Tuesday, July 3, 2018

New York Yankees are shutout in blowout loss to the Boston Red Sox


 The New York Yankees were defeated by the Boston Red Sox on Saturday night.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 11-0.  Sonny Gray started for the Yankees and he didn’t pitch well.  The Yankees offense only produced two hits. 

Gray pitched 2 1/3 innings giving up seven hits and six runs with two walks.  Gray lost his sixth game of the season.  Adam Warren pitched 2 2/3 innings giving up two hits and he struck out four, Giovanny Gallegos pitched two innings giving up four hits and three runs with a walk and three strikeouts and Jonathan Holder pitched an inning giving up two hits and a run.  Chasen Shreve pitched an inning giving up two hits and a run with two strikeouts. 

Chris Sale won his eighth game of the season pitching seven innings and giving up a hit and no runs.  He walked one and struck out 11.  Heath Hembree pitched an inning with a walk and a strikeout and Hector Velazquez pitched an inning giving up a hit. 

Giancarlo Stanton had a hit, Gleyber Torres had a hit and Austin Romine drew a walk.  Brett Gardner drew a walk and the Yankees were 0-3 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base.  Judge had an outfield assist. 

Mookie Betts had two hits and drew two walks, Andrew Benintendi had a hit and an RBI and J.D. Martinez had three hits and three RBI.  Mitch Moreland drew a walk, Xander Bogaerts had two hits and Rafael Devers had five hits and four RBI.  Brock Holt had a hit and an RBI, Sandy Leon had two hits and two RBI and Jackie Bradley Jr. had a hit.  Leon, Devers and Betts each hit a double.  Devers and Leon each hit a homerun.  The Red Sox were 7-15 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base.  Benintendi and Bradley Jr. each had a stolen base. 

In the first Devers hit a grand slam giving the Red Sox a 4-0 lead.  In the second Benintendi hit an RBI single, J.D. Martinez hit a sac fly and it was 6-0 Red Sox.  In the sixth Martinez hit an RBI single to push the lead to 7-0.  In the seventh Leon hit a two-run homerun to extend the lead to 9-0.  In the eighth Martinez hit an RBI single pushing the lead to 10-0 and the scoring was wrapped up with a Holt RBI single in the ninth to make it 11-0 which was the final score. 
The two teams have split the first two games and will play the rubber game on Sunday ni

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