The Sox struck first early in the top of the first as Mr. Mookie Betts whiffed to start. Andrew Benintendi grounded out to first but JD Martinez smashed his 12th home run of the year to open the salvo. Xander Bogaerts flied out to right to end the inning but it was 1-0 Sox.
Price cruised in the bottom of the first as DJ LeMahieu flied out to right to begin. Luke Voit whiffed before Gary Sanchez grounded back to the mound to end the inning.
The Sox struck again in the top of the second as Rafael Devers popped up to first to start. Christian Vazquez and Michael Chavis stroked back to back singles before Eduardo Nunez singled to right. Nunez was foolishly thrown out at second but Vazquez scored to increase the lead. Sam Travis struck out to end the inning but it was 2-0 Sox.
Price cruised in the bottom of the second as Aaron Hicks popped up to first to start. Gleyber Torres whiffed before Gio Urshela lined out to left to end the inning.
Sabathia matched Price in the top of the third as Mr. Mookie flied out to center to begin. Benintendi whiffed before Martinez grounded out to short. Clint Frazier whiffed to start the top of the third before Austin Romine grounded out to third. Bret Gardner lined out to center to end the inning.
Bogaerts absolutely crushed a solo shot to begin the top of the fourth to increase the lead but Devers whiffed. Vazquez grounded out to second before Chavis flied out to center to end the inning with the Sox up 3-0.
The Yankees answered in the bottom of the fourth although LeMahieu grounded out to third to start. Voit crushed a 950 foot home run to put the Yankees on the board. Sanchez and Hicks stroked back to back singles before Torres singled to left to load the bases. Urshela hit a sac fly to score Sanchez and advance Hicks to second to cut the lead. Torres took off for second and when Vazquez threw down, Torres tried to go back to first. As the rundown went on, Hicks tried for home and Chavis threw him out to end the inning with the Yankees down 3-2.
Nunez whiffed to start the top of the fifth and Travis struck out swinging as well. Mr. Mookie flied out to right to end the inning. Price cruised in the bottom of the fifth as Frazier flied out to left to start. Romine whiffed and Gardner grounded out to first to end the inning.
The Sox threatened in the top of the sixth when Benintendi and Martinez stroked back to back singles to start, but Bogaerts whiffed. Devers whiffed and Benintendi was thrown out trying to steal to end the inning. Price froze LeMahieu to start the bottom of the sixth and Voit also took strike three. Sanchez walked but Hicks flied out to center to end the inning.
The Sox teed off on Luis Cessa in the top of the seventh as Vazquez walked to start. Chavis erased Vazquez on a force and Nunez singled to right. Frazier booted it which allowed Chavis to score and Nunez to go to third. Brock "The Hitman" Holt pinch hit for Travis and singled home Nunez to increase the lead. Mr. Mookie popped up to second but Benintendi singled to right. Holt scored all the way from first and Benintendi took second on the throw. Martinez grounded out to short to end the inning with the Sox ahead 6-2
Price returned for the bottom of the seventh but Torres singled to left. Urshela flied out to right but Frazier singled to chase Price. David finally conquered Yankee Stadium in the regular season by tossing 6 1/3 innings of 2 run ball. Heath Hembree came in and punched out Romine before Gardner grounded out to first to end the inning.
The Sox iced the game in the top of the eighth as Bogaerts doubled to left and Devers singled him home just like that. David Hale replaced Cessa and Vazquez hit a squibber in front of the plate. Chavis then tripled past the diving Frazier to wrap up the scoring. Holt flied out to left to end the inning with the Sox ahead 8-2.
The Yankees almost tied it in the bottom of the eighth against Matt Barnes. Lemahieu singled before Voit walked. Sanchez walked to load the bases and a balk scored LeMahieu while advancing the other runners. Hicks grounded out to first but Voit scored and Sanchez moved to third. Torres scored Sanchez with a sac fly but Urshela whiffed to end the inning with the Yankees down 8-5.
The Sox beat the ball in the dirt in the top of the ninth as Mr. Mookie grounded out to third to begin. Benintendi grounded out to second and Martinez grounded back to the mound to end the inning. Jackie Bradley Jr took over for Martinez but went to center with Betts moving to right and Brandon Workman on the mound for the bottom of the ninth. Frazier hit a ground ball to Bogaerts who threw it completely out of the park for an error. Kendrys Morales pinch hit for Romine but grounded back to the mound, advancing Frazier to third. Gardner whiffed and LeMahieu grounded out to first to end the game. The Sox had won it 8-5.
Hero of the Night is David Price. He finally conquered the Yankees in Yankee Stadium by tossing 6 1/3 innings of 2 run ball to earn the win.
The Good:
Andrew Benintendi was 2 for 5 with an rbi.
JD Martinez was 2 for 5 with a solo home run.
Xander Bogaerts was 2 for 4 with 2 runs scored and a home run.
Christian Vazquez was 1 for 3 with a walk and a run scored.
Michael Chavis was 2 for 4 with an rbi and a run scored.
Eduardo Nunez was 2 for 4 with an rbi and a run scored.
Brock Holt was 1 for 2 with an rbi and a run scored.
Heath Hembree got the final two outs of the seventh inning.
Brandon Workman earned his 2nd save with a scoreless 9th inning.
The Bad:
Mookie Betts was 0 for 5 with a strikeout.
Sam Travis was 0 for 2 with 2 strikeouts.
Matt Barnes gave up 3 runs in the 8th inning.
The Ugly:
Rafael Devers was just 1 for 4 but drove in a run and scored.
Honorable Mention:
Jackie Bradley Jr came in to play center in the bottom of the ninth.
Final Thoughts:
Wow, they actually beat the Yankees for once. Its nice to see Price get over the hump even if it was just a regular season game in the beginning of June. Hopefully the Sox can ride this momentum into Kansas City and go on a nice long winning streak to get back into the AL East race. The offense seems to be coming around but the bullpen is ridiculous. Matt Barnes gives up 3 runs in an inning, are you kidding me? Still, if the Sox can get their heads out of their behinds from here on in, there should be no reason they won't be four-peating as division champions this October. The win put the Sox back over .500 at 30-29, 8.5 games behind the Yankees for first place in the AL East. After an off-day Monday the Sox are back on the road Tuesday night in Kansas City to face the Royals. Glenn Sparkman goes for the Royals with Eduardo Rodriguez (5-3, 5.04 ERA) going for Boston at 8:10 PM at Kauffman Stadium.
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