Boston Globe--Gagne says Devern Hansack did it--Gordon Edes

"A report in yesterday's New York Post said that Yankee closer Mariano Rivera pitched the ninth inning Sunday night in Fenway Park after being struck on his pitching elbow by an errant warmup toss thrown by Sox reliever Eric Gagné in the bullpen. "It came in hot," Yankees reliever Ron Villone told the Post. "He couldn't feel his arm; it was numb. We were in the bullpen saying, 'Oh no.' " Rivera told reporters yesterday that the ball hit him in his right hand and bruised his pinky.

• Gagné was aware that there was a wild pitch out of the Sox pen, but he said he didn't throw it; he said it was Devern Hansack, who was warming up alongside him. Gagné did not know that the ball had struck Rivera. "It wasn't me," he said. After allowing a double to Aubrey Huff, Rivera earned his 29th save last night, striking out Melvin Mora with runners at second and third in the ninth inning of the Yankees' 8-5 victory over the Orioles."

From article in Boston Globe by Gordon Edes, "Return of Ramirez to Sox Lineup a Tough Call, says Francona," 9/18/07

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