The New York Yankees were defeated
by the Boston Red Sox on Friday night.
The game took place at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts and the
final score was 15-5. Domingo German
started for the Yankees and he wasn’t good.
Josh Donaldson had two hits to lead the offense with every other starter
having a hit.
German took his fourth loss of the
season pitching two innings and giving up seven hits and seven runs with two
walks and a strikeout. Matt Krook
pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up four hits and five runs with a walk, Albert
Abreu pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up three hits and two runs which were both
unearned and Nick Ramirez pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up a hit and he struck
out two. Isiah Kiner-Falefa pitched an
inning giving up two hits and a run.
Tanner Houck started for the Red
Sox and pitched four innings giving up four hits and a run with a walk and two
strikeouts. Joe Jacques pitched two
innings giving up three hits and three runs with one of them being earned and
he struck out two and earned his first win of the season. Corey Kluber pitched two innings giving up
three hits and a run with a strikeout and Brennan Bernardino pitched an inning
giving up a walk.
Jake Bauers had a hit, Giancarlo Stanton
had a hit and Gleyber Torres had a hit.
Anthony Rizzo had a hit and three RBI, Donaldson had two hits and an RBI
and Willie Calhoun had a hit. Billy
McKinney had a hit and an RBI, Kyle Higashioka had a hit and Anthony Volpe had
a hit and drew two walks. Bauers and
Rizzo each hit a double and Donaldson hit a homerun. The Yankees were 3-8 with runners in scoring
position and left six men on base.
Bauers and Torres each committed an error.
Alex Verdugo had two hits, Justin
Turner had three hits and six RBI and Rafael Devers drew a walk. Adam Duvall had a hit, Jarren Duran had a hit
and Masataka Yoshida had four hits and three RBI. Christian Arroyo had a hit, Triston Casas had
two hits, an RBI and drew a walk and Connor Wong had a hit, an RBI and drew a
walk. Pablo Reyes had two hits and two
RBI, Turner, Verdugo, Duvall, Arroyo, Duran and Casas each hit a double and
Yoshida hit two doubles. Turner hit two
homeruns and the Red Sox were 10-18 with runners in scoring position and left
five men on base. Reyes committed an
error.
In the top of the first Rizzo hit
an RBI groundout giving the Yankees a 1-0 lead.
In the bottom of the first Yoshida hit a two-run double giving the Red
Sox a 2-1 lead. In the bottom of the
second Turner hit a two-run homerun to extend the Red Sox lead to 4-1. In the bottom of the third Yoshida hit an RBI
single, Reyes hit an RBI single and Turner hit a grand-slam giving the Red Sox
a 10-1 advantage. In the bottom of the
fourth Wong hit a two-run single pushing the lead to 12-1. Reyes hit an RBI single making it 13-1. In the top of the sixth Rizzo hit a two-run
double cutting the lead to 13-3 and McKinney hit an RBI single making it
13-4. In the bottom of the sixth Casas
hit an RBI single making it 14-4 and in the eighth Donaldson hit a solo homerun
cutting the lead to 14-5. In the bottom
of the eighth Casas hit an RBI double making it 15-5 and that would be the
final score.
The two teams will play game two of
three on Saturday night.
