The Yankees attacked Eovaldi early in the top of the first as DJ LeMahieu singled to right to start. Anthony Rizzo singled to right and Aaron Judge doubled to center to score LeMahieu. Giancarlo Stanton grounded out to short to score Rizzo and Joey Gallo flied out to left. Gleyber Torres singled to center to score Judge with another run. Gio Urshela lined out to second to end the inning with the Yankees up 3-0.
Cole began his dominance in the bottom of the first as Kike Hernandez walked to start. Kyle Schwarber forced Hernandez at second and Xander Bogaerts grounded into a double play to end the inning.
Brett Gardner flied out to right to start the top of the second before Kyle Higashioka and LeMahieu both grounded out to short to end the inning. Rafael Devers grounded out to third to start the bottom of the second before JD Martinez drew a walk. Alex Verdugo and Hunter Renfroe both struck out swinging to end the inning.
The Yankees knocked out Eovaldi in the top of the third as Rizzo doubled to left to start. Judge walked and Stanton hit a home run all the way to Mozambique to ice the game. Gallo singled to right but Torres flied out to left. Urshela popped up to second but Gardner walked to chase Eovaldi. In the most important start of the season, Eovaldi crapped himself allowing 7 runs in 2 2/3 innings. As Dennis Eckersley would say, YUCK! Hiro Sawamura came in to pitch and nobody called a pop up from Higashioka that fell in for a "single" to score Gardner. LeMahieu walked but Rizzo struck out swinging to end the inning with the Yankees up 7-0.
Christian Vazquez lined out to second to start the bottom of the third before Jose Iglesias lined out to right. Hernandez walked but Schwarber struck out swinging to end the inning.
Judge flied out to center to start the top of the fourth before Stanton got a base hit to left. Gallo forced Stanton at second and Torres lined out to short to end the inning. Bogaerts flied out to right to start the bottom of the fourth before Devers struck out swinging. Martinez hit a ground rule double down the right field line but Verdugo grounded back to the mound to end the inning.
Urshela grounded out to short to start the top of the fifth but Gardner doubled to left. Higashioka struck out swinging but a wild pitch moved Gardner to second. LeMahieu grounded out to short to end the inning. Renfroe got a base hit to left to begin the bottom of the fifth but Vazquez grounded into a double play. Iglesias took strike three to end the inning.
Matt Barnes came in to pitch the top of the sixth and Rizzo struck out swinging to start. Judge flied out to center but Stanton doubled to left. Gallo took strike three to end the inning. Somehow the Sox fought back in the bottom of the sixth as Hernandez ripped a base hit to left to start. Schwarber got a base hit to right but Bogaerts took strike three. Devers then crushed his 35th home run of the season to cut the lead. Martinez flied out to right and Verdugo grounded out to third to end the inning with the Sox down 7-3.
Devers brings the Sox closer
Martin Perez immediately got tagged in the top of the seventh when Torres hit a home run all the way to Yugoslavia to put the Yankees on top by five. Urshela singled to left and Gardner singled to right, but Higashioka flied out to center. LeMahieu flied out to center and Rizzo grounded out to short to end the inning with the Yankees up 8-3.
Clay Holmes came in to pitch the bottom of the seventh and Renfroe grounded out to third to start. Vazquez lined out to first but Iglesias beat out a roller to third. Hernandez singled to left and Bobby Dalbec pinch hit for Schwarber. Yankees manager Aaron Boone countered with Wandy Peralta to face Dalbec. Bobby struck out swinging to end the inning.
Judge took strike three to start the top of the eighth and Stanton flied out to right. Gallo flied out to center to end the inning. Bogaerts grounded out to second to start the bottom of the eighth and Devers grounded out to short. Martinez walked but Verdugo grounded out to short to end the inning.
Torres got a base hit to left to start the top of the ninth but was thrown out at second on the strike em out, throw em out double play by Urshela. Gardner took strike three to end the inning. Chad Green came in to close out the bottom of the ninth and Renfroe struck out swinging to start. Vazquez walked and Travis Shaw pinch hit for Iglesias. Shaw struck out swinging but Vazquez took second on defensive indifference. Hernandez popped up to right to end the game. The Yankees had won it 8-3.
Jackass of The Night is Nathan Eovaldi. He got hammered for 7 runs in just 2 2/3 innings. He allowed 7 hits and 2 walks without striking out anyone.
The Good:
Kike Hernandez was 2 for 3 with 2 walks and a run scored.
Kyle Schwarber was 1 for 3 with a run scored.
JD Martinez was 1 for 2 with 2 walks.
Jose Iglesias was 1 for 3.
Hiro Sawamura tossed 2 1/3 scoreless innings.
Matt Barnes tossed a scoreless inning.
The Bad:
Bobby Dalbec struck out as a pinch hitter.
Xander Bogaerts was 0 for 4 with a strikeout.
Alex Verdugo was 0 for 4 with a strikeout.
Travis Shaw struck out as a pinch hitter.
The Ugly:
Rafael Devers was just 1 for 4 with a strikeout but the one hit was a 3 run home run.
Hunter Renfroe was just 1 for 4 with 2 strikeouts.
Christian Vazquez was 0 for 3 but walked.
Martin Perez allowed a run in 3 innings of work.
Final Thoughts:
That game was a sucker punch to the gonads. The season is essentially on the line and you have a chance to bury the Yankees, instead Eovaldi craps out his worst start of the season. Gerrit Cole is great against anyone not named Rafael Devers so the Sox weren't going to score much to begin with. Still, Eovaldi picked a fine time to vomit up his intestines with the season hanging in the balance. Yet another start where the starter doesn't even go five although this one was justified. The bullpen is going to be taxed for tomorrow and it doesn't look good considering the circumstances. The loss dropped the Sox to 88-66, 1 game in front of the Yankees with just eight games left to play. The Sox look to bounce back tomorrow afternoon against the Yankees when Nick Pivetta takes on Nestor Cortes of New York. The game begins at 4:10 PM at Fenway Park.
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