Jhoulys Chacin made his Red Sox debut in the top of the first inning and DJ LaMahieu grounded out to short to begin. Aaron Judge took strike three and Didi Gregorious also struck out swinging to end the inning. The miserable Red Sox offense did nothing against German in the bottom of the first inning as Mr. Mookie Betts swung and missed for strike three to start. Rafael Devers whiffed badly and Xander Bogaerts ran away screaming for strike three to end the inning.
Chachin punched out Gary Sanchez to open the top of the second inning before freezing Edwin Encarnacion for strike three. Gleyber Torres grounded out to third to end the inning and that was it for Chacin. Not a bad debut for someone who hadn't started since July, props to Chacin.
JD Martinez drew a walk to start the bottom of the second but Andrew Benintendi flied out to center. Brock "The Hitman" Holt lined out to center and Mitch Moreland grounded out to first to end the inning.
Josh Taylor took over for the top of the third and Brett Gardner whiffed to start. Luke Voit struck out swinging and Mike Tauchman grounded out to third to end the inning. More misery in the bottom of the first inning as Christian Vazquez flied out to left to start. Jackie Bradley Jr walked but foolishly thrown out trying to steal. Mr. Mookie grounded out to short to end the inning,
Marcus Walden (9-23.27 ERA) had the top of the fourth inning and LeMahieu grounded out to short to start. Judge whiffed but Gregorius got the first hit of the game with a double to left. Sanchez drew a walk but Encarnacion whiffed to end the inning. The Sox iced the game in the bottom of the fourth as Devers doubled to center to begin. Bogaerts whiffed but Devers moved to third on the Martinez grounder. Benintendi walked and Holt singled to left to score Devers to put Boston on top. Moreland celebrated his 34th birthday by crushing his 15th home run of the season to ice the game. Vazquez grounded out to third to end the inning but the Sox were up 4-0.
The Yankees tagged Andrew Cashner in the top of the fifth inning although Torres whiffed to start. Gardner hit a piece of crap 290 foot home run to cut the lead. Voit grounded out to short and Tauchman grounded out to second to end the inning but it was 4-1 Sox.
The Sox answered in the bottom of the fifth although JBJ took strike three to start. Mr. Mookie walked to chase German. Nestor Cortes Jr came in to pitch and he walked Devers before Bogaerts doubled home both runners. Martinez was intentionally walked but was erased on the Benintendi force. Holt whiffed to end the inning but it was 6-1 Sox.
Ryan Weber took over for the top of the sixth and LeMahieu grounded out to first to start. Judge grounded out to third and Gregorius grounded back to the mound to end the inning. Tyler Lyons came in for the bottom of the sixth and Moreland singled to start. Vazquez banged into a double play and JBJ took strike three to end the inning.
Sanchez walked to start the top of the seventh before moving to second on the Encarnacion grounder. Torres whiffed but Gardner singled to center. Sanchez tried to score but JBJ gunned him down to end the inning.
Cory Gearrin came in to pitch the bottom of the seventh and Mr. Mookie grounded out to first to start. Devers walked and moved to second on the Bogaerts grounder. Martinez grounded out to second to end the inning.
Darwinzon Hernandez came in to pitch the top of the eighth and Voit grounded back to the mound to start. Clint Frazier pinch hit for Tauchman and took strike three before LeMahieu walked. Judge lined out to right to end the inning. Chance Adams came in for the bottom of the eighth and Benintendi whiffed to start. Holt flied out to right but Moreland got his third hit of the game with a base hit to right. Vazquez flied out to right to end the inning.
Bobby Poyner came in to mop up the top of the ninth and Gregorius hit one up the elevator shaft to start. Sanchez whiffed and Encarnacion took strike three to end the game. The Sox had won it 6-1.
Hero of the Night is Mitch Moreland. The birthday boy's 3 run home run put the Sox up big and they never looked back.
The Good:
Rafael Devers was 1 for 2 with 2 walks and 2 runs scored.
JD Martinez walked twice in four plate appearances.
Jhoulys Chacin struck out 4 of the 6 men he faced.
Josh Taylor struck out 2 of the 3 men he faced.
Marcus Walden got the win with a scoreless 4th inning.
Ryan Weber tossed two scoreless innings.
Darwinzon Hernandez pitched a scoreless 8th inning.
Bobby Poyner pitched a scoreless ninth inning.
The Bad:
Christian Vazquez was 0 for 4.
Andrew Cashner allowed a run in the bottom of the 5th.
The Ugly:
Mookie Betts was 0 for 3 but walked and scored.
Xander Bogaerts was just 1 for 4 but drove in 2 runs.
Andrew Benintendi was 0 for 3 but walked and scored.
Brock Holt was just 1 for 4 but drove in a run and scored.
Jackie Bradley Jr was 0 for 2 but walked.
Final Thoughts:
A pointless win but anytime you beat the Yankees its a good thing. The Sox may have underperformed this year but you can't say they're going quietly. The Sox could have easily laid down in this game considering Price backed out but the bullpen tossed 9 innings of 1 run ball. Its a shame the Sox didn't have Chacin earlier this year, maybe some of the 22 blown leads wouldn't have been blown. Its a shame the Sox starting rotation depth went to hell because the bullpen has been fine the last month. Tomorrow is yet another bullpen game but tonight at least the Sox won. The win improved the Sox to 76-65, 6.5 games behind everyone for the second wild card spot. Tomorrow its another bullpen game with Travis Lakins (0-1, 4.70 ERA) as the opener up against JA Happ of he Yankees at 4:05 PM at Fenway Park.
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