As for the game, the miserable season against the AL East continued as the New York Yankees walked off the Sox in tonight's game. Jameson Taillon shut down the Sox for six innings as the Yankees built a 3-0 lead over Michael Wacha. Suddenly home runs by Reese McGuire and Triston Casas put the Sox on top. The Yankees tied the game with one out in the bottom of the eighth on a Harrison Bader sac fly and Josh Donaldson settled matters in the bottom of the tenth. Donaldson's rbi single made a loser of Kaleb Ort (1-2, 5.79 ERA) and the Yankees had beaten the Sox 5-4 in 10 innings at Yankee Stadium.
Taillon got the ball in the top of the first inning and Tommy Pham doubled to left to start. Rafael Devers flied out to center, Xander Bogaerts struck out swinging and Alex Verdugo lined out to left to end the inning. Wacha got the ball in the bottom of the first and Aaron Judge walked to start. Anthony Rizzo was hit with a pitch but Gleyber Torres flied out to center to move Judge to third. Josh Donaldson grounded into a double play to end the inning.
JD Martinez struck out swinging to start the top of the second and Triston Casas took strike three. Enrique Hernandez struck out swinging to end the inning. Giancarlo Stanton got a base hit to center to start the bottom of the second but Oswaldo Cabrera popped up to third. Harrison Bader flied out to center and Isiah Kiner-Falefa grounded back to the mound to end the inning.
Yu Chang led off the top of the third with a double to left but Connor Wong struck out swinging. Pham flied out to right but Devers walked. Bogaerts grounded out to third to end the inning. Kyle Higashioka struck out swinging to start the bottom of the third but Judge drew a walk. Rizzo grounded into a double play to end the inning.
Verdugo struck out swinging to start the top of the fourth before Martinez grounded out to third. Casas also grounded out to third to end the inning. Torres flied out to center to begin the bottom of the fourth but Donaldson singled to center. Stanton grounded into a double play to end the inning.
Hernandez grounded out to third to open the top of the fifth and Chang struck out swinging. Wong beat out a roller to short and Pham flied out to center to end the inning. The Yankees struck first in the bottom of the fifth as Cabrera walked to start. A passed ball moved Cabrera to second and he stayed there on the infield single to third by Bader. Kiner singled to center to load the bases and Higashioka hit a sac fly to center to score Cabrera. Judge struck out swinging but Rizzo walked to re-load the bases. Torres struck out swinging to end the inning with the Yankees up 1-0.
Devers grounded out to short to start the top of the sixth and Bogaerts grounded out to first. Verdugo blooped a base hit to right but Martinez took strike three to end the inning. The Yankees finished off Wacha in the bottom of the sixth as Donaldson singled to center to start. Stanton then blasted a home run all the way to Maine to increase the lead. Cabrera struck out swinging, Bader went down hacking and Kiner grounded out to third to end the inning with the Yankees ahead 3-0. That was it for Wacha who allowed 3 runs in 6 innings but got no run support at all.
Suddenly the Sox sprang to life in the top of the seventh with Clarke Schmidt now on the mound. Triston Casas belted his third home run of the season to cut the lead and Hernandez got a base hit to right. Yu Chang walked and Reese McGuire pinch hit for Wong. Somehow McGuire smashed his second home run of the season to give the Sox the lead. Pham flied out to right, Devers grounded out to short and Bogaerts lined out to left to end the inning with the Sox ahead 4-3.
McGuire gives Boston the lead
John Schreiber came in to pitch the bottom of the seventh and Higashioka doubled to center to begin. Oswald Peraza ran for Higashioka and Judge drew a walk. Rizzo banged into a double play but Torres walked. Donaldson grounded out to second to end the inning.
Jose Trevino took over behind the plate with Aroldis Chapman now on the mound for the top of the eighth inning. Verdugo struck out swinging but Martinez walked. Sox manager Alex Cora made the idiotic decision to have Abraham Almonte run for Martinez and Casas drew a walk. Lou Trivino came in to pitch to Hernandez and Enrique walked to load the bases. Chang popped up to short and McGuire struck out swinging to end the inning, what a waste. Ryan Brasier came in to blow the game in the bottom of the eighth as Stanton singled in the hole at short to start. Tim Locastro pinch ran for Stanton and it looked like he was thrown out at second trying to steal, but Yankees manager Aaron Boone challenged he was safe. Sure enough, replays showed Locastro was safe. Cabrera grounded out to short to move Locastro to third and he scored on the sac fly to center by Bader to tie the game. Kiner grounded out to short to end the inning with the game tied 4-4.
Yankees tie it
Clay Holmes came in to pitch the top of the ninth and Pham got a base hit to right....but was thrown out at second trying to stretch a double. Devers grounded out to third and Bogaerts grounded out to short to end the inning. Matt Barnes came in to pitch the bottom of the ninth and Trevino flied out to left to start. Judge flied out to center and Rizzo struck out swinging to end the inning.
Bogaerts started the top of the tenth at second base and Verdugo struck out swinging. Almonte flied out to center and Casas grounded out to short to end the inning. Marwin Gonzalez ran for Stanton at second base to start the bottom of the tenth with Kaleb Ort now on the mound. Torres was intentionally walked and Donaldson got a base hit to left to score Gonzalez with the winning run. The Yankees had won it 5-4 in 10 innings.
Jackass of the Night is a tough one but I'll go with Kaleb Ort. Didn't even get an out in the 10th inning and took the loss.
The Good:
Enrique Hernandez was 1 for 3 with a walk and a run scored.
Yu Chang was 1 for 3 with a walk and a run scored.
Connor Wong was 1 for 2.
Reese McGuire was 1 for 2 with a 3 run home run.
Michael Wacha tossed 6 solid innings allowing just 3 runs on 6 hits and 4 walks.
John Schreiber pitched a scoreless seventh inning.
Matt Barnes pitched a scoreless eighth inning.
The Bad:
Xander Bogaerts was 0 for 5 with a strikeout.
Abraham Almonte was 0 for 1 at the plate.
Ryan Brasier allowed the tying run to score in the eighth inning.
The Ugly:
Tommy Pham was 2 for 5 but was thrown out at second representing the go-ahead run in the ninth.
Rafael Devers was 0 for 4 but walked.
Alex Verdugo was just 1 for 5 with a hat trick of 3 strikeouts.
JD Martinez was 0 for 3 with 2 strikeouts but drew a walk.
Triston Casas was just 1 for 4 with a strikeout but the one hit was a home run.
Final Thoughts:
Only 13 more games of this garbage remain. The Red Sox were totally embarrassed by the AL East this season and other teams just find ways to win. The Sox stunned the Yankees by going from down 3-0 to up 4-3 but couldn't get the job done. The Yankees playing small ball as much as relying on the long ball won them this game. Pham getting thrown out at second, Cora pinch hitting for JD Martinez, Kaleb Ort with men on base. Nothing worked for Boston at the end although they did deny Aaron Judge his 61st home run...for one day anyway. No Tracy Stallard this game for you! All in all it was another bad loss in a season full of them, and with Trevor Story out, this year can't end fast enough. The loss dropped the Sox to 72-77, good for last place in the AL East. The Sox look to bounce back tomorrow against the Yankees when Rich Hill (7-7) takes on Gerrit Cole of New York. The game begins at 7:05 PM at Yankee Stadium.
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