New York Yankees vs. Boston Red Sox series preview

The New York Yankees lost two out of three in their season opening series at home against the Toronto Blue Jays.  They didn't hit much and played sloppy defense and only got mediocre starting pitching.  That isn't going to equal too many wins but it was just the first three games of the season and there was some pretty bad weather the last couple of nights.  The Boston Red Sox come to town now after they beat the Philadelphia Phillies in Philadelphia two out of three.  The Red Sox have a high powered offense but not much pitching.  Here are the matchups and what to look for. 

Friday-Nathan Eovaldi vs. Wade Miley

Saturday- Adam Warren vs. Joe Kelly

Sunday-Masahior Tanaka vs. Clay Bucholz

The game tonight will feature Eovaldi Yankees debut.  He looked great in spring training and has really taken to the information he has gotten from pitching coach Larry Rothschild and catcher Brian McCann.  We will see if that continues as the bright lights come on and he gets thrown right into the rivalry.  Wade Miley is a lefty who is average at best.  The Yankees bats will hope to come alive against him.  Arod has been moved up in the order to the number three spot after batting second last night.  He hit his first homerun and has looked good at the plate.  Will he really get it going and help carry the offense. 

Saturday Adam Warren will make his first start after having a very solid spring.  He came back out of the bullpen to earn the fifth spot and we will see if he can stay there or just hold it down until Ivan Nova and Chris Capuano come back from injury.  This is a big chance though for Warren to show he can be a good starting pitcher and stick in the rotation.  The marquee matchup of the weekend is Sunday night on ESPN when Clay Bucholz who may be the best starter Boston has goes up against Tanaka.  We will see if Tanaka can bounce back or will the questions continue with another rough outing. 

The Yankees offense hasn't gotten going at all but they are facing some mediocre pitching at best and the weather should be better this weekend.  Will the bats wakeup or still look old and tired??  Can the Yankees pitching slow down the Boston offensive attack which looked really good in Philadelphia.  We will find out beginning tonight at the Stadium. 

The New York Yankees are swept by the Boston Red Sox

The New York Yankees are swept by the Boston Red Sox


The Boston Red Sox defeated the New York Yankees on Sunday night. The final score was 9-2 and the game took place at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts. Ivan Nova started for the Yankees and wasn’t very good. The Yankees offense didn’t produce much.

Nova pitched four innings giving up six hits and five runs with four of them being earned. He walked four and struck out two. Nova took his fifth loss of the season, Adam Warren pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up two hits and two runs with a walk and two strikeouts, Cesar Cabral gave up a hit and Joba Chamberlain pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout. Mike Zagurski made his Yankees debut and pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit and two runs, David Phelps pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit and striking out one and Dellin Betances pitched a perfect inning with a couple of strikeouts.

Curtis Granderson drew a walk, Alex Rodriguez had a hit and an RBI and Alfonso Soriano had a hit and drew a walk. Lyle Overbay drew a walk, Mark Reynolds drew a walk and Ichiro Suzuki had two hits and an RBI. Brendan Ryan had a hit and drew a walk. The Yankees were 1-7 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.

Clay Buchholz won his 11th game of the season. He pitched six innings giving up two hits and a run with four walks and three strikeouts. The run was unearned. Matt Thornton pitched an inning giving up two hits and striking out one, Craig Breslow pitched an inning with two strikeouts and Allen Webster pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run with a walk.

Dustin Pedroia had a hit, two RBI and drew two walks, Daniel Nava had four hits and an RBI and David Ortiz had two hits, two RBI and drew a walk. Mike Carp had an RBI, Mike Napoli had a hit, two RBI and drew a walk and Jarrod Saltalamacchia had a hit. Xander Bogaerts had two hits and drew a walk including a double, Pedroia hit a double and Nava hit two doubles. Napoli hit a homerun and the Red Sox were 5-14 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base. Saltalamacchia and Bogaerts each had a stolen base and Bucholz committed an error.

In the first Rodriguez hit an RBI groundout giving the Yankees a 1-0 lead. The Red Sox scored three runs in the bottom of the first and never looked back. Ortiz hit an RBI single and Napoli hit a two run homerun. In the fourth Saltalamacchia stole home giving the Red Sox a 4-1 lead. In the fifth Carp was hit by a pitch to score another run and give the Red Sox a 5-1 lead. In the sixth Nava hit an RBI single and Ortiz hit an RBI single pushing the lead to 7-1. Pedroia hit a two run double in the seventh giving the Red Sox a 9-1 lead. Suzuki hit an RBI single in the ninth to make it 9-2 and that was the final score.

The Yankees lost three straight to the Red Sox and their record dropped to 79-71 and the Red Sox record improved to 92-59. The Yankees will have the day off on Monday and then begin a three game series in Toronto on Tuesday night.

The New York Yankees are 0-2 as they drop another to the Boston Red Sox

The New York Yankees were defeated by the Boston Red Sox by the score of 7-4 on Wednesday night. The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York. Hiroki Kuroda started for the Yankees and was knocked out in the second inning after being hit in a hand by a line drive. Vernon Wells led the Yankees offense with three hits. 
Kuroda pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up four hits and two runs with a walk and a strikeout. Kuroda took the loss, Cody Eppley pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up four hits and four runs with a strikeout, Adam Warren did a stellar job pitching 5 1/3 innings giving up five hits and a run with a walk and four strikeouts. Warren really saved the bullpen and he gets a star for the job he did in this game. Shawn Kelley pitched a scoreless inning with a walk and a strikeout.

