The New York Yankees put up a stinker in loss to the Boston Red Sox

The New York Yankees were defeated by the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday night.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 9-4.  Shane Greene started and was bad, the bullpen was ok and the offense hit a couple of homeruns. 

Greene pitched 2 2/3 innings giving up six hits and six runs with three walks and three strikeouts.  Greene lost his second game of the season.  Esmil Rogers pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up three hits and a run with a walk and a strikeout, Rich Hill pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit with two strikeouts and Adam Warren pitched two perfect innings with three strikeouts.  David Huff pitched an inning with a strikeout and Chaz Roe pitched an inning giving up two hits and two runs with one of them being earned.  He walked two and struck out two. 

Joe Kelly won his third game of the season pitching 6 2/3 innings and giving up five hits and three runs.  He walked four and struck out six.  Tommy Layne pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a walk and striking out one and Koji Uehara pitched an inning giving up two hits and a run with two strikeouts. 

Derek Jeter had a hit and an RBI, Mark Teixeira drew a walk and Carlos Beltran had a hit and drew a walk.  Brian McCann had two hits and an RBI, Martin Prado had two hits and an RBI and Chase Headley had a hit and drew two walks.  Francisco Cervelli had an RBI and drew a walk, Prado and McCann each hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 2-7 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.  Cervelli had a passed ball. 

Mookie Betts had three hits and an RBI, David Ortiz drew a walk and Yoenis Cespedes had three hits and an RBI.  Mike Napoli had two RBI and drew two walks, Daniel Nava had two hits, three RBI and drew a walk and Xander Bogaerts had four hits and two RBI.  David Ross drew two walks, Cespedes and Bogaerts each hit a double, Cespedes hit a triple and Nava, Bogaerts and Betts each hit a homerun.  The Red Sox were 4-11 with runners in scoring position and left ten men on base.  Middlebrooks committed an error and Cespedes had an outfield assist. 

The Red Sox jumped right out to the lead in the first inning.  Cespedes had an RBI double and Napoli hit a sacrifice fly.  In the third Nava hit a three run homerun to make it 5-0 and Bogaerts hit a solo homerun to push the lead to 6-0.  In the third Prado hit a solo homerun to cut the lead to 6-1.  Betts hit a solo homerun in the fourth to push the lead to 7-1.  In the fifth Cervelli had an RBI walk and Jeter had an RBI single.  Gardner with the bases loaded and two outs struck out and then was thrown out after arguing balls and strikes.  That was a huge moment in the game as it should of been a ball and a 3-2 count but it wasn't.  Napoli hit a sacrifice fly and Bogaerts hit an RBI single in the ninth and it was 9-3.  The Yankees added a run on a McCann solo homerun in the ninth to make it 9-4 and that was the final score.  The Yankees have now lost three games in a row.  The two teams will play game two of three on Wednesday night.