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.