Ichiro Suzuki drew a walk, Kevin Youkilis had two hits and Wells had three hits and three RBI. Travis Hafner had a hit and an RBI, Lyle Overbay had a hit and Eduardo Nunez had two hits and drew a walk. Hafner and Wells each hit a homerun. The Yankees were 1-6 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base. Nunez had a stolen base and was charged with a tough error.

Clay Bucholz picked up the win pitching seven innings giving up six hits and a run with two walks and four strikeouts. Andrew Miller pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a run and Alfredo Aceves pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up two hits and two runs. Joel Hanrahan picked up the save pitching an inning giving up a hit and striking out one.

Jacoby Ellsbury had a hit, two RBI and drew a walk, Daniel Nava had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk and Dustin Pedroia had two hits and an RBI. Mike Napoli had a hit, Jarrod Saltalamacchia had two hits and an RBI and Will Middlebrooks drew a walk. Shane Victorino had two hits and an RBI, Jackie Bradley Jr. had a hit and an RBI and Jose Iglesias had two hits. Iglesias and Nava each hit a double and the Red Sox were 5-13 with runners in scoring position and left 10 men on base. Victorino had a stolen base.

In the first Saltalamacchia had an RBI single giving the Red Sox a 1-0 lead. In the second the Red Sox made it 2-0 when Nava was hit by a pitch. The Red Sox broke it open with a four run third inning to make it 6-0. Victorino hit an RBI single, Bradley hit an RBI single and Ellsbury hit a two run single. Hafner hit a solo homerun in the fourth to make it 6-1 Red Sox. In the sixth the Red Sox got the run back on a Pedroia ground out. Wells hit a three run homerun in the eighth to make it 7-4 and that was the final score.

The Yankees are now 0-2 and the Red Sox 2-0. The Yankees will try and salvage the final game of the series on Thursday night. Andy Pettitte will pitch against Ryan Dempster, the Yankees will then hit the road for seven games before returning home.

The New York Yankees take care of the Boston Red sox and move into sole possession of first place

The New York Yankees defeated the Boston Red Sox by the score of 10-2 on Monday night. The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York. CC Sabathia started for the Yankees and pitched well, Freddy Garcia finished the game off and the offense had a huge second inning. Robinson Cano led the offense. The Yankees hit four homeruns in the second including back-to-back homers. Clay Bucholz started for the Red Sox and did not pitch well, their bullpen wasn’t as bad. The Red Sox offense was led by Chin-Hsu Lin. 
Sabathia pitched eight innings giving up two runs on four hits with a walk and seven strikeouts. Sabathia earned his 15^th win of the season and Freddy Garcia pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout. Bucholz suffered his eighth loss of the season pitching 1 2/3 innings giving up six hits and eight runs with two walks and two strikeouts. Alfredo Aceves pitched 2 1/3 innings giving up three hits and a run with a walk and a strikeout, Pedro Beato pitched 2 1/3 innings giving up a hit and a walk with a couple of strikeouts and Andrew Miller pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and striking out two. Andrew Bailey pitched an inning giving up two hits and a run with a strikeout.

Derek Jeter drew a walk, Eduardo Nunez had a hit and Ichiro Suzuki had a hit. Alex Rodriguez had an RBI, Melky Mesa collected his first career hit and RBI and Cano had three hits and three RBI. Mark Teixeira had a hit, two RBI and drew a walk, Nick Swisher had three hits and Curtis Granderson had two hits and two RBI. Russell Martin had a hit and an RBI and Eric Chavez drew a couple of walks. Cano hit two doubles and Swisher hit a double. Cano, Martin, Granderson and Teixeira each hit a homerun. The Yankees were 4-8 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.

Daniel Nava had a hit and an RBI, Mauro Gomez had a hit and drew a walk and Jarrod Saltalamacchia had an RBI. Lin had two hits and Gomez hit a double and Nava hit a homerun. The Red Sox were 0-5 with runners in scoring position and left three men on base.

The Yankees scored nine runs in the second inning to take a 9-0 lead and never look back. They sent 13 men to the plate and hit four homeruns in the inning. Cano hit a solo homerun and then hit a two run double. Granderson and Martin hit back-to-back homeruns for three more runs. Rodriguez had a sacrifice fly and Teixeira hit a two run homerun. Nava hit a solo homerun in the fourth to make it 9-1 and in the seventh Saltalamacchia hit a sacrifice fly to make it 9-2. In the ninth Mesa had an RBI single to make it 10-2 Yankees and that was the final score.

The Yankees now have a one game lead in the AL East with two games to play. If the Yankees win their final two games against the Red Sox they will be the AL East Champions. The Yankees record improved to 93-67 which is their high water mark of the season. The Red Sox record dropped to 69-91. The Yankees still could end up with the best record in the league and get the number one seed. Texas has a one game lead over them but if they tie the Yankees own the tiebreaker.