Before the game the Boston Red Sox finally announced who the player they got from the Colorado Rockies in exchange for Kevin Pillar at the trade deadline was. Their 27th ranked prospect, former UConn pitcher and local Methuen resident Jacob Wallace. The 22 year old Wallace can dial it up to the mid-high 90's with a good slider. He was Uconn's closer back in college so it'll be interesting to see if he amounts to anything. Even if Wallace doesn't pan out, as of this moment the Sox traded 2 months of a rental in Pillar for a 22 year old potential closer. It was the right move to make no matter how it turns out. Also Robinson Leyer was thankfully sent back to the Alternate Training Site, hopefully never to be seen again. Darwinzon Hernandez was activated off the Injured List to take his spot.
As for the game, its quite apparent the Boston Red Sox cannot defeat the New York Yankees. Even though the goal is not to win this year for most members of "Red Sox Nation" the Yankees pretty much handed the Sox the game and Boston said "nah, we're good." Martin Perez tossed 6 shutout innings while Christian Arroyo smacked a 3 run home run to give the Sox a lead early. The Sox led 4-0 after 6 needing just 9 outs to beat the Yankees for the first time in their last 11 meetings. Naturally Darwinzon Hernandez, Ryan Brasier and Matt Barnes combined to blew the lead. Ryan Weber allowed 2 runs in extra innings and the Yankees dispatched the Sox 6-5 at Fenway Park.
Luke Voit took strike three to begin the bottom of the second but Gleyber Torres and Aaron Hicks both singled to left. Gio Urshela banged into a double play to end the inning. Kevin Plawecki flied out to right to start the bottom of the second but Jackie Bradley Jr walked. Michael Chavis banged into a double play to end the inning.
Gary Sanchez lined out to left to start the top of the third but Clint Frazier was plunked. LeMahieu walked but Judge hit into a double play to end the inning. Christian Arroyo struck out swinging to start the bottom of the third but Verdugo got an infield hit to first. Devers hit a double play ball to LeMahieu but Torres dropped the relay throw and everyone was safe. Both runners moved over on the Bogaerts grounder but Martinez lined out to center to end the inning.
Verdugo keeled over in the dugout, was carried out on a stretcher, loaded into an ambulance and rushed to Mass General's ICU so Tzu-Wei Lin took his spot in right. Stanton began the top of the fourth by flying out to left before Voit took strike three. Torres took strike three to end the inning. The Sox rallied in the bottom of the fourth as Vazquez singled to left to begin. Plawecki flied out to right but JBJ singled to left. Vazquez swiped third but Chavis whiffed. Arroyo then pounded his third home run of the season to give the Sox the lead. Lin struck out swinging to end the inning but it was 3-0 Boston.
Hicks flied out to right to start the top of the fifth before Urshela took strike three. Sanchez took strike three to end the inning. The Sox got another run in the bottom of the fifth as Devers walked to start. Bogaerts forced Devers at second then took second base on a wild pitch. Bogaerts swiped third but Martinez whiffed. That was it for Montgomery as Luis Cessa came in and Vazquez doubled home Bogaerts to increase the lead. Plawecki whiffed to end the inning with the Sox ahead 4-0.
Perez returned for the top of the sixth only because Sox manager Ron Roenicke was taking a nap and Frazier singled to right to start. LeMahieu popped up to second and just as Roenicke woke up, Judge banged into a double play to end the inning. Perez had thrown just 86 pitches and had a shutout going but Roenicke felt that was too much.
86 pitches and 6 shutout innings for Perez
The Sox blew a chance to ice the game in the bottom of the sixth although JBJ flied out to left to start. Chavis flied out to center but Arroyo singled to left and Lin walked. Devers flied out to left to end the inning.
Naturally once Perez was gone the Yankees rallied against Darwinzon Hernandez in the top of the seventh. Stanton walked but Voit whiffed and Stanton was forced at second by Torres. Had Hernandez gotten one more out, this game was over but nope. Hicks singled to center and Urshela walked to load the bases. Marcus Walden came in to get the final out and instead Sanchez hit a ground rule double to right to score two runs. Frazier grounded out to second to end the inning but it was 4-2 Sox.
Adam Ottavino came in to shut down the Sox in the bottom of the seventh as Bogaerts flied out to center to start. Martinez flied out to right but Vazquez doubled to center. Plawecki grounded out to short to end the inning.
Ryan Brasier came in to crap his pants in the top of the eighth as LeMahieu lined out to right but Judge singled to left. Stanton doubled home Judge and Mike Tauchman ran for him. Voit lined out to third and Torres took strike three to end the inning with the Yankees down 4-3.
Zack Britton came on for the bottom of the eighth as JBJ took strike three to start. Chavis also was rung up for strike three and Arroyo grounded out to third to end the inning.
Matt Barnes came on to close out the top of the ninth and guess what happened? Hicks grounded out to short and Urshela popped up to second to put the Yankees down to their last out with their worst hitter average wise coming up. Naturally Sanchez hit a line drive home run into the Monster Seats to tie the game. Frazier took strike three to end the inning but the game was tied 4-4.....of course.
