Before the game the Boston Red Sox made a roster move. David Price was activated from Paternity Leave to make tonight's start against the New York Yankees. Ryan Weber was also brought up for the game as Josh Smith, Colten Brewer and Marco Hernandez were all sent back to Pawtucket. Good riddance.
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As for the game, say hello to the new beast of the AL East, the New York Yankees. Tonight the Yankees effectively put the Sox out of their misery by completing a 4 game sweep to knock the Sox out of AL East contention. David Price (7-5, 4.36 ERA) couldn't escape the chants of "Who's Your Daddy" as he lit yet another egg in Yankee Stadium. Price lasted just 2 2/3 innings while allowing 7 runs. The Sox tried to fight back with 4 runs of their own and the bullpen tossed 5 1/3 scoreless innings, but it wouldn't be enough. The Yankees bullpen tossed 3 1/3 scoreless innings of their own to sweep the Sox out of Yankee Stadium 7-4.
Yankees starter JA Happ laughed at the Sox in the top of the first as Mr. Mookie Betts grounded out to second to start. Rafael Devers flied out to center and Xander Bogaerts grounded out to third to end the inning. The Yankees instantly tagged Price in the bottom of the first amidst thunderous "Who's your daddy?" chants. Gleyber Torres grounded out to third but Aaron Judge hit a home run all the way to Neptune to put the Yankees up for good. Didi Gregorius singled to left but Gio Urshela lined out to left. Brett Gardner flied out to left to end the inning with the Yankees up 1-0.
JD Martinez tried to rally the Sox with a base hit to left to start the top of the second but Sam Travis banged into a double play. Andrew Benintendi flied out to right to end the inning. Price settled down in the bottom of the second as Cameron Maybin struck out swinging to start. Mike Ford grounded out to second but Kyle Higashioka doubled to left. Mike Tauchman whiffed to end the inning.
The Sox did nothing in the top of the third as Christian Vazquez flied out to center to start. Michael Chavis singled to center but Jackie Bradley Jr swung and missed at strike three. Mr. Mookie singled to right but Devers grounded out to first to end the inning. The Yankees knocked out Price in the bottom of the third although Torres whiffed to start. Judge walked but Gregorius flied out to left. Urshela then hit a home run into the Baltic Sea to increase the lead. Gardner doubled to right and Maybin doubled him home. Ford singled home Maybin and Higashioka doubled to left. Tauchman singled home Ford and Torres walked. FINALLY, Sox manager Alex Cora pulled the plug on Price. The incompetent starter lasted just 2 2/3 innings while allowing 7 runs. Darwinzon Hernandez came in and got Judge to ground into a force to end the innings with the Yankees ahead 7-0.
The Sox rolled over in the top of the fourth as Bogaerts grounded out to second to start. Martinez and Travis flied out to center to end the inning. Gregorius grounded out to second to begin the bottom of the fourth but Urshela and Gardner drew back to back walks. Both runners moved over on the grounder by Maybin but Ford lined out to center to end the inning.
The Sox finally fought back in the top of the fifth although Benintendi grounded out to third to start. Vazquez blasted his 17th home run of the year to put the Sox on the board and Chavis smoked his 18th of the year immediately after. JBJ was plunked but Mr. Mookie banged into a double play to end the inning with the Sox down 7-2.
Ryan Weber came on for the bottom of the fifth and Higashioka whiffed to start. Tauchman flied out to left and Torres grounded out to short to end the inning.
The Sox fought back in the top of the sixth although Devers lined out to center to start. Bogaerts whiffed but Martinez singled to right. Travis walked and a wild pitch moved both runners over. Benintendi then singled home both runners to chase Happ. Luis Cessa came in and walked Vazquez to somehow bring the tying run to the plate....but Chavis whiffed to end the inning with the Sox down 7-4.
Weber did his part in the bottom of the sixth as Judge grounded out to third to start. Gregorius popped up to third and Urshela grounded back to the mound to end the inning.
The Sox gave up in the top of the seventh as JBJ whiffed to start. Mr. Mookie flied out to center and Devers flied out to right to end the inning. Weber got Gardner to line out to center to start the bottom of the seventh but Maybin pounded a ground rule double to right. Maybin moved to third on the Ford grounder but Higashioka struck out swinging to end the inning.
DJ LeMahieu came in for Torres to start the top of the eighth and Bogaerts struck out swinging to start. Martinez flied out to right and Travis grounded out to short to end the inning. Weber finished with a flurry in the bottom of the eighth as Tauchman lined out to left to start. LeMahieu lined out to right and Judge grounded out to short to end the inning. Weber was outstanding by tossing 4 shutout innings to keep the Sox in the game.
Breyvic Valera came in for Urshela for the top of the ninth and Chad Green came in to close out the game. Benintendi grounded back to the mound before Vazquez grounded out to first. Brock "The Hitman" Holt pinch hit for Chavis and walked, but JBJ whiffed again to end the game. The Yankees had swept the Sox out of Yankee Stadium with a 7-4 win.
Jackass of the Night is David Price. The "ace" got lit up for 7 runs in just 2 2/3 innings. He allowed 9 hits, 2 walks and two home runs.
The Good:
JD Martinez was 2 for 4 with a run scored.
Christian Vazquez was 1 for 3 with a walk and a home run.
Michael Chavis was 2 for 3 with a home run.
Brock Holt walked as a pinch hitter.
Darwinzon Hernandez tossed 1 1/3 scoreless innings.
Ryan Weber tossed 4 scoreless innings.
The Bad:
Rafael Devers was 0 for 4.
Xander Bogaerts was 0 for 4 with 2 strikeouts.
The Ugly:
Mookie Betts was just 1 for 4.
Sam Travis was 0 for 3 but walked and scored.
Andrew Benintendi was just 1 for 4 but knocked in two runs.
Jackie Bradley Jr was 0 for 3 with a hat trick of 3 strikeouts but was hit with a pitch.
Final Thoughts:
The Red Sox deserved this beat down. They came into the season lazy and unready, getting off to a slow start. The starting pitching never got on track and the bullpen was even worse. Sox general manager Dave Dombrowski laid an egg by not only not replacing Joe Kelly and Craig Kimbrel, but by making only one acquisition all season. He sat on his hands at the trade deadline and the Yankees just pissed all over the Red Sox. David Price can't pitch in Yankee Stadium to save his life and the Sox offense can't touch the Yankee bullpen. The only way the Sox are gonna get back in the race is to do the same thing the 1978 Yankees did to the Red Sox.....but that ain't happening. The stars would have to align to revert back to last year and that's not happening. The Yankees are clearly hungrier, more vicious and healthier. There's still 48 games left in the season but the Yankees effectively knocked out the Red Sox, there's no other way to say it. It closely resembles the 5 game sweep in August of 2006, the Sox are in danger of meeting a similar fate. The loss dropped the Sox to 59-55, 14.5 games behind the Yankees for first place in the AL East. The Sox look to regroup when they begin a set at home with the Kansas City Royals. "Slick" Rick Porcello (9-8, 6.44 ERA) tries to rebound against Mike Montgomery of the Royals. The first game of the series begins tomorrow night at 7:10 PM at Fenway Park.
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