In a rare show of unity, both the Red Sox and Yankees are appealing the official scorer's ruling Friday night on Dustin Pedroia's ground ball hit to Alex Rodriguez with one out in the fourth. Rodriguez made a backhand stop, bobbled the ball slightly and threw high to first; official scorer Chaz Scoggins ruled it an error.

The Red Sox immediately asked Scoggins to review the play between innings in the TV booth, which he did, but Scoggins stuck with his call.

For a time it seemed that call might loom large as it would have been the Red Sox' first hit. That issue disappeared when J.D. Drew homered to right field (on a ball that deflected off Bobby Abreu's glove into the bullpen an inning later.

That remained the Red Sox' only hit until Coco Crisp reached on a bunt with two outs in the ninth. Had Crisp not bunted safely and Chien-Ming Wang maintained a one-hitter, it's a safe bet the Yankees wouldn't be appealing Scoggins' call on Pedroia's ball.

MLB officials will review the play and rule without giving Scoggins' any input. Since hits make two men happy (batter and fielder) and errors only make one man mad (the pitcher), bet on Wang's two-hitter becoming a three-hitter sometime in the next few days.

 - Alan Greenwood