But the Yankees have a big game to play Tuesday night and the Red Sox are going home, and this is no time for A-Rod or the offense to be non existent. Pineda fielded the ball and threw home, but Bogaerts narrowly slid in ahead of catcher Brian McCann’s tag.
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But there’s no mistake Boston has been playing much better baseball in the second half (42-47 before the break vs. 35-33 after).
Although Pineda put the Yankees in an early setback, the offense did their best to get right back into the game in the bottom of the first.
While Yankees starter Michael Pineda had two consecutive starts that would be considered above average, he returned back to his inconsistent ways against the Red Sox on Tuesday. The Red Sox will face Yankees ace Masahiro Tanaka who is returning from a Grade 1 hamstring strain, according to MLB.com.
Rookie Shawn O’Malley delivered a two-run, two-out, tiebreaking single in the eighth inning, leading the Seattle Mariners to a 6-4 win over the Houston Astros on Tuesday.
At the end of the day, the Red Sox are giving their opponents a taste of what they’ll be up against in 2016, which is a competitive young team.
NEW YORK (AP) – With his father and brother among dozens of supporters in the stands, Rick Porcello certainly didn’t want to get knocked out in the first inning.
September 28, 2015; Bronx, NY, US; Boston Red Sox catcher Blake Swihart (23) hits a single during the seventh inning of the game against the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium.
New York’s playoff push was delayed once again by its longtime rival.
“It’s something we’re very proud of”, interim manager Torey Lovullo said, per The Boston Globe’s Pete Abraham. “Rick just did a great job of settling in”. “I didn’t feel really good”, he said.
New York is running second in the division and was spared the possibility of the Blue Jays clinching the crown when they were rained out in Baltimore.
With five games to play, the simple math remains: The Yankees (86-71) would earn a postseason berth with two wins, though losses by other wild-card contenders could quicken their entry. He allowed seven runs and seven hits in six innings.The Red Sox sent nine men to the plate during a 22-minute top of the first and took a 6-0 lead just 24 pitches in.Betts scored on a groundout by Bogaerts, who avoided the double play. But seeing your guys in this room, we’ve got to make sure we come out and stay relaxed and play good Yankee baseball. “That’s a different team than we’d seen all spring and summer”, Rodriguez said.
“I just stunk today”, Rodriguez said with a smile after the game. 245 with a. 292 on-base percentage, .366 slugging percentage and 10 home runs, continuing a five-year offensive decline in which his OPS has slid from.
“I gave him a day off Sunday hoping that would help”, Girardi said.
Phillies 4, Mets 3: Darin Ruf hit a three-run homer, Odubel Herrera had four hits and Philadelphia ended New York’s franchise-record 11-game road winning streak.
“(The second ball) was a chopper coming down the line and I thought one of the crew was going to grab it, but the next thing I know it’s right on me and it bounced out of my hands”, Smith said.
“Sometimes, you leave the bullpen and it takes you a while to find your stuff”, Girardi said. “That definitely resonated with me”.
Betts added a solo homer, his 16th, leading off the fifth.
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Monday and Tuesday have come and gone, but the Yankees have not achieved either of the above goals in the two games with Boston.
