New York Yankees lose in extra innings after blowing game in ninth

The New York Yankees were defeated by the Boston Red Sox on Sunday night.  The game took place at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts and the final score was 5-4 in ten innings.  Masahiro Tanaka Aaron Hicks started for the Yankees and he pitched well and so did the bullpen until Aroldis Chapman blew the save in the ninth.  Giancarlo Stanton and Brett Gardner each had two hits to lead the offense. 

Tanaka pitched 4 2/3 innings giving up six hits and a run with a walk and nine strikeouts.  David Robertson pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a hit and he struck out one, Zach Britton pitched an inning giving up a walk and he struck out one and Dellin Betances pitched an inning with two strikeouts.  Chapman blew his second save of the season pitching an inning giving up a hit and three runs with two of them being earned and he walked three and struck out three.  Jonathan Holder lost his third game of the season pitching 2/3 of an inning giving up two hits and a run with a walk and a strikeout. 

David Price pitched six innings giving up four hits and two runs with three walks and five strikeouts.  Heath Hembree pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit and two unearned runs with a walk and a strikeout, Ryan Brasier pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up a hit and he struck out one and Tyler Thornburg pitched an inning walking two batters.  Matt Barnes won his fourth game of the season pitching an inning with a strikeout. 

Aaron Hicks had an RBI and drew a walk, Stanton had two hits and an RBI and Gleyber Torres had an RBI and drew two walks.  Miguel Andujar had a hit, Luke Voit drew a walk and Gardner had two hits.  Austin Romine had a hit and drew a walk, Shane Robinson drew a walk and the Yankees were 2-11 with runners in scoring position and left 10 men on base.  Andujar committed two errors and Romine had a passed ball. 

Mookie Betts had two hits, an RBI and drew two walks, Andrew Benintendi had three hits and an RBI and Steve Pearce drew a walk.  J.D. Martinez had a hit and two RBI, Xander Bogaerts had a hit and drew a walk and Eduardo Nunez had two hits.  Sandy Leon had a hit and drew two walks, Benintendi hit a double and Betts hit a homerun.  The Red Sox were 2-12 with runners in scoring position and left 13 men on base.  Bogaerts was caught stealing and committed an error. 

In the fifth Betts hit a solo homerun to give the Red Sox a 1-0 lead.  In the seventh Hicks reached on a force attempt error and two runs scored, Stanton hit an RBI single and Torres hit a sac fly to make it 4-1 Yankees.  In the bottom of the ninth Martinez hit a two-run single to cut the lead to 4-3 and Bogaerts reached on a fielding error to tie the game at four.  In the tenth Benintendi hit an RBI single to win the game 5-4 for the Red Sox.