Yesterday the New York Yankees rallied down 3-0 in the eighth inning to beat the Boston Red Sox but today the Sox served the same foul humiliation back to New York. Domingo German of the Yankees had thrown 7 no-hit innings and the Sox trailed 4-0 going into the bottom of the eighth. All of a sudden the Sox exploded for 5 straight hits, an rbi grounder and a sac fly to take the lead and send Yankee fans slack jawed back to New York. Alex Verdugo broke up the no-no to chase German and the Sox rallied against Jonathan Loaisiga for 3 runs to cut the lead. Zack Britton came in and the Sox got an rbi groundout by Kevin Plawecki and an Xander Bogaerts sac fly to take the lead. Matt Barnes slammed the door in the top of the ninth and the Sox had stunned the Yankees 5-4 at Fenway Park.
Perez got the ball in the top of the first and DJ LeMahieu led off with a double to left. Goancarlo Stanton struck out swinging, Rougned Odor struck out swinging and Garu Sanchez lined out to left to end the inning. German got the ball in the bottom of the first inning and Kike Hernandez led off with a grounder to third. Jarren Duran struck out swinging and Xander Bogaerts flied out to center to end the inning.
Perez cruised in the top of the second inning as Gleyber Torres took strike three to start. Brett Gardner popped up to short and Gio Urshela grounded out to third to end the inning. German matched Perez in the bottom of the second as Rafael Devers popped up to short to start. JD Martinez flied out to center and Alex Verdugo struck out swinging to end the inning.
The Yankees struck first in the top of the third as Ryan LeMarre took strike three to start. Greg Allen walked but LeMahieu got a called third strike on him and he didn't like it. Stanton walked and Odor blooped a single to center to score Allen to put the Yankees on top. Sanchez struck out swinging to end the inning but the Yankees were up 1-0.
German laughed at the Sox in the bottom of the third as Hunter Renfroe got a lucky walk to start. Yankee fans said the game was in the bag as Christian Vazquez flied out to right, Franchy Cordero struck out swinging and Hernandez forced Renfroe at second to end the inning.
The Yankees struck again in the top of the fourth as Torres effortlessly doubled to left to start. Gardner dropped down a bunt to move Torres to third and Urshela ripped a base hit to left to score him. LeMarre banged into a double play to end the inning but the Yankees were up 2-0.
Urshela drives in a run
The Sox rolled over in the bottom of the fourth as Duran struck out swinging to start. Bogaerts grounded out to second and Devers whiffed badly to end the inning.
Allen ripped a base hit to left to begin the top of the fifth but LeMahieu grounded into a double play. Stanton grounded out to first to end the inning.
German dominated the bottom of the fifth as Martinez grounded out to short to start. Verdugo flied out to center and Renfroe grounded out to short to end the inning.
The Yankees struck again in the top of the sixth when Odor smashed a home run all the way to Bonita Vista, California to increase the lead. Sanchez grounded out to short, Torres lined out to second and Gardner lined out to left to end the inning. Perez didn't pitch that bad, holding the Yankees to 3 runs in 6 innings but he got no run support while trailing 3-0.
German laughed as Vazquez grounded out to first to start the bottom of the sixth. Cordero took strike three and Hernandez grounded out to third to end the inning. German was nine outs away from a no-hitter.
Yacksel Rios came in to pitch the top of the seventh and couldn't find the plate. Urshela walked but LaMarre popped up to second. Allen was plunked and LeMahieu walked to load the bases. That was it for Rios as Josh Taylor came in to strike out Stanton swinging. Odor flied out to right to end the inning, good work Taylor. The Sox couldn't touch German in the bottom of the seventh as Duran helplessly struck out swinging to start. Bogaerts struck out swinging but the ball went to the backstop and Bogaerts made it to first with the no-no still intact. Devers struck out swinging and so did Martinez to end the inning with German 6 outs from the no-hitter.
Brandon Workman came in to crap his pants in the top of the eighth as Sanchez tripled into the right field corner and Torres singled to center to score him. Torres swiped second but was thrown out trying to steal third. Gardner took second on the play but Urshela grounded out to short. LaMarre grounded out to third to end the inning with the Yankees up 4-0.
