The Yankees committed four errors and left 10 runners on base in their 6-3 loss to the Red Sox on Thursday night at Yankee Stadium.
The loss cuts their lead for the first wild card spot to just 0.5 games in front of Boston. The loss snapped the Yankees' five-game winning streak and the Red Sox are now 6-1 this season against their rivals.
New York now has three games of four-plus errors this season, the most in MLB. But it wasn't just their defense; the offense, while resilient, just didn't do enough with their opportunities. The Yankees finished 2-for-7 with RISP and left 10 men on base. The Red Sox were much worse, going 3-for-19 with 14 left on base.
Here are the takeaways…
-Walks got Luis Gil in trouble on Thursday and it started early. He walked two batters to give the Red Sox a scoring opportunity with two outs for recently signed Nathanial Lowe. The left-handed slugger flew out to right to end the threat.
Errors were the story in the second inning. Gil booted a chopper back at him, allowing the leadoff hitter to reach and then Jazz Chisholm Jr. overthrew, by a lot, Paul Goldschmidt on a potential double play ball that went into the dugout, allowing Cedanne Rafaela to reach second on the second error of the inning. Ryan McMahon prevented a throwing error from Ben Rice, starting at catcher, on Rafaela's steal of third. After a walk, Rice would overthrow Anthony Volpe on a steal of second to allow the first run of the game to score.
Gil worked out of the inning by picking David Hamilton off of third base and getting Roman Anthony to ground out, but Boston had been held hitless after two innings and still led thanks to the three errors and four walks from Gil.
–Giancarlo Stanton started in right field and his deficiency out there showed in the third inning when Alex Bregman hit a ground-rule double that the slugger could not get to. But Gil stranded the runner as he got the next three batters out without allowing a run. Runners on base was a common theme for Gil as he struggled to pitch clean innings, but, to his credit, he squirmed his way through five innings. His biggest Houdini act came in the fifth when a walk and two singles loaded the bases with no outs. After striking out Trevor Story, Gil got Lowe to fly out, which drove in a run, and Masataka Yoshida to fly out to end the inning, allowing just one run.
Gil was not sharp, but gave the Yankees a chance by pitching five innings of two-run ball. He tossed 93 pitches (52 strikes), allowing two runs (one earned) on four hits and five walks while striking out just three batters.
-The Yankees hit 14 homers in their two-game series sweep of the Rays and they continued the power surge in the second inning when Rice made up for his error by launching a solo shot to tie the game.
It's the 20th consecutive run the Yankees have scored that's come via the home run. They tied the 2020 Yankees for most consecutive runs scored via the home run by any team in at least the expansion era (since 1961) (via Sarah Langs).
That streak would end in the fourth when Chisholm led off with a single, stole second and advanced to third on the throwing error from catcher Carlos Narvaez.Goldschmidt poked a single through the drawn-in infield to put the Yankees on top 2-1.
In the fifth, Red Sox manager Alex Cora pulled starter Lucas Giolito with two outs and Aaron Judge on first base for lefty Justin Wilson to face Rice. The left-handed slugger walked and Chisholm blooped a single just beyond Story's glove to drive in Judge, who stole second earlier in the inning, and retake the lead. After a walk to Goldschmidt to load the bases, Wilson got McMahon swinging to end the threat.
-The Yankees had an opportunity to score in the seventh after LHP Steven Matz gave up a one-out triple to Rice. However, he struck out Chisholm swinging and got Goldschmidt to pop out to first to escape the jam.
–Camilo Doval was the first arm out of the pen, and his struggles continued. After a leadoff infield single by Hamilton, Doval made three disengagements to balk Hamilton over to second. He walked Narvaez on four pitches before facing the top of the Red Sox lineup. Anthony lined a single the other way to tie the game at 3-3, and that was it for Doval. Doval has allowed at least one run in five of his nine appearances since being traded to the Yankees.
Mark Leiter Jr. was next and got the next two batters out (Bregman pop-up, Jarren Duran groundout) to keep the score tied. Luke Weaver was on in the seventh and allowed a leadoff single and then a double in the gap to Lowe, allowing Story to score and take the lead 4-3. After a soft groundout, Weaver walked back-to-back batters to load the bases with one out. Weaver struck out Narvaez but was pulled for Tim Hill. The southpaw struck out Anthony to strand more runners.
The combination of Hill and Yerry De Los Santos got through the eighth inning, stranding two more runners. De Los Santos started the ninth and was on his way to getting the first two outs without issue, but Goldschmidt's error allowed Hamilton to reach safely. Two batters later, Anthony hit a two-out, two-run blast to give the Red Sox a 6-3 lead.
-In the bottom of the ninth, former Yankees closer Aroldis Chapman got Judge (pop out), Cody Bellinger (groundout) and Stanton (ground out) to end the game.
Game MVP: Roman Anthony
The slugging rookie drove in three runs but none bigger than that two-run blast to keep the Yankees at bay.
Highlights
Ben Rice ties it up with a solo shot!
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RBI single for Paul Goldschmidt gives the Yankees the lead!
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Jazz Chisholm gives the lead back to the Yanks!
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What's next
The Yankees and Red Sox continue their four-game series on Friday evening. First pitch is set for 7:05 p.m.
Max Fried (13-5, 3.26 ERA) will look to get back on track as he takes on Brayan Bello (9-6, 3.23).
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