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. 

New York Yankees are doubled up by the Boston Red Sox

 

The New York Yankees were defeated by the Boston Red Sox on Saturday night.  The game took place at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts and the final score was 8-4.  Carlos Rodon started for the Yankees and he didn’t pitch well, he found it after the first couple of innings but it was too late.  Giancarlo Stanton led the offense with a couple of hits. 

Rodon pitched five innings giving up seven hits and five runs.  He walked three and struck out seven and took his third loss of the season.  Ron Marinaccio pitched two innings giving up three hits and a run with a walk and three strikeouts.  Victor Gonzalez pitched an inning and gave up two hits and two runs with only one being earned.  He walked one and struck out one. 

Cooper Criswell started for the Red Sox and he pitched four innings giving up three hits and two runs with two walks and six strikeouts.  Justin Slaten pitched 2 2/3 innings giving up two hits and a run with two walks and three strikeouts and he won his fourth game of the season.  Brennan Bernardino pitched to one batter and got him out, Greg Weissert pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and a run with two walks and a strikeout and Kenley Jansen pitched 1 1/3 innings and earning his 11^th save of the season. 

Juan Soto had a hit, an RBI and drew two walks, Aaron Judge had a hit and drew a walk and Stanton had two hits.  Anthony Rizzo drew two walks, Gleyber Torres drew a walk and Austin Wells had a hit.  DJ LeMahieu had a hit and three RBI, Soto hit a homerun and the Yankees were 2-8 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base.  Trevino committed an error. 

Jarren Duran had two hits and an RBI, Rob Refsnyder drew two walks and Tyler O’Neill had two hits and an RBI.  Rafael Devers had a hit, two RBI and drew a walk.  Connor Wong had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk, Masataka Yoshida had a hit and Jamie Westbrook had a hit and an RBI.  Enmanuel Valdez had a hit and an RBI, Bobby Dalbec drew a walk and Ceddanne Rafaela had three hits.  Duran, O’Neill, Westbrook, Devers, Yoshida and Rafaela each hit a double.  The Red Sox were 6-15 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base.  Valdez had a stolen base and Rafaela committed an error. 

In the bottom of the first O’Neill hit an RBI double, Wong hit an RBI single and Westbrook hit an RBI double giving the Red Sox a 3-0 lead.  In the top of the second LeMahieu hit a two-run single cutting the lead to 3-2.  In the bottom of the second Devers hit a two-run double to extend the Red Sox lead to 5-2.  In the seventh Soto hit a homerun to cut the lead to 5-3.  In the bottom of the seventh Valdez hit an RBI single to push the lead to 6-3.  In the top of the eighth LeMahieu grounded into a force out and a run scored cutting the lead to 6-4.  In the bottom of the eighth Durran hit an RBI single making it 7-4 and a throwing error made it 8-4 and that was the final score. 

The two teams will play the rubber game of the three-game series on Sunday night.   

New York Yankees slug the Boston Red Sox

 

The New York Yankees defeated the Boston Red Sox on Friday night.  The game took place at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts and the final score was 8-1.  Luis Gil started for the Yankees, and he pitched well but not long because of some wildness.  The bullpen pitched well, and Alex Verdugo led the offense with three hits and four RBI in his return to Boston. 

Gil pitched five innings giving up four hits and a run with four walks and six strikeouts.  Gil won his ninth game of the season.  Tommy Khanle pitched 2/3 of an inning with two walks and two strikeouts, Caleb Ferguson pitched 1 1/3 innings and striking out four and Victor Gonzalez pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit.  Michael Tonkin pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a walk and he struck out two. 

Brayan Bello started for the Red Sox, and he pitched 4 2/3 innings giving up six hits and five runs with four of them being earned.  He walked three and struck out five and took his fourth loss of the season.  Cam Booser pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit and Zack Kelly pitched two perfect innings with three strikeouts.  Chase Anderson pitched two innings giving up three hits and three runs with a walk and three strikeouts. 

Anthony Volpe had a hit, Juan Soto had a hit and drew a walk and Aaron Judge had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk.  Verdugo had three hits and four RBI, Giancarlo Stanton had a hit and drew a walk and Anthony Rizzo had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk.  Jose Trevino had a hit and an RBI, Soto, Verdugo and Judge each hit a double and Verdugo and Trevino each hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 4-11 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.  Volpe had two stolen bases. 

Jarren Duran had a hit and drew two walks, Rafael Devers drew two walks and Masataka Yoshida drew a walk.  Connor Wong had a hit and drew a walk, Enmanuel Valdez had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk and Jamie Westbrook had a hit.  Ceddanne Rafaela had a hit, Valdez hit a double and the Red Sox were 1-11 with runners in scoring position and left 11 men on base.  Bello and O’Neill each committed an error. 

In the first Verdugo hit a two-run homerun giving the Yankees a 2-0 lead.  In the fourth Cabrera reached on an error and a run scored to make it 3-0 Yankees.  In the bottom of the fourth Valdez hit an RBI double cutting the lead to 3-1.  In the fifth Verdugo hit an RBI double, Rizzo hit an RBI single and it was 5-1 Yankees.  In the ninth Trevino hit a solo homerun, Judge hit an RBI double and Verdugo hit an RBI single to push the lead to 8-1 and that would be the final score.  The two teams will play game two of three on Saturday night.