All of a sudden the Sox rallied in the bottom of the eighth as Verdugo doubled to right to break up the no-no and chase German after 7 innings of 1 run ball. Jonathan Loaisiga came in and Renfroe doubled off the Monster to score Verdugo and break up the shutout. Vazquez blooped a single to right to score Renfroe and Cordero lined a base hit up the middle. Hernandez then smashed a double off the Monster to score Vazquez and put the tying run at third. Yankees manager Aaron Boone brought in Zack Britton to pitch to the rookie Duran but Sox manager Alex Cora countered by having Kevin Plawecki pinch hit. Plawecki hit a roller to short to score Cordero to tie the game and move Hernandez to third. Bogaerts completed the comeback with a sac fly to right to score Hernandez to give Boston the lead. Devers grounded out to first to end the inning as the Sox served the same humiliation back tenfold to the Yankees. The Sox went from down 4-0 and being no-hit to being up 5-4 with 3 outs to go.
Michael Chavis took over at second base with Bobby Dalbec now at first with Matt Barnes on the mound to close out the top of the ninth. Allen lined out to a jumping Verdugo to start before LeMahieu grounded out to second. Stanton naturally ripped a base hit to center. Yankees manager Aaron Boone brought in Tyler Wade pinch run for Stanton and stole second, but Odor popped up to third to end the game. The Sox had stunned the Yankees and won it 5-4.
Hero of the Night is Kike Hernandez. He drove in a big run with a double and scored the go-ahead run.
The Good:
Kevin Plawecki drove in the tying run as a pinch hitter.
Alex Verdugo was 1 for 3 with a run scored.
Hunter Renfroe was 1 for 2 with with a walk, rbi and a run scored.
Christian Vazquez was 1 for 3 with an rbi and a run scored.
Franchy Cordero was 1 for 3 with a run scored.
Martin Perez pitched well, allowing just 3 runs in 6 innings of work. He allowed 6 hits and 2 walks.
Josh Taylor got the final two outs of the seventh inning.
Matt Barnes earned his 21st save with a scoreless ninth inning.
The Bad:
Jarren Duran was 0 for 3 with a hat trick of 3 strikeouts.
Rafael Devers was 0 for 4 with 2 strikeouts.
JD Martinez was 0 for 3 with a strikeout.
Yacksel Rios walked the bases loaded after just getting 1 out.
Brandon Workman vultured the win by allowing a run in the top of the eighth inning.
The Ugly:
Xander Bogaerts was 0 for 3 with a strikeout but drove in the go-ahead run.
Honorable Mention:
Bobby Dalbec played first base in the top of the ninth.
Michael Chavis played second base in the top of the ninth.
Final Thoughts:
Going into the bottom of the eighth the Sox trailed 4-0 and were getting no-hit. Not only that, the Cleveland Indians trailed the Tampa Bay Rays 2-1 going into their own bottom of the eighth. Not only did the Sox rally to win but so did the Indians to put Boston back in sole possession of first place. The Yankees have been an epic disaster this season and this loss seems to be the exclamation point. If Eovaldi and the Sox blowing an eighth inning lead yesterday was bad, blowing a NO-HITTER with 6 outs to go is even worse. The Sox never quit and showed the fight the Yankees did yesterday. Not much went right as Perez didn't blow the Yankees away, Brandon Workman and Yacksel Rios struggled and Jarren Duran earned the hat trick with 3 strikeouts. Josh Taylor getting out of the seventh without allowing a run was big and Matt Barnes slammed the door to preserve it. The Yankees aren't dead yet with 2 months left to go in the season but they're having almost a mirror season the 2019 Red Sox did. If they can't get their act together, you can write them off with the Toronto Blue Jays and Baltimore Orioles in the AL East race. The next four games are going to be very important because the Rays and Yankees are playing each other beginning Tuesday night. If the Sox want to gain ground on either team, sweeping the Toronto Blue Jays would be ideal. The win improved the Sox to 61-39, 1 game ahead of the Rays for first place in the AL East. Tomorrow night the Sox look to take down the visiting Toronto Blue Jays with Nick Pivetta (8-4, 4.37 ERA) taking on Captain TBD of Toronto. The game begins at 7:10 PM at Fenway Park.
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