New York Yankees drop rubber game to the Boston Red Sox

 

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 9-3.  Marcus Stroman started for the Yankees, and he pitched ok.  The bullpen didn’t do so well, and the offense managed six hits but no one had more than a hit. 

Stroman pitched five innings giving up seven hits and four runs with four walks and three strikeouts.  Stroman took his third loss of the season.  Tommy Khanle pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout, Caleb Ferguson pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit and two runs with a walk and Luke Weaver pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up two hits and a run with a strikeout.  Ian Hamilton pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up three hits and two runs with a walk and Michael Tonkin pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit. 

Kutter Crawford started for the Red Sox, and he pitched six innings giving up three hits and three runs with a walk and nine strikeouts.  Crawford won his third game of the season.  Brennan Bernardino pitched and gave up two hits without recording an out, Zack Kelly pitched a perfect inning with two strikeouts and Greg Weissert pitched two innings giving up a hit and a walk with three strikeouts. 

Anthony Volpe had a hit; Juan Soto drew a walk and Aaron Judge had a hit and an
RBI.  Alex Verdugo had a hit; Giancarlo Stanton had a hit and Oswaldo Cabrera had a hit.  Jose Trevino had a hit, and an RBI and DJ LeMahieu drew a walk, Judge and Trevino each hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 0-5 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base.  Trevino committed an error and Soto had an outfield assist. 

Jarren Duran had two hits and drew a walk, David Hamilton had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk and Rob Refsnyder had two hits and drew two walks.  Rafael Devers had a hit and two RBI, Connor Wong had two hits, three RBI and drew a walk and Enmanuel Valdez had a hit and drew a walk.  Dominic Smith had a hit, Ceddanne Rafaela had three hits and two RBI and Wong hit a triple.  The Red Sox were 6-15 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base.  Duran had two stolen bases, Smith and Rafaela each had one and Hamilton had four stolen bases.  Smith committed an error. 

In the first Judge hit a solo homerun to give the Yankees a 1-0 lead.  In the bottom of the second Rafaela hit a two-run single giving the Red Sox a 2-1 lead.  In the bottom of the third Devers grounded into a double play and a run scored pushing the lead to 3-1.  In the bottom of the fifth Devers hit a sac fly and the lead was 4-1 Boston.  In the top of the sixth Trevino hit a solo homerun cutting the lead to 4-2.  A wild pitch made it 4-3 and in the bottom of the seventh Devers hit an RBI single, Wong hit a two-run triple and it was 7-3 Red Sox.  In the bottom of the eighth Hamilton hit an RBI single and Wong hit an RBI single making it 9-3 and that was the final score.  The Yankees lost two out of three and will have a day off on Monday.  They will begin a three-game series at home with the Baltimore Orioles on Tuesday night.