The Red Sox were hoping to turn
their rough last 10 or so days into a positive as the Yankees came to down but
things got out of had pretty quickly.
The Yankees outplayed the Sox in pretty much every facet of the game and
pounded them to a 10-3 victory at Fenway Park.
As I mentioned yesterday, Felix
Doubront had been lights out against the Yankees this season but this time out
he was terrible. The Yankees pounded the
lefty for 7 runs (6 earned) on 8 hits over just 4 innings. He walked 2 and struck out 4 but his streak
of giving up 3 earned runs or less ended last night at 16. It was a night where he couldn’t rebound and
the Yankees made him work and forced him into some deep counts. I give lots of
credit to the Yanks for making Doubront work as he has a habit of deep pitch
counts and making mistakes when he has to come over the plate.
Rubby De La Rosa pitched very
well in relief going 2 and 1/3 innings giving up just 2 hits while striking out
1 and walking 1. Franklin Morales back
from his DL stint also pitched well in his 1 and 2/3 innings of work. He allowed only a walk in the outing. However, Drake Britton didn’t fare so well in
his 1 inning of work as he allowed 3 runs on 5 hits. He didn’t walk anyone and ended up striking
out the side but he was hit hard in the outing.
For the offense, it was another
one of those days where the Sox just couldn’t string together hits and get some
rallies going. Though they banged out 10
hits, they were just 3 for 8 with runners in scoring position and left 7 men on
base. They hit into 2 double plays and
were also thrown out on the base paths 3 times.
Dustin Pedroia went 2 for 4 with
2 runs scored as Stephen Drew was also 2 for 4 with a run scored. David Ortiz, Jonny Gomes and Jarrod
Saltalamacchia each had a hit and RBI in the loss. Others with hits were Jacoby Ellsbury, Mike
Napoli and Will Middlebrooks.
It was not a good start the to
the homestand as the Rays also one which cuts the AL East deficit to just 1
game. The Sox need to get things turned
around very soon or they’ll be out of first again.
They looked sloppy last night as
they committed 3 errors and as I pointed out earlier were thrown out on the
basepaths 3 times. They’ll send John
Lackey to the mound tonight against Yankees ace Kuroda. Hopefully Lackey will be like he has been for
most of this season and not what we saw in his last outing.
SHAVING CREAM PIE TO THE FACE –
GAME MVP
Dustin Pedroia. Pedroia was 2 for 4 and scored 2 runs in the
game. The Sox got nothing out of their
1-2 hitters so Pedroia’s production was needed.
ELBOW TO THE FACE – GAME LVP
Shane Victorino. Victorino has been in a funk lately and hasn’t
been hitting the ball. He took an 0 for
4 on the night.
PLAY OF THE GAME
Alfonso Soriano’s 3-run homer in
the top of the 3rd to put the Yanks out in front 6-0. Soriano’s been red hot since his trade back
to the Yanks.
NEXT
Saturday, August 17th at home vs.
the New York Yankees.
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