Monday, September 21, 2020

New York Yankees win streak hits nine with win over the Red Sox

 The New York Yankees defeated the Boston Red Sox on Friday night.  The game took place at Fenway

Park in Boston, Massachusetts and the final score was 6-5 in 12 innings.  Jordan Montgomery started for 

the Yankees and he didn't pitch very well although he wasn't helped by his defense.  The Yankees bullpen 

pitched well and Aaron Hicks and Gary Sanchez led the offense with two hits each.  

Montgomery pitched 4 2/3 innings giving up five hits and four runs with two walks and seven strikeouts.  

Luis Cessa pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up two hits and no runs with a walk and a strikeout, Adam 

Ottavino pitched an inning giving up a hit and Zack Britton pitched a perfect inning with two 

strikeouts.  Chad Green pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out two, Aroldis Chapman 

pitched an inning giving up a walk and he struck out two and Jonathan Loaisiga won his third game of 

the season pitching two innings and giving up a hit and an unearned run.  He walked one and struck out 

one.  

Martin Perez started for the Red Sox and he pitched six innings giving up three hits and no runs with a

Darwinzon Hernandez pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and two runs with two walks and a 

strikeout, Marcus Walden pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit and Ryan Brasier pitched an inning

giving up two hits and a run with a strikeout.  Matt Barnes pitched an inning giving up a  hit and a run

with a strikeout and Ryan Weber pitched three innings giving up three hits and two unearned runs

with three strikeouts.  Weber took his third loss of the season.  

DJ LeMahieu had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk, Aaron Judge had a hit and Giancarlo Stanton had a 

hit, an RBI and drew a walk.  Luke Voit had a hit and an RBI, Gleyber Torres had a hit and Hicks had

two hits.  Gio Urshela had a hit and drew a walk, Sanchez had two hits and three RBI and Clint Frazier

had a hit.  Sanchez, Stanton and LeMahieu each hit a double and Sanchez hit a homerun.  The Yankees 

were 4-15 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base.  Montgomery, Torres and Wade

each committed an error.  

Alex Verdugo had a hit, Tzu-Wei Lin drew a walk and Rafael Devers drew a walk.  Xander Bogaerts 

had two hits and drew a walk, Christian Vazquez had three hits, an RBI and drew a walk and Jackie 

Bradley Jr. had a hit and drew a walk.  Christian Arroyo had three hits and four RBI, Vazquez hit two 

doubles and Arroyo hit a homerun.  The Red Sox were 3-22 with runners in scoring position and left 

15 men on base.  Vazquez had two stolen bases, Bradley Jr. and Martinez each stole a base and 

Bogaerts had two stolen bases.  

In the fourth Arroyo hit a three-run homerun to give the Red Sox a 3-0 lead.  In the fifth Vazquez hit an 

RBI double to push the lead to 4-0.  In the seventh Sanchez hit a two-run double to cut the lead to 4-2.

In the eighth Stanton hit an RBI double to make it a 4-3 game and in the ninth Sanchez hit a solo 

homerun tying the game at four.  In the 11th Voit hit an RBI single giving the Yankees a 5-4 lead but in 

the bottom of the 11th Arroyo hit an RBI single to tie the game at five.  In the 12th LeMahieu hit an RBI

double to give the Yankees a 6-5 lead and that would be the final score. The two teams will play game

two of three on Saturday night.  

 

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