Severino took the mound in the top of the first and Mr. Mookie Betts greeted him with a routine fly out to center. Andrew Benintendi whiffed badly on 3 fastballs right down the middle but JD Martinez walked on four pitches. Mitch Moreland whiffed as well to end the inning. Price timidly got the ball in the bottom of the first and somehow got Aaron Hicks to ground out to third to begin. Naturally Aaron Judge effortlessly crushed a 50,000 foot solo home run off the scared Price to give the Yankees the lead they would never relinquish. Giancarlo Stanton laughed at Price as he crushed a single just barely cut off by Benintendi. Didi Gregorious also effortlessly doubled off the wall off a shaken Price to put runners on second and third. Gleybar Torres yawned as he crushed a 3 run 980 foot bomb to put the Yankees up by four in a blink of an eye. Somehow Miguel Andujar grounded out to second and even more miraculous that Price got Greg Bird to ground out to first but the Yankees had ended the game early 4-0.
The Sox gave up at that point as Xander Bogaerts weakly grounded out to short to open the top of the second inning. Rafael Devers grounded out pathetically to first and Brock "The Hitman" Holt weakly grounded out to second to end the inning. Kyle Higashioka led off the bottom of the second by watching strike three go by but naturally Brett Gardner slapped an infield single to second. Hicks then effortlessly launched a 570,000 foot home run to right to extend the massacre. Somehow Judge popped up to right on an easily hittable meatball and Stanton popped up to left to end the inning but it was 6-0 Yankees.
The Red Sox didn't even try in the top of the third as Christian Vazquez lined out to left and Jackie Bradley Jr whiffed badly on a slider in the dirt. Somehow Mr. Mookie drew a lucky walk and Benintendi poked a single to advance Mookie to third. Benintendi swiped second but Martinez whiffed badly to end the inning. Price returned for the bottom of the third and somehow got Gregorius to ground back to the mound before striking out Torres. Andujar effortlessly crushed a single to right but Price somehow whiffed Bird to end the inning.
The Sox continued to do nothing against Severino in the top of the fourth as Moreland weakly grounded out to first, Bogaerts weakly grounded out to second and Devers popped up to short to end it. The Sox hadn't even hit a ball hard yet. Meanwhile Price managed to give up a home run to KYLE HIGASHIOKA to lead off the bottom of the fourth. Moreland needed to make a huge drive to snare a rocket hit by Gardner and Hicks blasted yet another 800 foot bomb to extend the massacre. Price finally had enough and ran away screaming into the dugout with his arms flailing over his head after 3 1/3 innings and EIGHT runs allowed on five home runs. The 31 million dollar ace pissed down his leg in the biggest game of the year to date.
Justin Haley was summoned to be the sacrificial lamb and naturally Judge singled followed by a Judge double. It took a miracle catch by Benintendi to hold Gregorius to a sac fly and had to make a diving catch to rob Torres of a triple to end the inning with the Yankees up 9-0.
Severino continued the domination by inducing Holt to hit a weak ground ball to third to begin the top of the fifth. Vazquez popped up meekly to center but JBJ somehow drew a lucky walk. Mr. Mookie whiffed to end the inning an the Sox still had not hit a ball hard yet. Meanwhile Andujar hit a rocket into left for a leadoff single in the bottom of the fifth. Miguel moved to second on the ground out into the shift by Bird but Mr. Mookie robbed Higashioka of his second home run. Betts then had to run up the wall to rob Gardner of a double to end the inning.
Guess what Benintendi did in the top of the sixth? Grounded out meekly to second. Martinez grounded out softly to third but FINALLY the Sox hit a ball hard when Moreland singled. Bogaerts whiffed badly to end the inning. 6 innings 0 runs against Severino. Hicks drew a walk to start the bottom of the sixth before Judge effortlessly singled. Somehow Stanton popped up to first and Neil Walker pinch hit for Gregorius, erasing Judge at second on a force. Torres walked to load the bases but somehow Andujar grounded out to third to end the inning.
The Sox failed to hit a ball hard in the top of the seventh as Devers grounded out weakly to shot and Holt grounded out weakly to second. That was it for Severino who had allowed just 5 baserunners in 6 2/3 innings. The complete opposite of Price that's for sure. David Robertson came in for Severino and Vazquez lined out weakly to center to end the inning.
Sox manager Alex Cora emptied the bench in the bottom of the seventh as Steve Pearce replaced Betts in right, Blake Swihart took Bogaerts' spot in the order but when to second, Holt switched to short and Brandon Workman took over for Haley. Bird popped up to third to start before Higashioka flied out to left. Gardner grounded back to the mound to end the inning.
Robertson easily struck out both JBJ and Pearce to start the top of the eighth before Dellin Betances came in to get Bogaerts to weakly ground to first to end the inning. Hector "The Insurance Policy" Velazquez came in to allow Hicks to hit his 3rd homer of the game to increase the lead. Judge walked and Brandon Drury pinch hit for Stanton only to hit the hardest hit single all year. Walker laughed as he effortlessly singled Judge home. JBJ had to make a great diving catch to rob Torres of a triple and somehow Andujar banged into a double play with the Yankees ahead 11-0.
Mercifully it ended in the top of the ninth as Martinez swung at strike three that bounced in front of the plate to start. Aroldis Chapman came in just to get some work in and Sox manager Alex Cora pinch hit Sandy Leon for Moreland. Leon doubled and Swihart singled him to third. Leon scored as Devers forced Swihart at second but Holt grounded into a force to end the inning. The Yankees had taken first place, the lead in the head to head series and this game 11-1.
Jackass of the Night is obviously David Price. Once again Price got lit up by the Yankees for 8 runs off 9 hits including 5 home runs. Yuck!
The Good:
Mitch Moreland was 1 for 3.
Sandy Leon singled and scored as a pinch hitter.
Blake Swihart singled in his only at-bat.
Brandon Workman pitched a scoreless 7th inning.
The Bad:
Steve Pearce struck out in his only at-bat.
Xander Bogaerts was 0 for 3 with a strikeout.
Brock Holt was 0 for 4.
Christian Vazquez was 0 for 3.
Hector Velazquez allowed 2 runs in one inning of work.
The Ugly:
Mookie Betts was 0 for 2 but walked.
Andrew Benintendi was just 1 for 4 with a stolen base.
JD Martinez was 0 for 3 but walked.
Rafael Devers was 0 for 4 but drove in a run.
Jackie Bradley Jr was -0 for 2 but walked.
Justin Haley allowed a run in 2 2/3 innings.
Final Thoughts:
What a complete embarrassment. Not only did the Sox look totally outclassed this weekend but its become evident neither Eduardo Rodriguez or David Price can handle the bright lights of big game situations. Price continues to be a $217 million dollar bust in every big game situation he's been put in. Not only that but the Yankees must be dancing around in joy knowing the Sox can't match their starters when it comes to big spots. If this is the beginning of the end for the Sox and they stumble to 90-95 wins on the season, they only have themselves to blame for not only losing this series but get beaten soundly. The loss dropped the Sox to 56-29, 1 game behind the Yankees for first place in the AL East. Tomorrow night the Sox look to pick up the pieces as they continue on the road to Washington for a three game set with the Nationals. The only problem is "Slick" Rick Porcello (9-3) runs smack into Nationals ace Max Scherzer tomorrow at 7:00 PM at Nationals Park. So much for the Red Sox.
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