36 years after Carl Yastrzemski played his final game at Fenway Park, his grandson Mike began the top of the first inning by striking out swinging. The Giants instantly took the lead when Brandon Belt crushed a 60,000 foot home run to put the Giants on top. Evan Longoria whiffed but Stephen Vogt grounded out to short to end the inning with the Giants up 1-0.
Giants starter Logan Webb cruised in the bottom of the first inning as Andrew Benintendi lined out to center to start. Xander Bogaerts whiffed and Rafael Devers grounded out to short to end the inning.
Eovaldi blew away Kevin Pillar to start the top of the second but Brandon Crawford singled to center. Chris Shaw whiffed but Austin Slater singled to right. Former Sox prospect Mauricio Dubon grounded back to the mound to end the inning. The Sox tied it in the bottom of the second although JD Martinez whiffed to start. Brock "The Hitman" Holt, Mitch Moreland and Christian Vazquez all walked to load the bases. Jackie Bradley Jr tied the game with a base hit to left to score Holt and reload the bases. The rally ended as Marco Hernandez grounded to third and Longoria threw home to nail Moreland at home with a force before Benitnendi lined out to left to end the inning with the game tied 1-1.
The Giants took the lead in the top of the third as Mike Yaz walked to start. Belt took strike three but Longoria walked. Vogt doubled home Yaz and Pillar scored Longoria with a grounder. Crawford singled home Vogt to ice the game. Shaw grounded out to second to end the inning but the Giants had took the lead 4-1.
The Sox went quietly in the bottom of the third as Bogaerts grounded out to second to begin. Devers whiffed and Martinez grounded out to third to end the inning. The Giants struck again in the top of the fifth although Slater lined out to right to start. Dubon popped up to second but Mike Yaz lit the crowd up with a home run to increase the lead. Belt walked and Longoria singled but Vogt struck out to end the night for Eovaldi. Another stinker from Nathan as he lasted just 4 innings and allowed 5 runs to put the Sox in a 5-1 hole.
The Sox beat the ball in the dirt in the bottom of the fourth as Holt grounded out to second to start. Moreland grounded out to short and Vazquez also grounded to short to end the inning.
Colten Brewer took over for the top of the fifth and Pillar grounded out to second to start. Crawford whiffed before Shaw struck out swinging to end the inning. The Sox began their comeback in the botom of the fifth as JBJ clubbed his 19th home run of the season. Hernandez grounded back to the mound and Benintendi lined out to first, but Bogaerts walked. Devers grounded into a force to end the inning with the Sox down 5-2.
Bobby Poyner pitched the top of the sixth inning and Slater grounded out to third to start. Dubon flied out to center and Mike Yaz grounded out to first to end the inning. In the bottom of the sixth, Martinez suddenly keeled over in the dugout clutching his groin. He was carried out on a stretcher and was hauled off to Mass General's ICU. Sam Travis pinch hit for him and hit a shot into the right field corner. Travis motored around for the triple but was hit in the head with the throw, knocking him goofy. He was hauled off in a gurney and rushed to Brigham & Women's ICU. That was it for Webb as Andrew Suarez came in to pitch with Hernandez running for Travis. Holt whiffed but Moreland doubled home Hernandez. Vazquez pounded a ground rule double to score Moreland and stole third on the JBJ strikeout. Vazquez scored on a passed ball to tie the game. Marco Hernandez singled to center but Benintendi lined out to left to end the inning with the game tied 5-5.
Ryan Brasier came in for the top of the seventh and Belt took strike three to start. Longoria whiffed and Vogt flied out to right to end the inning. Tyler Rogers came in to pitch the bottom of the seventh and Bogaerts singled to start. Devers singled to center and Gorkys Hernandez dropped down a bunt to move the runners over. Old pal Fernando Abad came in and punched out Holt before Moreland grounded out to short to end the inning.
Pillar whiffed to start the top of the eighth and Josh Taylor came in to face Crawford. Taylor got Crawford to ground out and Donovan Solano hit for Shaw, drawing a walk. Slater whiffed to end the inning. Jandel Gustave came in to pitch the bottom of the eighth and Vazquez worked a walk to start. Sox manager Alex Cora made the idiotic decision to have Chris Owings run for Vazquez and Owings was quickly erased on the force by JBJ. Bradley was erased on the force by Marco Hernandez and Benintendi grounded out to first to end the inning.
Sandy Leon came in to catch the top of the ninth with Brandon Workman now on the mound. Dubon singled but Mike Yaz took strike three. Dubon got picked off by the alert Workman and Belt took strike three to end the inning. Sam Coonrod came in for the bottom of the ninth but Bogaerts popped up to first to start. Devers grounded out to second but Gorkys Hernandez singled and took second on a wild pitch. Holt was intentionally walked as Will Smith came in. Moreland was retired on a squibber to end the inning, on to extras we go.
Matt Barnes came in for the top of the tenth and walked Longoria to start. Vogt flied out to right and Longoria was erased on the Pillar force. Crawford walked but Solano grounded out to second to end the inning. The Sox looked to have ended it when Leon led off with a base hit but JBJ flied out to center. Marco Hernandez whiffed as did Benintendi to end the inning.
