– Porcello wasn’t at his sharpest in the first few innings, but he grinded through the final five frames of his outing.
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New York Yankees Alex Rodriguez watches the flight of his third inning home run in his rehabilitation game with minor league team Trenton Thunder in Trenton N.J. on August 2, 2013.
And, as fate would have it leading up to his final game in pinstripes, A-Rod will have a brief stop in Boston, of all places, for a three-game series against the rival Red Sox.
Benintendi singled with one out in the third.
The Red Sox are 1-5 in their last six home games per the OddsShark MLB Database. The call was reversed and Benintendi was given a double but the damage was done. Then came the battles of the Yankees looking for ways to void his contract, bonus moneys being paid or not paid, the relationship was as toxic as the water in the Rio Olympics. Mookie Betts and Pedroia followed with doubles to tie the game off Luis Severino (1-7).
The Yankees shook off two straight losses out of the All-Star break against the Boston Red Sox to go on an 8-2 run over their next 10 games.
Andrew Benintendi almost had his first career homer after hitting a shot next to the yellow line that separates the Green Monster and the wall in center. Chase Headley hit a ball to center that bounced off the top of the scoreboard and jutted back to the field at a amusing angle.
Girardi said Sunday he would get Rodriguez as many innings as possible this week, but said Tuesday he got caught up in the emotions of Sunday’s announcement and instead will prioritize the Yankees’ pursuit of a playoff spot.
For a manager who is the opposite of New York Mets manager Terry “Too Much Information” Collins when it comes to mishandling interviews, this really does come as shock. At 9-8 with a 4.34 ERA and marked by inconsistency, Price has not been close to an ace in his first Red Sox season. He did not allow a hit in the fourth, fifth, or sixth innings. With two outs, Ellsbury worked a walk to give the Yankees their third run of the game. The sixth inning was another easy inning for Porcello as all three batters were retired in order. And he wasn’t starting Wednesday against newly acquired lefty Drew Pomeranz, which had to go down like a chunk of chalk in a milk shake. They rarely did, and even when they managed hard contact, the Red Sox were there in the field, snagging some hot shots or, in the case of Jackie Bradley Jr.in the seventh, making up for misplaying a ball off the wall to gun down Chase Headley when he tried to take third. Headley and Porcello yapped at each other and both benches and bullpens emptied. And the Yankees became the team that had the ups and downs with their star player. It was a good thing the defense helped out Porcello as Gardner reached base again with his second double of the game. Porcello retired Ellsbury to get of the jam and keep the three run lead. On Sunday, amid the tears, A-Rod tugged back at the leash pulling him off the Bronx stage, hinting that he was not entirely comfortable with Hal’s blueprint for his future. “WE WANT A-ROD!” they chanted throughout the ninth inning, before their closer, Craig Kimbrel, almost gave them cardiac arrest and they were barely able to breathe, let alone chant. After striking out Didi Gregorius, Kimbrel walked Headley, Hicks, and Gardner to load the bases.
In the second, Starlin Castro led off with a double and scored on Headley’s one-out double. The Red Sox needed that spark, and Andrew Benintendi brought it, with Dustin Pedroia providing the extra punch needed to convert, and David Ortiz even chipping in to drive his junior in.
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Also according to Speier, Benintendi is the first Red Sox to have three multi-hit games in his first four career starts since Mauro Gomez did it in 2012.
