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

New York Yankees fail to sweep as they fall to the Boston Red Sox

The New  York Yankees were defeated by the Boston Red Sox on Thursday night.  The game took

place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 5-4.  CC Sabathia started

and didn't pitch well, the bullpen did pitch well.  Gleyber Torres led the offense with two hits.

Sabathia pitched for innings giving up nine hits and four runs with five strikeouts.  Jonathan Holder

pitched two perfect innings with two strikeouts, Dellin Betances lost his second game of the season

pitched two innings and giving up a hit and a run with three strikeouts and Chasen Shreve pitched an

inning giving up a walk and striking out one.

Eduardo Rodriguez pitched five innings giving up a hit and three walks with eight strikeouts.

Matt Barnes pitched an inning with a walk, Heath Hembree pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up two

hits and three runs with a walk and Joe Kelly pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up two hits and a run with

two walks and two strikeouts.  Craig Kimbrel saved his 10th game of the season pitching a perfect

inning with a strikeout.

Brett Gardner had an RBI and drew a walk, Aaron Judge had a hit, an RBI and drew three walks and

Didi Gregorius had an RBI.  Giancarlo Stanton had a hit, Gary Sanchez drew two walks and Miguel

Andujar had a hit.  Torres had two hits, Neil Walker drew a walk and the Yankees were 1-6 with

runners in scoring position and left eight men on base.  Mookie Betts had three hits and drew a walk,

Andrew Benintendi had a hit and Hanley Ramirez had two hits and three RBI.  J.D. Martinez had a

hit and two RBI, Xander Bogaerts had a hit and Eduardo Nunez had a hit.  Rafael Devers had a hit,

Betts and Benintendi each hit a double and Ramirez hit a homerun.  The Red Sox were 1-8 with

runners in scoring position and left six men on base.  Betts had a stolen base.

In the first Ramirez hit an RBI ground out to give the Red Sox a 1-0 lead.  In the third Ramirez hit an

RBI single to push the lead to 2-0, Martinez lined into a force out and a run scored to make it a 3-0

game.  In the fifth Ramirez hit a solo homerun to extend the lead to 4-0.  In the seventh Gardner drew

an RBI walk to cut the lead to 4-1, Judge hit an RBI single to make it 4-2 and Gregorius grounded

into a forceout and it was a 4-3 game.  A wild pitch tied the game at four and in the eighth Martinez

hit a solo homerun to give the Red Sox a 5-4 lead and that would be the final score.

The Yankees took two out of three in the series but they had a eight game winning streak that was

broken and now they are tied for first place.

The New York Yankees aren't able to sweep the Detroit Tigers

The New York Yankees were defeated by the Detroit Tigers on Sunday afternoon.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 12-4.  Masahiro Tanaka started and pitched poorly.  Danny Burawa in his major league debut didn't pitch well either and Jose De Paula pitched well.  Stephen Drew hit two homeruns. 

Tanaka pitched five innings giving up ten hits and seven runs with five of them being earned.  He walked two and struck out six and suffered his third loss of the season.  Burawa pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up three hits and four runs with a walk and a strikeout and De Paula pitched 3 1/3 innings giving up two hits and a run with four walks and two strikeouts. 

Anibel Sanchez pitched seven innings giving up seven hits and three runs with two walks and five strikeouts.  Sanchez earned his sixth win of the season.  Blaine Hardy pitched an inning giving up a hit and striking out one and Joakim Soria pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run. 

Didi Gregorius had a hit, Alex Rodriguez had a hit and Mark Teixeira had a hit.  Brian McCann had two hits and an RBI, Chris Young had a hit and Drew had two hits, two RBI and drew a walk.  Brendan Ryan had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk, McCann hit a homerun and Drew hit two homeruns.  The Yankees were 1-3 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.  Young had a stolen base, Gregorius committed an error. 

Rajai Davis had a hit and drew a walk, Ian Kinsler drew a walk and Miguel Cabrera had two hits and drew two walks.  Victor Martinez had three hits and four RBI, Yoenis Cespedes had a hit and and an RBI and J.D. Martinez had three hits and six RBI.  Bryan Holaday had two hits, Andrew Romine had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk and Jose Iglesias had a hit and drew two walks.  V. Martinez hit a homerun and J.D. Martinez hit three homeruns.  Romine also hit a homerun and the Tigers were 3-9 with runners in scoring position and left ten men on base. 

In the first V. Martinez hit a two run homerun and J.D. Martinez hit a two run homerun to give the Tigers a 4-0 lead.  In the second V. Martinez hit a two run single to push the lead to 6-0.  McCann hit a solo homerun in the second to cut the lead to 6-1 and Ryan hit an RBI single to make it a 6-2 game.  In the fifth J.D. Martinez hit a solo homerun to give the Tigers a 7-2 lead.  Cespedes hit an RBI single to make it 8-2 in the sixth.  J.D. Martinez hit a three run homerun to push the lead to 11-2 in the sixth.  Romine hit a solo homerun to add one more run in the sixth and make it 12-2.  Drew hit a solo homerun in the seventh and in the ninth to make it a 12-4 game which was the final score. 

The Yankees took two out of three in the series and will remain at home to take on the Philadelphia Phillies starting on Monday night.  The Yankees sent both Burawa and De Paula back to AAA after the game and are expected to call up Diego Moreno and Nick Rumbelow from AAA.