Yankees tie it up
Chad Green came in for the bottom of the ninth and Lin flied out to left to start. Devers whiffed but Bogaerts singled to left. Bogaerts stole second but Martinez earned the hat trick by taking strike three to end the inning.
Ryan Weber came in for the top of the tenth with Clint Frazier starting at second base. LeMahieu moved him over to third with a grounder but somehow Weber struck out Judge swinging. Tauchman lined out to third to end the inning. Aroldis Chapman came on for the bottom of the tenth with Martinez starting at second. Vazquez walked to put two men on but instead of bunting, Sox manager Ron Roenicke had Plawecki hit away. Naturally he flied out to right and the worst part is Martinez and Vazquez pulled off a double steal. Now with the winning run on third....JBJ took strike three and Chavis whiffed to end the inning. They deserved to lose.
The Yankees looked to have put the game away in the top of the eleventh when Tauchman started at second and Voit singled him home to give the Yankees the lead. Tyler Wade ran for Voit but Torres lined out to center and Hicks banged into a double play to end the inning. It should be noted that the run was unearned to Weber because he didn't actually put Tauchman on, but the Yankees still led 5-4.
Jonathan Loaisiga came on for the bottom of eleventh with Chavis starting at second base and Arroyo singled him in to tie the game. Lin popped up a bunt (why didn't Plawecki do that?) but WADE DROPPED IT! Both runners were safe but Devers banged into a double play.....BUT WAIT! Sox manager Ron Roenicke challenged that Devers was safe. Sure enough, he was and the Sox had the winning run at third again. Bogaerts was intentionally walked to load the bases.... and Martinez whiffed to earn the Golden Sombrero. Vazquez flied out to right to end the inning with the game tied 5-5.
Once again the Yankees took the lead in the top of the 12th inning with Hicks starting at second. Urshela singled Aaron to third but somehow Weber whiffed Sanchez and froze Frazier for strike three. Naturally LeMahieu doubled home Hicks to give the Yankees the lead. Judge grounded out to second to end the inning but it was 6-5 Yankees. Poor Weber, he allowed 2 runs but only because they were already on to begin with.
The game finally ended in the bottom of the 12th with Vazquez starting at second. Plawecki moved Vazquez to third with a grounder but JBJ popped up to center. Chavis grounded out to short to end the game. The Yankees had won their 9th straight game and 11th straight over the Red Sox 6-5.
Jackass of the Night is JD Martinez. He was 0 for 6 with a golden sombrero of 4 strikeouts, leaving NINE men on base alone.
The Good:
Alex Verdugo was 1 for 2 before leaving.
Xander Bogaerts was 2 for 5 with a walk, 2 stolen bases and a run scored.
Christian Vazquez was 3 for 5 with a walk, rbi, stolen base and a run scored.
Christian Arroyo was 3 for 5 with 4 total rbis including a 3 run home run.
Martin Perez tossed 6 shutout innings while allowing 3 hits and a walk while striking out 7.
The Bad:
Darwinzon Hernandez was charged with 2 runs in 2/3 of an inning.
Ryan Brasier allowed a run in the top of the eighth.
Matt Barnes allowed a run in the top of the ninth.
The Ugly:
Tzu-Wei Lin was 0 for 2 but walked.
Rafael Devers was 0 for 5 with a strikeout but walked.
Jackie Bradley Jr was just 1 for 5 but walked and scored a run.
Michael Chavis was 0 for 6 with a hat trick of three strikeouts but scored a run.
Marcus Walden allowed 2 inherited runners to score but none of his own in 1/3 of an inning.
Ryan Weber took the loss by allowing 2 runs in 3 innings of work but neither of them were earned.
Final Thoughts:
The Sox have a golden chance to knock the Yankees out of AL East contention and instead they puke all over themselves. Literally the Sox had a 4-0 lead with 9 outs to go and found a way to lose. Not only that, they had golden chances to win the game in the 10th and 11th but couldn't cash in. This team can't beat the Yankees, it doesn't matter what the situation is. The Sox could take a 7-1 lead tomorrow in the fourth inning and everyone on the planet knows the Yankees would win the game. The worst part is the fans are trying to justify it saying they want to lose. Yeah, have fun with that. When you got a chance to knock the Yankees into the 2nd tier of the playoffs without the comforts of Yankee Stadium, you take it. How do you give up a 2 out out home run to .189 hitting Gary Sanchez? Speaking of .189 hitters, JD Martinez may end up finishing there because he can't hit off a tee at this point. A REAL manager would have benched him or dropped him in the order a month ago. Nope, not Ron Roenicke. Luckily there's only eight more games of this nonsense to go. The loss dropped the Sox to 19-33, last place in the AL East. Tomorrow Chris Mazza (1-1, 5.57 ERA) gets pounded by the Yankees while JA Happ pitches a shutout at 7:30 PM at Fenway Park.
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