As for the game, good riddance to the New York Yankees. The Yankees have laid a thorough beat down on the Sox all season and the exclamation point was tonight's game. James Paxton tossed nearly 7 innings of shutout ball, the Yankees pounced on the Sox bullpen and the Sox dropped to 3-64 when trailing after 6 innings. The Yankees improved to 14-5 on the season against Boston and the win also wrapped up the AL East Division crown for the Bombers. How many runs did the Sox score Dean Wormer in the 5-0 loss at Fenway Park?
Eduardo Rodriguez (17-6, 3.73 ERA) got DJ LeMahieu to ground back to the mound to begin the top of the first before Aaron Judge took strike three. Gleyber Torres doubled to center but Edwin Encarnacion was frozen for strike three to end the inning. Paxton began his domination in the bottom of the first as Mr. Mookie Betts flied out to center to start. Rafael Devers singled to left and moved to second on a passed ball but Xander Bogaerts watched strike three go by. JD Martinez whiffed to end the inning.
Luke Voit whiffed to start the top of the second before Brett Gardner also struck out swinging. Gio Urshela grounded out to second to end the inning. Christian Vazquez whiffed to start the bottom of the second before Sam Travis grounded out to third. Brock "The Hitman" Holt grounded back to the mound to end the inning.
Cameron Maybin flied out to right to begin the top of the third but Austin Romine walked. LeMahieu was frozen for strike three and Judge grounded out to short to end the inning. Gorkys Hernandez whiffed to start the bottom of the third but Jackie Bradley Jr doubled to left. Mr. Mookie flied out to left but Devers walked. Bogaerts flied out to right to end the inning.
The Yankees threatened in the top of the fourth although Torres popped up to short to start. Encarnacion singled and Voit doubled him to third. Gardner grounded to third but Devers nailed Voit at home for the second out. Urshela whiffed to end the inning. As usual the Sox did nothing in the bottom of the fourth as Martinez grounded out to third to begin. Vazquez popped up to second and Travis whiffed to end the inning.
The Yankees iced the game in the top of the fifth although Maybin took strike three. Austin Romine crushed a 45,000,000 foot home run to put the Yankees up for good. LeMahieu was rung up for strike three but Judge singled to left. Torres lined out to center to end the inning with the game all over, 1-0 Yankees.
Naturally the Sox failed to respond in the bottom of the fifth as Holt grounded back to the mound to begin. Hernandez took strike three but JBJ singled to left. Mr. Mookie whiffed to end the inning.
Rodriguez finished strong in the top of the sixth as Encarnacion popped up to a diving Travis to start. Voit watched strike three go by and Gardner grounded out to second to end the inning. Rodriguez was the hard luck loser as he allowed just 1 run in 6 innings while striking out 9.
The Sox did threaten in the bottom of the sixth although Devers grounded out to first to start. Bogaerts lined out to center but Martinez walked. Vazquez singled to left but Travis grounded into a force to end the inning.
Darwinzon Hernandez crapped himself in the top of the seventh as Urshela belted a 8,000 foot home run to begin. Maybin struck out swinging but Romine doubled to left. A wild pitch moved Austin to third before LeMahieu singled him home. Trevor Kelley came in to take a beating as Judge doubled to center and Torres hit a sac fly to score LeMahieu. Encarnacion flied out to center to end the inning with the Yankees up 4-0.
Holt grounded out to second to start the bottom of the seventh before Hernandez flied out to center. JBJ walked to chase Paxton after pitching a gem. Zack Britton came in and Mr. Mookie greeted him with a single but Devers whiffed to end the inning.
Travis Lakins came in for the top of the eighth and Voit flied out to center to start. Gardner flied out to right but Urshela doubled. Maybin took strike three to end the inning. Cory Gearrin came in to pitch the bottom of the eighth and Bogaerts flied out to right to start. Martinez took strike three but Vazquez singled to left. Marco Hernandez pinch hit for Travis as a passed ball moved Vazquez to second. Hernandez flied out to right to end the inning.
Mike Shawaryn came in to pitch the top of the ninth and the Yankees tagged him. Romine walked but LeMahieu flied out to right. Judge walked and Torres singled to left to load the bases. Encarnacion flied out to right but Voit drove in Romine with a base hit to left. Colten Brewer came in to get Gardner to strike out swinging to end the inning with the Yankees ahead 5-0.
The end came in the bottom of the ninth with Tyler Lyons on the mound. Chris Owings pinch hit for Holt and whiffed. Hernandez grounded out to short and JBJ singled to right. Mr. Mookie grounded out to third to end the game. The Yankees had dominated all season and tonight included 5-0.
Jackass of the Night is Darwinzon Hernandez. Not that the Sox had a chance in hell of scoring a run in this game but he was charged with 3 runs to put the game out of reach.
The Good:
Rafael Devers was 1 for 3 with a walk.
Christian Vazquez was 2 for 4.
Jackie Bradley Jr was 3 for 3 with a walk.
Eduardo Rodriguez took the loss but tossed 6 innings of 1 run ball, striking out 9.
Travis Lakins pitched a scoreless eighth inning.
Colten Brewer struck out the only man he faced.
The Bad:
Xander Bogaerts was 0 for 4 with a strikeout.
Sam Travis was 0 for 3 with a strikeout.
Marco Hernandez flied out as a pinch hitter.
Brock Holt was 0 for 3.
Chris Owings struck out as a pinch hitter.
Gorkys Hernandez was 0 for 4 with 2 strikeouts.
Mike Shawaryn allowed a run in the top of the ninth.
The Ugly:
Mookie Betts was just 1 for 5 with a strikeout.
JD Martinez was 0 for 3 with 2 strikeouts but walked.
Trevor Kelley allowed an inherited runner to score in the top of the seventh but none of his own.
Final Thoughts:
The horrible season against the Yankees ends with the Yankees blasting "New York, New York" in the clubhouse and there's nothing the Sox can do about it. The Sox earned their ass kicking because they haven't competed against the Yankees or anyone really all season. The Sox have just 3 wins all year when trailing after 6 and its pathetic. The fact the Sox were in contention until September was a testament to how good the offense was to get leads. They may have blown 22 of them but at least they got the lead. Anytime they fell behind it was almost a guaranteed loss like tonight. This team just simply quits when the going gets tough. Its a far cry from last year when they scratched and clawed no matter how bad the deficit was. It feels like this team got complacent this year and paid for it. Hopefully next year they'll come out kicking everyone's ass like when they started 17-2 last year. The loss drops the Sox to 76-68, only 18 games left in this garbage season. The Sox now travel to Toronto for a set with the Blue Jays. Nathan Eovaldi (1-0, 5.77 ERA) gets the start for the Sox against TJ Zeuch of the Jays at 7:10 PM at the Skydome.
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