoli lined it the opposite way, into the first row of the seats in right field. Napoli, who also homered off Tanaka at Fenway Park in late April, raised his right arm as he rounded first base and clapped his hands as headed for second. Tanaka, the top winner in the majors and the AL ERA leader, turned to watch the ball sail, twisting his body when it cleared the wall. "It was the worst thing I couldve possibly done," Tanaka said through a translator. Tanaka wanted to take a different approach than catcher Brian McCann. "He asked for a splitter and for a slider, and I shook off both of them," he said. Tanaka said he intended to throw a fastball out of the strike zone to set up a breaking ball. Instead, Napoli hit it out of the park. His third home run in five games, and 10th shot overall, flew far enough reach the short porch. "Power hitters are going to have the ability to hit to all fields. We all know that right field here is not very forgiving," Red Sox manager John Farrell said. "Last night, they hit one in the first row. Tonight, we did." The Red Sox won for just the third time in nine games. The victory made the defending World Series champions 37-44 at the midpoint of the season — its the first time since 1997 that Boston has been under .500 at the halfway mark. Lester (9-7) held the Yankees hitless until the sixth. He gave up an unearned run and five hits in eight innings, striking out six and walking two. Koji Uehara pitched a perfect ninth for his 17th save in 18 chances. Tanaka (11-3) allowed seven hits in a complete game, striking out eight and walking one. The Yankees lost for the fifth time in seven games. Tanaka dropped consecutive starts for the first time in the majors. The matchup between Lester and Tanaka shaped up as a pitchers duel, and it certainly was. Lester improved to 13-6 lifetime against the Yankees, including a loss to Tanaka in Boston on April 22. Lester and Uehara came through for a Red Sox team that has scored three runs or fewer in 12 of its last 14 games. Napoli did his part, too, tagging Tanaka. "He pitched pretty well to Nap all night," Lester said. "Im guessing Nap put a pretty good swing on that ball right there. Luckily, were in Yankee Stadium and not anywhere else and that ball goes out." An odd sequence ended the Yankees eighth. Jacoby Ellsbury tried to steal second with two outs and the fans cheered when catcher David Ross throw skipped into centre field. As Ellsbury headed toward third, however, the crowd began to realize strike three had already been called on Mark Teixeira. Earlier in the inning, second baseman Dustin Pedroia made a nifty pickup and glove flip to start a double play on Derek Jeter. Ross homered in his second straight game, launching a drive far over the left-field fence in the third. Tanaka muttered to himself as Ross rounded the bases. Lester, who threw a no-hitter against Kansas City in 2008, held the Yankees hitless until Brett Gardner bounced a leadoff single up the middle in the sixth. Lesters bid was extended with two outs in the fifth when Yangervis Solarte was called out on a video review, taking away an infield single. Pedroia opened the next inning with a single, and tried to test the arm of Ellsbury, his former teammate. The Yankees centre fielder made an accurate throw and Pedroia was called safe, but he was ruled out after New York challenged the umpires decision. The Yankees scored in the third when Brian Roberts reached on shortstop Stephen Drews error, Solarte was hit by a pitch, Gardner sacrificed and Jeter had an RBI grounder. NOTES: Of Bostons last 14 games, 10 have been decided by one run. The Red Sox are 6-4 in those games. ... The Red Sox are 26-26 at the new Yankee Stadium. ... Boston OF-INF Mike Carp (right foot) has started his rehab assignment at Triple-A Pawtucket. ... Yankees LHP CC Sabathia (right knee) made his first rehab start, pitching 2 1-3 innings for Class A Tampa and giving up two runs on three hits and a walk vs. Dunedin. wholesale jerseys ... thanks to every "buddy" that was involved. nfl jerseys china . Garza, who signed a four-year, $50 million deal with the Milwaukee in the off-season, retired the Cubs in order in four of the first six innings. (Sports Network) - The Cleveland Indians hope to maintain their lead atop the American League Central Division when they kick off a nine-game road trip tonight with the first of three straight games against the defending World Series champion San Francisco Giants at AT&T Park. Cleveland is just one game ahead of Detroit for division bragging rights and will also visit Arizona and Cincinnati on the upcoming trek. It has won four of its last six games and salvaged the finale of a three-game series versus Colorado with Wednesdays 4-3 win at Progressive Field. Travis Hafner hit a two-run homer and Grady Sizemore knocked in a run for the Indians, who saw starting pitcher Josh Tomlin post his ninth win of the season (9-4). Tomlin was reached for three runs over 6 1/3 innings, while Vinnie Pestano, Tony Sipp and Chris Perez went the rest of the way to preserve the win. Perez tallied his 18th save with two strikeouts in the ninth inning. Tomlin was very good again, 70 percent of his pitches were strikes, said Cleveland manager Manny Acta. Acta is counting on Carlos Carrasco to be good again when he toes the rubber Friday night for the Tribe. Carrasco has won three straight and six of his last seven starts, and held Pittsburgh to one run over 6 1/3 frames of a 5-1 triumph last Saturday. He was coming off back-to-back scoreless outings and ran his 2011 mark to 7-3 in 13 starts with a 3.87 ERA. The right-hander has been dominant on the road, going 4-0 in seven outings as the guest, and has never faced the Giants. San Francisco won the last two tests of a three-game series versus the Minnesotta Twins by the Bay and is coming off Thursdays 2-1 victory in the series finale.jerseys from china. . Miguel Tejada went 2-for-3 with an RBI and Cody Ross knocked in the other run for the Giants, who had dropped five in a row before winning two straight. Tim Lincecum got back into the win column with seven shutout innings and 12 strikeouts, while closer Brian Wilson managed to collect his 21st save despite surrendering a run in the ninth inning. I wasnt worried about what would happen when I throw my pitches, Lincecum said after his first win since May 27. Early in the game, when I was commanding my pitches in the zone, I just opened up my mind to allow myself to become that much more confident. Giants center fielder Andres Torres could be back in the starting lineup after sitting out the last two games. He is batting only .231 this season, but owns 12 homers. The Giants are a half-game behind Arizona for the NL West lead and will hand the ball to lefty Jonathan Sanchez this evening. Sanchez is 0-2 in his last three starts and recently took the mound in last Saturdays 4-2 loss at Oakland, as he yielded four runs in 4 2/3 innings. Sanchez has given up at least two earned runs in five straight outings and owns a 4-5 record in 15 starts with a 3.71 ERA. The southpaw defeated the Indians the only time he faced them in a 3-2 road victory on June 24, 2008 and allowed just one run through 7 2/3 innings with eight Ks. San Francisco won two of three encounters with Cleveland from June 24-26, 2008, while the Indians recorded a three-game sweep as the visitor back in the 2005 campaign. wholesale jerseyscheap jerseys ' ' '