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Matsui leads Yankee HR barrage at Fenway

Published Aug. 24, 2009 5:56 a.m. ET

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Derek Jeter needed one pitch to reach a milestone and get the Yankees going again.

New York's leadoff batter hit the first pitch of the game for a homer, his 2,700th career hit, and the Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox 8-4 Sunday night with five homers off Josh Beckett.

"We got pitches to hit and we hit them," Jeter said one night after Boston's 14-1 win. "It's not really more complicated than that. When we hit them, we hit them hard."

Yankees starter CC Sabathia became the majors' first 15-game winner but wasn't as sharp as he had been, forcing fans hoping for a pitchers duel between the AL's only two 14-game winners to settle for a power display.

"Beckett is a great pitcher," Sabathia said, "but this lineup is unbelievable."

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