Happ took the ball in the top of the first inning and Ian Kinsler flied out to center to begin. Steve Pearce walked but JD Martinez flied out to right. Xander Bogaerts whiffed to end the inning. Eovaldi got the call in the bottom of the first and struck out Andrew McCutchen to begin. Aaron Judge lined out to right and Didi Gregorius grounded out to second to end the inning.
The Sox did nothing in the top of the second as Eduardo Nunez and Brandon Phillips both whiffed although Brock "The Hitman" Holt singled. Christian Vazquez walked but Jackie Bradley Jr grounded out to second to end the inning. Eovaldi somehow kept the Yankees off the board in the bottom of the third as Giancarlo Stanton grounded back to the mound to begin. Aaron Hicks singled but Miguel Andujar flied out to right. Gary Sanchez whiffed to end the inning.
Somehow the Sox scored in the top of the third as Kinsler singled to start and took second on a balk. Pearce walked and both runners moved up on a passed ball by the inept Sanchez. Martinez scored Kinsler with a sac fly to put the Sox on top but Bogaerts flied out to center. Nunez also flied out to center to end the inning but it was 1-0 Sox.
Eovaldi escaped a scare in the bottom of the third as Neil Walker walked to begin. Gleyber Torres flied out to left but McCutchen walked. Judge banged into a double play to end the inning.
The Sox did nothing in the top of the fourth inning as Phillips whiffed to start. Holt lined out to right before Vazquez popped up to first to end the inning. Eovaldi stayed strong in the bottom of the fourth as Gregorius whiffed to start. Stanton grounded out to short and Hicks lined out to third to end the inning.
Nothing happened in the top of the fifth as JBJ whiffed, Kinsler lined out to center and Pearce popped up to third in short order. Ditto for the Yankees in the bottom of the fifth as Andujar popped up to first, Sanchez grounded back to the mound and Walker whiffed to end the inning.
The Sox threatened in the top of the sixth although Martinez popped up to second to begin. Bogaerts doubled and Nunez singled him to third but the Yankees got a key out when Phillips popped up to second. Holt whiffed to end the inning. The Yankees looked to rally when Torres doubled to start the bottom of the sixth but McCutchen lined out to center. Judge flied out to right to advance Torres to third but Gregorius was plunked to put runners at the corners. Stanton whiffed to end the inning and Eovalidi's outing. For as bad as he's pitched lately, he tossed 6 shutout innings against the Yankees.
Chad Green came in to pitch the top of the seventh and Vazquez lined out to center to begin. JBJ flied out to right and Kinsler grounded out to second to end the inning. Right on cue once the starter was out, the Yankees feasted on the bullpen in the bottom of the seventh inning. Hicks walked to start but Andujar popped up to first. Hicks swiped second but Sanchez walked to chase Workman. Ryan Brasier was no help as he gave up a 400,000 foot blast to Walker to put the Yankees up for good. Torres popped up to first before McCutchen flied out to left to end the inning with the Yankees ahead 3-1.
The Sox failed to respond in the top of the eighth with David Robertson now on the mound. Andrew Benintendi pinch hit for Pearce but grounded out to first. The Sox had a chance when Martinez motored around for a triple but Bogaerts popped up to first and Nunez flied out to left to end the inning. William Cuevas of all people came in to pitch the bottom of the eighth and somehow struck out Judge to start. Gregorius was hit and Stanton hit a ball completely out of the park...but foul. Martinez climbed the wall to rob Stanton of extra bases on the next pitch and somehow Hicks whiffed to end the inning. Good work by Cuevas to keep the Sox in it
Adeiny Hechavarria took over at third with Zach Britton in to close out the top of the ninth. Things looked bleak when Phillips whiffed to start. Holt walked and the Sox caught a break when Torres dropped a double play ball hit by Vazquez to put runners at the corners. Sam Travis pinch hit for JBJ and Tzu-Wei Lin pinch ran for Vazquez and Travis hit a perfect double play ball back to Britton...WHO THREW IT AWAY! Holt scored and Lin moved to second to represent the tying run. Blake Swihart pinch ran for Travis but this time Kinsler hit a perfect double play ball to Torres who turned it to end the game. It took 3 DP balls to end it but the Yankees held on to win 3-2.
Jackass of the Night is Ryan Brasier. He gave up the 3 run bomb to Walker that effectively ended the game.
The Good:
Steve Pearce walked twice in three plate appearances.
JD Martinez was 1 for 3 with an rbi.
Brock Holt was 1 for 3 with a walk and a run scored.
Sam Travis drove in a run in his only plate appearance.
Nathan Eovaldi shut out the Yankees for 6 innings allowing just 2 hits and 2 walks.
William Cuevas pitched a scoreless 8th inning.
The Bad:
Andrew Benintendi was 0 for 1 at the plate.
Brandon Phillips was 0 for 4 with a hat trick of three strikeouts.
Jackie Bradley Jr was 0 for 3 with a strikeout.
Brandon Workman took the loss with 2 runs charged in 1/3 of an inning.
The Ugly:
Ian Kinsler was just 1 for 5 but scored a run.
Xander Bogaerts was just 1 for 4 with a strikeout.
Eduardo Nunez was just 1 for 4 with a strikeout.
Honorable Mention:
Tzu-Wei Lin pinch ran for Vazquez in the ninth inning.
Blake Swihart pinch ran for Travis in the ninth inning.
Final Thoughts:
Mehhh...mehhhhhhhhh.....Once again the inept bullpen costs the Sox another game. The problem is there's nothing that can be done about it. Sox general manager Dave Dombrowski had two months to get a lefty power arm or ANYONE reliable but didn't do it. What they have is what they are going with and its not pleasant. Every time the Sox have a lead in the later innings before the ninth its hold on to your hats time. The encouraging sign is Eovaldi has now dominated the Yankees twice in his two starts against them. If the Sox do play the Yankees in the ALDS then you have to consider starting him in Game 3 since you don't want David Price pitching in Yankee Stadium. The loss dropped the Sox to 103-48, 9.5 games ahead of the Yankees for first place in the AL East with 11 to play. Tomorrow night its....you guessed it...David Price going for the Sox opposite Luis Severino at 7:05 PM at Yankee Stadium. Hold on to your hats!
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