The Yankees fell to the Red Sox Thursday night, after Boston came back in the ninth and walked it off in the 10th inning to move to 59-38 on the season.
The Red Sox had some chances early on, but they weren’t able to capitalize. The Yankees drew first blood in the fourth when Gleyber Torres picked up an RBI groundout.
Two outs into the top of the fifth, the tarp was put on the field as it started to pour. After roughly an hour of waiting, the tarp was taken off and play was resumed. Josh Taylor took over for Tanner Houck after the delay, ending Houck’s night.
Houck hurled 4 2/3 innings, and would have most definitely gone for more if their wasn’t a rain delay. He allowed one run, but it was unearned as he fanned eight batters while walking two. He tossed 87 pitches, 54 strikes, 42 four-seam fastballs, 33 sliders, eight sinkers, and four splitters.
With two on and one out in the seventh, Michael Chavis ripped a ball to third baseman Tyler Wade. He bobbled it on the transfer, and was issued an error which gave Kike Hernandez the opportunity to hit with the bases loaded. Hernandez, on the first pitch of the at-bat, lifted a sac fly into right-center to tie the game up as Alex Verdugo just made hit home in time.
Rafael Devers came up next, and he hit a soft ground ball, but with the shift on, neither of the two middle infielders could get to it. But as the shortstop, Torres grabbed it, third base coach Carlos Febles thought he would throw to first, and sent Bobby Dalbec home. Torres threw home, and Dalbec was tagged out to retire the side, and kill their rally. If he stayed at third, the Sox would have had the bases loaded and Xander Bogaerts up.
Darwinzon Hernandez pitched a scoreless seventh, but Adam Ottavino would run into some trouble in the eighth. He allowed a pair of walks to begin the inning, before the Yankees took the lead on a Giancarlo Stanton RBI single. Torres then made it 3-1 with a sac fly, after a sac bunt from Rougned Odor that moved Brett Gardner to third
Yacksel Rios notched a 1-2-3 ninth after Estevan Florial was walked, but was caught stealing.
With Boston down 3-1 and with one out in the ninth, Verdugo and Dalbec stroked back-to-back singles. Kevin Plawecki lined out, but Kike Hernandez would come through clutch with a two-RBI double to tie the game up. Rafael Devers flied out to right to send it to extras.
Matt Barnes had the duties of the 10th inning, and after a groundout moved the runner who started the inning on second, a sac fly would score Tyler Wade in order to make it 4-3.
Rafael Devers started the bottom of the 10th inning on second, and Brooks Kriske threw two wild pitches which scored Rafael Devers in order to tie the game at 4-4. Xander Bogaerts walked, and two more wild pitches moved him to third with nobody out. J.D. Martinez struck out, but a Hunter Renfroe sac fly brought home Bogaerts to give the Sox the win.