Saturday, April 14, 2018

New York Yankees get doubled up by the Boston Red Sox to drop series


The New York Yankees were defeated by the Boston Red Sox on Thursday night.  The game took place at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts and the final score was 6-3.  Sonny Gray started for the Yankees and he wasn’t very good, the bullpen pitched well.  The Yankees offense only managed four hits but Sanchez had three RBI. 

Gray pitched three innings giving up seven hits and six runs.  He walked two and struck out three and took his first loss of the season.  Domingo German pitched three innings giving up a hit and struck out three, Tommy Khanle pitched an inning with a walk and two strikeouts and Adam Warren pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout. 

Rick Porcello won his third game of the season pitching seven innings and giving up two hits and no runs with six strikeouts.  Marcus Walden pitched an inning giving up two hits and three runs with two of them being earned and he walked two and struck out two and Craig Kimbrel pitched a perfect inning with two strikeouts. 

Aaron Judge had a hit and drew a walk, Giancarlo Stanton had a hit and Didi Gregorius drew a walk.  Sanchez had a hit and three RBI, Ronald Torreyes had a hit and Judge, Torreyes and Sanchez each hit a double.  The Yankees were 2-9 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base.  Stanton had a stolen base and Wade committed an error. 

Mookie Betts had two RBI, Andrew Benintendi had two hits and an RBI and Mitch Moreland had two hits and an RBI.  Eduardo Nunez had two hits, Tzu-Wei Lin drew a walk and Jackie Bradley Jr.  had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk.   Sandy Leon had a hit and an RBI, Brock Holt drew a walk and Nunez and Bradley Jr. each hit a double.  The Red Sox were 3-11 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base.  Devers committed an error. 

In the second Leon hit an RBI single, Betts hit a sac fly, Benintendi reached on a fielder’s choice and Moreland hit an RBI single giving Boston a 4-0 lead.  In the third Bradley Jr. hit an RBI double to push their lead to 5-0.  Betts hit an RBI ground out and it was 6-0.  In the ninth Sanchez hit a three-run double to cut the lead to 6-3 but that would be the final score. 

The Yankees lost two out of three games to Boston and will now head to Detroit for a three-game series that begins on Friday night. 

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