Three things in life are for sure....death, taxes and the Boston Red Sox failing to win a series against the AL East in 2022. The Sox were held in check by Frankie Montas and the Yankee bullpen while the Sox for the most part did the same. The Sox bolted out to a 2-0 lead over the Yankees on rbis from Jarren Duran and Reese McGuire, but Isiah Kiner-Falefa hit a two run home run in the top of the fifth. The Sox had a chance in the seventh to go ahead but Xander Bogaerts was thrown out at third to kill a rally. One day after the Sox got to Clay Holmes, the Yankees got to John Schreiber (3-2, 1.91 ERA) in the top of the ninth. Kiner dropped down a bunt to score Andrew Benintendi to put the Yankees ahead. The Sox got two runners on in the bottom of the ninth but both Rafael Devers and Bogaerts failed to get them in. The Yankees had beaten the Sox 3-2 at Fenway Park.
Crawford got the ball in the top of the first inning and DJ LeMahieu flied out to right to start. Aaron Judge walked but Anthony Rizzo grounded into a double play. Montas got the ball in the bottom of the first and Tommy Pham took strike three to start. Rafael Devers flied out to left and Xander Bogaerts grounded out to third to end the inning.
Josh Donaldson struck out swinging to start the top of the second and Crawford booted a grounder by Gleyber Torres for an error. Andrew Benintendi struck out swinging and Torres was thrown out at second trying to steal to end the inning. Alex Verdugo got a base hit to right to start the bottom of the second but JD Martinez grounded into a double play. Montas dropped a pop up by Eric Hosmer for an error and Christian Arroyo got a base hit to right, but Jarren Duran struck out swinging to end the inning.
Jose Trevino popped up to short to start the top of the third before Isiah Kiner-Falefa lined out to center. Aaron Hicks struck out swinging to end the inning. Reese McGuire doubled to left to start the bottom of the third before Pham struck out swinging. Devers grounded out to first to move McGuire to third but Bogaerts struck out swinging to end the inning.
LeMahieu flied out to center to open the top of the fourth before Judge watched strike three go by. Rizzo walked and Donaldson got a base hit to center, but Torres lined out to right to end the inning. The Sox struck first in the bottom of the fourth as Verdugo walked to start. Martinez grounded out to first to move Alex to second but Hosmer got a base hit to center to move Verdugo to third. A wild pitch moved Hosmer to second and Arroyo walked to load the bases. Duran was hit with a pitch to score Verdugo but all McGuire could do is hit a sac fly to center to score Hosmer. Pham grounded out to first to end the inning with the Sox ahead 2-0.
The Yankees answered immediately in the top of the fifth as Benintendi walked to start. Trevino lined out to short and naturally Kiner hit his first home run of the season all the way to Nashua to tie the game. Hicks flied out to center and LeMahieu struck out swinging to end the inning but the game was tied 2-2.
They gave up a home run to HIM?
Devers grounded out to first to start the bottom of the fifth before Bogaerts popped up to third. Verdugo doubled to left but Martinez popped up to short to end the inning.
Judge grounded out to short to begin the top of the sixth before Rizzo flied out to left. Donaldson walked but Torres lined out to left to end the inning. That was it for Crawford who tossed 6 solid innings allowing just 2 runs off 2 hits and 4 walks.
Lucas Luetge came in to pitch the bottom of the sixth and Hosmer took strike three to start. Arroyo walked but Duran lined out to left. McGuire flied out to left to end the inning.
Hiro Sawamura came in to pitch the top of the seventh and Benintendi flied out to left to start. Trevino struck out swinging but Kiner got a base hit to center. Hicks struck out swinging to end the inning. Lou Trivino came in to pitch the bottom of the seventh and Pham flied out to center to start. Devers grounded out to first but Bogaerts smacked a double off the Monster to chase Luetge. Aroldis Chapman came in to face Verdugo and plunked him. Bogaerts then foolishly was thrown out trying to steal third to end the inning.
John Schreiber came in to pitch the top of the eighth and LeMahieu struck out swinging to begin. Judge walked but Rizzo flied out to right. Donaldson struck out swinging to end the inning. Martinez struck out swinging to start the bottom of the eighth before Hosmer went down hacking as well. Arroyo grounded out to third to end the inning.
The Yankees went ahead in the top of the ninth as Torres grounded out to short to start. Benintendi doubled to left and Trevino beat out a roller to third to put runners at the corners. Kiner caught the Sox asleep with a bunt down the first base line to score Benintendi. Hicks and LeMahieu both struck out swinging to end the inning but the Yankees were up 3-2.
Scott Effross came in to close out the bottom of the ninth and Duran struck out swinging to start. McGuire got a base hit to left and Jaylin Davis ran for him. Pham got a base hit to center to put the tying run on second and Devers moved Davis to third with a force at second. With the tying run at third, Bogaerts popped up to short to end the game. The Yankees had won 3-2.
Jackass of The Night is Xander Bogaerts. Not only did he kill the rally in the seventh but in the ninth as well to end the game.
Jackass Bogaerts
The Good:
Alex Verdugo was 2 for 2 with a walk and a run scored.
Christian Arroyo was 1 for 2 with 2 walks.
Reese McGuire was 2 for 3 with an rbi.
Kutter Crawford held the Yankees to 2 runs in 6 innings. He allowed 2 hits and 4 walks while striking out 5.
Hiro Sawamura pitched a scoreless seventh inning.
The Bad:
Rafael Devers was 0 for 5.
JD Martinez was 0 for 4 with a strikeout.
The Ugly:
Tommy Pham was just 1 for 5 with 2 strikeouts.
Jarren Duran was 0 for 3 with 2 strikeouts but was hit with a pitch to drive in a run.
Eric Hosmer was just 1 for 4 with 2 strikeouts but scored a run.
John Schreiber took the loss by allowing a run in 2 innings of work.
Honorable Mention:
Jaylin Davis ran for McGuire in the ninth inning.
Final Thoughts:
Lot of Red Sox fans were upset that Sox GM Chaim Bloom didn't blow the team up at the trade deadline and it definitely cost him one today. JD Martinez was awful and Bogaerts killed not one but two rallies. Not that the Sox were going to be any better without them in the lineup but at least they could have gotten something in return like the prospects they got for Christian Vazquez and Jay Groome. The worst part was Crawford pitched his ass off and made one mistake by Kiner. Schreiber was holding the fort too until Kiner caught him asleep with that bunt. Still, if the offense didn't fall asleep again none of that would have mattered. As it was, Murphy's Law continued this season as the Sox dropped another winnable game against an AL East team. The good news is there's only 47 games left to suffer through and hopefully Chaim Bloom is gone. The loss dropped the Sox to 56-59, good for last place in the AL East. The Sox look to win their first series against an AL East team all season when they play the Yankees again tomorrow night on ESPN Sunday Night Baseball. Michael Wacha (6-1) takes on Jameson Taillon of New York. The game begins tomorrow night at 7:05 PM at Fenway Park.
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