As for the game, itts one thing for the Boston Red Sox to be bad, its another for the offense to not even try. Yes, having your starter give up 5 runs a game by the third inning doesn't hurt but when the game is close, they simply don't come back. The New York Yankees took a 5-0 lead due to the lousy pitching of Zack Godley (0-1, 6.14 ERA). Xander Bogaerts got a lucky 2 run double in the third and that was the only offense of the game. The Yankees bullpen effortlessly shut down the Sox allowing just 2 hits and 2 walks in 6 1/3 inning. Once again it all added up to another lifeless defeat 5-2 at Yankee Stadium
Masahiro Tanaka got the ball in the top of the first inning and Andrew Benintendi struck out swinging to start. Kevin Pillar singled to right but Rafael Devers whiffed as well. Xander Bogaerts flied out to right to end the inning. The Yankees wasted no time getting to Godley in the bottom of the first as DJ LeMahieu grounded out to third to start. Aaron Judge effortlessly blasted a 700 foot home run to put the Yankees up for good 2 batters into the game. Gleyber Torres grounded out to second and Giancarlo Stanton took strike three to end the inning with the Yankees up 1-0.
The Sox rolled over and died in the top of the second as Mitch Moreland grounded out to second to start. Christian Vazquez singled to left but Alex Verdugo flied out to center. Jackie Bradley Jr whiffed to end the inning. The Yankees laughed at the Red Sox as they teed off on Godley in the bottom of the second. Luke Voit easily got a base hit to left, Mike Tauchman smoked a base hit to left and Gary Sanchez ripped a base hit to right to load the bases. Gio Urshela ended the game early with a grand slam to Neptune to ice it. Brett Gardner grounded out to third, LeMahieu grounded out to short and Judge flied out to right to end the inning but it was 5-0 Yankees.
The Sox did manage to come to life briefly in the top of the third inning. Tzu-Wei Lin flied out to center but Benintendi drew a walk. Pillar singled to left but Devers lined out to center. Bogaerts pounded a double to center to drive in both runners to cut the lead. That was it for Tanaka after just 2 2/3 innings, too bad the Sox rolled over and died at this point. Luis Avilan came in and struck out Moreland swinging to end the inning with the Sox down 5-2.
Godley returned for the bottom of the third and somehow got Torres to line out to left to start. Stanton lined out to center but Voit singled to right. Tauchman grounded into a force to end the inning.
Vazquez flied out to right to start the top of the fourth before Verdugo went down hacking. JBJ grounded out to third to end the inning. The end came swiftly for Godley in the bottom of the fourth although Sanchez flied out to left to start. Urshela walked and stole second before Gardner walked as well. Sox manager Ron Roenicke said the hell with it and took Godley out. As usual a Sox starter gives up 5 runs in less than 5 innings. Chris Mazza made his Red Sox debut by striking out LeMahieu swinging but walked Judge to load the bases. Torres flied out to center to end the inning.
The immortal Nick Nelson shut down the Sox in the top of the fifth as Lin whiffed to start. Benintendi walked but Pillar flied out to center and Devers flied out to left to end the inning. Stanton grounded out to short to start the bottom of the fifth before Voit grounded out to short as well. Tauchman singled and stole second before Sanchez walked. Urshela grounded into a force to end the inning.
Bogaerts watched strike three go by to start the top of the sixth before Moreland went down swinging. Vazquez grounded out to third to end the inning. Mazza hung tough in the bottom of the sixth as Gardner flied out to left to start. Mazza punched out both LeMahieu and Judge to end the inning. Good debut by Mazza.
Nelson laughed at the Sox as Verdugo grounded out to short to start the top of the seventh. JBJ walked but Lin whiffed. Benintendi grounded out to second to end the inning. Ryan Brasier came on for the bottom of the seventh and Torres hit one up the elevator shaft to start. Stanton and Voit both went down swinging to end the inning.
Somebody named David Hale shut down the Sox in the top of the eighth inning as Pillar grounded out to second to begin. Devers singled to left but was erased on the Bogaerts force. Moreland grounded into a force to end the inning. The Sox knocked out Tanaka in the third inning and three no-names shut them out the rest of the way. That's completely pathetic. Josh Osich came in for the bottom of the eighth and Tauchman greeted him with a base hit to center. Sanchez lined out to left and Tauchman stole second as Urshela went down swinging. Gardner lined out to center to end the inning. The Sox offense was a no-show but the Sox bullpen shut the Yankees out after the the second inning, what a waste.
Hale returned for the top of the ninth with Tyler Wade now in for Voit. Vazquez and Verdugo whiffed but JBJ walked. Lin singled to center to somehow bring the tying run to the plate but Benintendi whiffed again to end the game. The Sox lost another one to the Yankees 5-2.
Jackass of the Night is Zack Godley. The offense was lifeless but Godley put them in a 5-0 hole in the second damn inning. 3 1/3 innings and 5 runs allowed isn't going to cut it.
The Good:
Kevin Pillar was 2 for 4 with a run scored.
Jackie Bradley Jr walked twice in four plate appearances.
Chris Mazza tossed 2 2/3 scoreless innings.
Ryan Brasier pitched a scoreless 7th inning.
Josh Osich pitched a scoreless 8th inning.
The Bad:
Mitch Moreland was 0 for 4 with 2 strikeouts.
Alex Verdugo was 0 for 4 with 2 strikeouts.
The Ugly:
Andrew Benintendi was 0 for 3 with 2 strikeouts, but walked twice and scored a run.
Rafael Devers was just 1 for 4 with a strikeout.
Xander Bogaerts was just 1 for 4 with a strikeout but hit an rbi double (the second was later rescinded)
Christian Vazquez was just 1 for 4 with a strikeout.
Tzu-Wei Lin was just 1 for 4 with a strikeout.
Final Thoughts:
What else can be said that hasn't already been said? E-Rod going out for the season put the exclamation point on this lost season. There hasn't been this bad of an 8 month stretch in Red Sox history in decades. First Cora is fired for the 2017 Astros penalties, then Mookie Betts is traded, then Chaim Bloom failed to add any starting pitching depth during the Covid outbreak, then E-Rod gets Covid and now the Sox are where they're at. The only good news is there's only 51 games left in the season instead of 153. If they had to go through a full year of this, fans would burn down Fenway Park. On one hand, the offense has been the culprit the last two games scoring just 3 runs but when your starters put you in a 5 run hole early, where's the motivation? Roenicke isn't helping with a new lineup any day so there's no consistency at all. This is the same team that blitzed through MLB for 108 wins and the World Series two years ago but you'd never know it. Its one thing for the Sox to get shut down by a good bullpen, its another for the Yankees JV team to do it for 6 innings. The loss drops the Sox to 3-6 and its not going to get any better. Tomorrow night the Yankees finish off the sweep when they send Sox killer James Paxton to the mound up against....Austin Brice (0-0, 7.70) arguably Boston's worst pitcher. The carnage begins at 7:07 PM at Yankee Stadium.
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