Marcus Walden came in for the top of the eleventh and Slater took strike three to start. Dubon grounded out to second and Mike Yaz struck out swinging to end the inning. The Sox did nothing in the bottom of the eleventh against Shaun Anderson as Bogaerts whiffed to start. Devers struck out swinging and Gorkys Hernandez grounded out to short to end the inning.
Andrew Cashner came in for the top of the 12th and Belt flied out to center to begin. Longoria singled but Vogt banged into a double play. The Sox looked to win the game when Holt walked to start the bottom of the 12th but Moreland grounded into a double play. Leon whiffed to end the inning.
The Giants finally broke the deadlock in the top of the 13th as Pillar singled to start. Crawford lashed one off the Monster that scored Pillar easily but Crawford was thrown out trying to stretch a triple. Solano singled but Slater struck out swinging. Dubon flied out to right to end the inning but the Giants led 6-5.
Sam Selman came in for the bottom of the 13th and thinks looked bleak when JBJ whiffed to start. Somehow the Sox rallied as Marco Hernandez singled to left and Benintendi walked to chase Selman. Burch Smith came in and Bogaerts singled to right to load the bases. Wandy Peralta came in and punched out Devers and Kyle Barraclough was brought in to pitch to Gorkys Hernandez. Sox manager Alex Cora sent in Juan Centeno to pinch hit for Hernandez and somehow Juan walked to score Marco Hernandez with the tying run. With the winning run 90 feet away...Holt grounded out to third to end the inning with the game tied 6-6.
Brian Johnson came in for the top of the 14th and Mike Yaz grooved a ground rule double into the bleachers to start. Belt flied out to left and Longoria was intentionally walked. Vogt whiffed to chase Johnson. Trevor Kelley came in and Pillar grounded back to the mound to end the inning. Dereck Rodriguez came in for the bottom of the fourteenth and Moreland flied out to center to begin. Leon singled but JBJ took strike three. Marco Hernandez flied out to left to end the inning.
The Giants finally went up for good in the top of the fifteenth inning as Crawford whiffed to start. Solano hit a ground rule double and Alex Dickerson pinch hit for Slater. A wild pitch moved Solano to third and Dickerson scored Solano with a sac fly. Dubon hit a routine grounder to short and Bogaerts was so angry he fired the ball at Dickerson in the Giants dugout for an error. Mike Yaz popped up to third to end the inning with the Giants ahead 7-6.
Mike Gerber took over in right for the bottom of the 15th and Benintendi grounded out to third to start. Bogaerts walked and Devers singled to put the tying run at second but Centeno lined out to center. Holt lined out to second to end the game. After all that, the Giants had won 7-6 in 15.
Jackass of the Night is Brock Holt. He had a chance to win the game in the 13th and to tie it in the 15th and failed both times.
The Good:
Xander Bogaerts was 2 for 6 with 2 walks.
Gorkys Hernandez was 1 for 2 with a run scored.
Juan Centeno walked and drove in a run.
Sam Travis tripled as a pinch hitter before leaving with injury.
Christian Vazquez was 1 for 2 with 2 walks, an rbi and a run scored.
Sandy Leon was 2 for 3.
Jackie Bradley Jr was 2 for 7 with 2 total rbis, a home run and a run scored.
Marco Hernandez was 2 for 7 with a run scored.
Colten Brewer pitched a clean 5th inning.
Bobby Poyner pitched a clean 6th inning.
Ryan Brasier tossed 1 1/3 scoreless innings.
Josh Taylor got the final two outs of the eighth inning.
Brandon Workman pitched a clean 9th inning.
Matt Barnes pitched a scoreless 10th inning.
Marcus Walden pitched a scoreless 11th inning.
Brian Johnson got the first two outs of the 14th inning.
The Bad:
JD Martinez was 0 for 2 with a strikeout.
Nathan Eovaldi lasted just 4 innings and allowed 5 runs.
Trevor Kelley took the loss by giving up the go-ahead run in the 15th.
The Ugly:
Andrew Benintendi was 0 for 7 but walked.
Rafael Devers was 2 for 8 with a hat trick of 3 strikeouts.
Mitch Moreland was just 1 for 6 but walked, drove in a run and scored.
Andrew Cashner allowed a run in 2 innings of work.
Honorable Mention:
Chris Owings pinch ran for Vazquez.
Final Thoughts:
At least that game was interesting even if it did go 15 innings and the Sox lost as usual. It was good to see Mike Yastrzemski get a nice ovation as he's having a heck of a year for the Giants. Apart from that, only 12 more games of torture to go. The Giants and Sox set a dubious record with 24 pitchers used combined. Major League Baseball is thinking of adopting a 3 batter minimum rule and at this point, who wouldn't be in favor of it? Nobody comes to see the managers waddle to the mound to take the ball after damn near every batter it seems. The lone bright spots of this game were the bottom of the bench getting it done like Travis, Centeno and some of the bullpen arms. The loss dropped the Sox to 79-71, nowhere near Wild Card contention. The Sox are back in action against the Giants tomorrow night with Jeff Samardzija going for San Fran opposite Jhoulys Chacin of the Sox at 7:10 PM at Fenway Park.
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