The Sox struck first against Happ in the top of the first inning although Mr. Mookie Betts grounded out to short to begin. Xander Bogaerts popped up to second but JD Martinez crushed his fourth home run of the year to put the Sox up early. Steve Pearce popped up to second to end the inning with the Sox up 1-0.
Eovaldi took the ball in the bottom of the first and Gardner flied out to left to start. Aaron Judge whiffed but Luke Voit doubled. Gleyber Torres whiffed to end the inning.
The Sox struck again in the top of the second as Mitch Moreland singled to start. Dustin Pedroia flied out to right and keeled over in the dugout grabbing his knee. He had to be carried out on a stretcher headed to a local hospital. Rafael Devers whiffed but somehow Christian Vazquez smashed a two run home run to increase the lead. The Sox would have just 5 hits the rest of the game as Jackie Bradley Jr grounded out to short to end the inning with the Sox up 3-0.
Eduardo Nunez took over at second for the bottom of the second and DJ LeMahieu grounded back to the mound to start. Clint Frazier singled but Mike Tauchman flied out to center. Gio Urshela popped up to first to end the inning.
Betts flied out to center to open the top of the third but Bogaerts singled. Martinez and Pearce both whiffed to end the inning. Eovaldi cruised in the bottom of th third as Romine hit one up the elevator shaft to start. Gardner grounded out to first and Judge grounded out to second to end the inning.
The Sox did nothing in the top of the fourth as Moreland flied out to center to open the frame. Nunez grounded out to short but Devers singled to the side of the mound. Vazquez lined out to left to end the inning. The Yankees struck back in the bottom of the fourth as Voit walked on a borderline pitch to start. Torres then hit a perfect double play ball to Boagerts who flipped it to Nunez...WHO DROPPED IT! Eovaldi did punch out LeMahieu but Frazier made Eovaldi pay with a double to sore Voit. Somehow Eovaldi struck out Tauchman and got Urshela to ground out to first to end the inning but it was 3-1 Sox.
The Sox did nothing in the top of the fifth inning as JBJ grounded out to short to start. Betts flied out to left before Bogaerts grounded out to short to end the inning. Eovaldi rolled in the bottom of te fifth as Romine flied out to right to begin. Gardner grounded out to second and Judge flied out to right to end the inning.
Martinez walked to begin the top of the sixth inning but Pearce banged into a double play. Moreland grounded out to first to end the inning. Eovaldi came back for one more inning in the bottom of the sixth. Voit looked at strike three, Torres grounded out to third and LeMahieu looked at strike three to end the inning. Eovaldi finally had his first good start of the season by tossing 6 innings of 1 run ball. He allowed just 3 hits and a walk while striking out 6.
Nunez whiffed to start the top of the seventh before Devers singled to chase Happ. Tommy Kahnle came in and Devers swiped second. Devers moved to third on the grounder by Vazquez but JBJ whiffed to end the inning. Brandon Workman came in to pitch the bottom of the seventh and he crapped himself. Frazier singled to begin before Tauchman walked. Urshela whiffed but Romine walked to load the bases and chase Workman. Sox manager Alex Cora turned to Ryan Brasier to put out the fire and instead Gardner smashed a 500,000 foot grand slam to put the Yankees up for good. Yankee fans danced and sang even though Judge and Voit both struck out to end the inning. The Yankees were up 5-3 and it was all over.
The Sox pissed away a chance to tie the game against Adam Ottavino in the top of the eighth. Betts whiffed badly and Bogaerts flied out to right to start. Martinez beat out a lucky single before somehow Pearce singled to center. Moreland walked to load the bases but Nunez popped up to right on the first pitch to end the inning. Heath Hembree came in to pitch the bottom of the eighth and got Torres to line out to left to begin. LeMahieu grounded out to second and Frazier looked at strike three to end the inning.
Aroldis Chapman came on for the top of the ninth and the Sox rolled over and died. Devers lined out to short, Vazquez flied out to right and JBJ whiffed to end the game. Game, set, match goodbye Red Sox 5-3.
Jackass of the Night is Ryan Brasier. Yes Workman loaded the bases but how do you give up a grand slam to Brett Gardner? That's just embarrasing.
The Good:
JD Martinez was 2 for 3 with a walk and a solo home run.
Mitch Moreland was 1 for 3 with a walk and a run scored.
Rafael Devers was 2 for 4 with a stolen base.
Nathan Eovaldi pitched great, tossing 6 innings of 1 unearned run ball. He allowed just 3 hits and a walk while striking out 6.
Heath Hembree pitched a scoreless 8th inning.
The Bad:
Mookie Betts was 0 for 4 with a strikeout.
Dustin Pedroia was 0 for 1 before leaving with a knee injury.
Eduardo Nunez was 0 for 3 with a strikeout and an error.
Jackie Bradley Jr was 0 for 4 with 2 strikeouts.
Brandon Workman was charged with 3 runs in just 1/3 of an inning.
The Ugly:
Xander Bogaerts was just 1 for 4.
Steve Pearce was just 1 for 4.
Christian Vazquez was just 1 for 4 but the one hit was a 2 run homer.
Final Thoughts:
Looks like the Sox are done for good. Not only did they lose Pedroia to retirement most likely, they lost yet another game they should have won. The Sox have played 19 games this season and trailed in at least 15 of them. They don't just lose, most of their games aren't even competitve. They can't hit in the clutch, they can't pitch and can't close games out. The Yankees aren't even that good with all their injuries but anybody can look good against the Sox. If the Yankees beating them around wasn't bad enough, the Sox now have to travel to Tampa Bay to play the best team in baseball. After an off-day tomorrow, the Sox face the Rays as Eduardo Rodriguez takes on Ryan Stanek at 7:10 PM at Tropicana Field.
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