The Yankees blow a big lead and lose to the Boston Red Sox

The Yankees blow a big lead and lose to the Boston Red Sox


The New York Yankees lost to the Boston Red Sox on Friday night. The final score was 12-8. Andy Pettitte started for the Yankees and pitched pretty well, the bullpen did not pitch well. Eduardo Nunez led the offense with two hits.

Pettitte pitched six innings giving up three runs and five hits. He walked three and struck out eight. Phil Hughes pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up three hits and four runs with a walk, Boone Logan pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up two hits and a run with a strikeout, Preston Claiborne lost his second game of the season pitching 2/3 of an inning and giving up three hits and three runs. Claiborne struck out one; Joba Chamberlain pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and a run with three walks. He struck out one and Matt Daley pitched an inning giving up a hit and striking out two.

Brett Gardner had a hit, two RBI and drew a walk, Derek Jeter drew a walk and Alfonso Soriano had a hit and two RBI. Robinson Cano had a hit, /Alex Rodriguez drew a walk and Vernon Wells had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk. Nunez had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk, Mark Reynolds had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk and Chris Stewart had an RBI and drew two walks. Cano hit a double; Nunez and Gardner hit a triple and Soriano a homerun. The Yankees were 3-7 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base. Rodriguez was picked off.

Felix Doubront pitched 3 2/3 innings giving up three hits and six runs. He walked six and struck out two. Ruby De La Rosa pitched 2 1/3 innings giving up four hits and two runs with two strikeouts, Brandon Workman pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a walk and striking out two. Workman picked up his fifth win of the season. Franklin Morales pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a walk and a strikeout and Koji Uehara pitched a perfect inning with a couple of strikeouts.

Shane Victorino had two hits and two RBI, Mike Carp had a hit and drew a walk and Dustin Pedroia had three hits, an RBI and drew a walk. David Ortiz drew a walk, Mike Napoli had three hits, four RBI and drew two walks and Daniel Nava had a hit, an RBI and drew two walks. Stephen Drew a hit and two RBI, David Ross had two hits and an RBI and Will Middlebrooks had two hits and an RBI. Napoli and Pedroia each hit a double; Middlebrooks, Napoli and Victorino each hit a homerun. The Red Sox were 4-12 with runners in scoring position and left ten men on base. Nava had an outfield assist and Doubront had a pickoff.

Soriano hit a two run homerun in the first giving the Yankees a 2-0 lead. Ross hit an RBI single in the second to cut the lead to 2-1. Nunez hit an RBI triple in the second to push the Yankees lead to 3-1 and Stewart hit a sacrifice fly to make it a 4-1 game. In the fourth Drew hit an RBI groundout and the lead was cut to 4-2. Gardner hit a two run triple in the fourth and it was 6-2 Yankees, in the fifth Middlebrooks hit a solo homerun to make it a 6-3 game. In the bottom of the fifth Wells hit an RBI single and Reynolds hit an RBI single to give the Yankees an 8-3 lead. In the seventh Pedroia hit an RBI single and Napoli hit a grand slam to tie the game at eight. Victorino hit a two run homerun in the eighth and Nava had an RBI walk and Drew hit an RBI single to give the Red Sox a 12-8 lead. 12-8 would be the final score as the Yankees blew a big lead and lost their second in a row to the Red Sox. The Yankees record dropped to 75-66 and the Red Sox record improved to 86-57. The two teams will play game three of four on Saturday afternoon.