Pineda got the ball in the top of the first inning and Grady Sizemore flied out to center to start. Dustin Pedroia flied out to the right field warning track and David Ortiz hit a bullet right to Kelly Johnson to end the inning. Buchholz got the ball in the bottom of the first and Brett Gardner struck out swinging to start. Derek Jeter hit a roller up the middle for a base hit and took second on old friend Jacoby Ellsbury's grounder to second. Carlos Beltran flied out to a running Jackie Bradley Jr to end the inning.
Mike Napoli popped up to Beltran to start the top of the second before Daniel Nava struck out swinging. Xander Bogaerts struck out swinging to end the inning. Brian McCann grounded into the shift in right to start the bottom of the second before Alfonso Soriano was frozen for strike three on a curveball. Johnson grounded out to second to end the inning.
AJ Pierzynski struck out swinging to start the top of the third before Jackie Bradley Jr drew a walk. Jonathan Herrera struck out swinging but JBJ stole second. Sizemore grounded out to third to end the inning. Daniel Nava made a great diving catch to rob Yangervis Solarte of a broken bat hit to start the bottom of the third. Dean Anna grounded out to first but Gardner hit a seeing eye single into right. Jeter grounded out to first to end the inning.
Pedroia and Ortiz both flied out to center to start the top of the fourth but Napoli walked. Nava struck out swinging to end the inning. The Yankees struck in the bottom of the fourth as Ellsbury hit a routine grounder to Herrera who did a backflip on the ball for an error. Beltran ripped a base hit to right and McCann ripped a base hit inside the first base line to score Ellsbury, moving Carlos to third. Soriano banged into a double play but Beltran scored another run. Johnson struck out swinging to end the inning but the Yankees led 2-0.
Bogaerts tried to start a rally in the top of the fifth by dumping a base hit to left to start. Pierzynski lined out to a running Gardner before JBJ struck out swinging. Herrera also struck out swinging to end the inning. The Yankees iced the game in the bottom of the fifth as Solarte took strike three to start. Anna hit his first career home run all the way to Jupiter to pretty much seal the game. Gardner struck out swinging but Jeter pounded a ground rule double into the right field stands. Ellsbury ripped a base hit to left to score Jeter but was thrown out at second trying to stretch a double to end the inning with the Yankees leading 4-0.
Sizemore grounded out to second to start the top of the sixth before Pedroia popped up to short. Ortiz belted a double to center but Napoli flied out to center to end the inning. Beltran flied out to center to start the bottom of the sixth and McCann took strike three. Soriano grounded out to short to end the inning.
The Sox finally struck in the top of the seventh as Nava clobbered his first home run of the season to cut the lead. Bogaerts singled to center and that was it for Pineda. Cesar Cabral came in to pitch and Bogaerts moved to second on a balk, but Pierzynski struck out swinging. JBJ struck out swinging and David Phelps came in to pitch to Herrera. Sox manager John Farrell countered by bringing in Ryan Roberts to pinch hit for Herrera. Roberts grounded out to short to end the inning with the Sox down 4-1.
Craig Breslow came in to pitch the bottom of the seventh and Johnson grounded out to second to start. Solarte flied out to left and Anna flied out to center to end the inning.
Sizemore popped up to short to start the top of the eighth before Pedroia grounded out to short. Ortiz struck out swinging to end the inning. Chris Capuano came in to pitch the bottom of the eighth and Gardner grounded out to second to begin. Jeter grounded out to first and Ellsbury grounded out to second to end the inning.
Phelps returned to close out the top of the ninth and Napoli watched strike three go by to start. Nava also took strike three and Bogaerts popped up to center to end the game. The Yankees had won it 4-1.
Jackass of the Night is Clay Buchholz. He took the loss allowing 4 runs in just 6 innings of work while giving up 7 hits.
The Good:
Xander Bogaerts was 2 for 4.
Craig Breslow pitched a scoreless seventh inning.
Chris Capuano pitched a scoreless eighth inning.
The Bad:
Grady Sizemore was 0 for 4.
Dustin Pedroia was 0 for 4.
AJ Pierzynski was 0 for 3 with 2 strikeouts.
Jonathan Herrera was 0 for 2 with 2 strikeouts and an error.
Ryan Roberts grounded out in his only at-bat.
The Ugly:
David Ortiz was just 1 for 4 with a strikeout.
Mike Napoli was 0 for 3 with a strikeout but walked.
Daniel Nava was just 1 for 4 with a hat trick of 3 strikeouts but the one hit was a home run.
Jackie Bradley Jr was 0 for 2 with 2 strikeouts but walked.
Final Thoughts:
Looks like Pineda got away with one there as camera showed he clearly had something on his pitching hand. The Sox were in no position to argue after Jack Morris squawked about Buchholz last year and St. Louis Cardinals fans claimed Jon Lester had something in the World Series. Still, it was strange that Pineda of all people shut down the Sox for that long. Buchholz didn't get much help from his defense but still allowed four runs to put the game out of reach. Pineda was also gone in the seventh, the Sox had three full innings to get a couple of runs and failed miserably. Its another tough loss in an April full of them so far this season. Hopefully the Sox break out of this funk soon before they start losing ground to the Yankees. The Sox look to bounce back tomorrow night against the Yankees when Jon Lester (0-2) takes the mound against CC Sabathia of New York. The game begins at 7:05 PM at Yankee Stadium.
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