New York Yankees drop second straight 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 7-3.  Jameson Taillon started for the Yankees and he pitched ok, Chad Green was terrible in relief.  Gio Urshela had two hits and Gleyber Torres had three RBI to lead the offense. 

Taillon pitched 5 1/3 innings giving up six hits and three runs with a walk and three strikeouts.  Jonathan Loaisiga pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up three hits and a walk with a strikeout, Green lost his fourth game of the season pitching 2/3 of an inning and giving up four hits and four runs with a strikeout.  Wandy Peralta pitched to one batter and got him out and Brooks Kriske pitched a perfect inning with two strikeouts. 

Eduardo Rodriguez pitched 5 1/3 innings for the Red Sox and he gave up five hits and three runs with a walk and seven strikeouts.  Garrett Whitlock pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up a hit and he struck out two, Adam Ottavino pitched a perfect inning and Brandon Workman pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up two walks and he struck out one.  Matt Barnes pitched to one batter and struck him out earning his 14^th save of the season. 

DJ LeMahieu had a hit, Aaron Judge drew a walk and Urshela had two hits.  Torres had a hit and three RBI, Chris Gittens drew a walk and Brett Gardner drew a walk.  Gary Sanchez had a hit, Clint Frazier had a hit and Urshela hit a double.  Torres hit a homerun and the Yankees were 0-3 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base.  Andujar had an outfield assist. 

Danny Santana had a hit, Alex Verdugo ahd two hits and drew a walk and Xander Bogaerts had a hit.  Rafael Devers had two hits and two RBI.  Hunter Renfroe had two hits, Marwin Gonzalez had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk and Kiki Hernandez had a hit and an RBI.  Christian Vasquez had two hits and an RBI, Bobby Dalbec had a hit and two RBI and Verdugo, Bogaerts, Gonzalez, Hernandez and Vasquez each hit a double.  Dalbec hit a homerun and the Red Sox were 4-9 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.  In the fourth Torres hit a two-run homerun giving the Yankees a 2-0 lead.  In the sixth Devers hit a two-run single to tie the game at two.  Gonzalez hit an RBI double and it was 3-2 Red Sox.  In the bottom of the sixth Torres hit a sac fly to tie the game at three.  In the eighth Hernandez hit an RBI double, Vazquez hit an RBI double and Dalbec hit a two-run homerun pushing the lead to 7-3 which would be the final score.