June 30, 2019

G84: Yankees 12, Red Sox 8 (London)

Yankees - 020 000 910 - 12 13  2
Red Sox - 400 000 040 -  8 15  2
Marcus Walden and Matt Barnes allowed seven of the nine runs the Yankees scored in the seventh inning, while recording a grand total of one out.

The Red Sox hit three home runs in the first inning for the first time in 40 years. Xander Bogaerts, J.D. Martinez, and Christian Vázquez went deep in London. It was the sixth time in team history and the first since August 14, 1979, when Carlton Fisk, Fred Lynn, and Carl Yastrzemski did it in a 12-1 win over the Twins.

Boston is 11 games out of first place.

Stephen Tarpley / Eduardo Rodriguez
Betts, RF
Devers, 3B
Bogaerts, SS
Martinez, DH
Chavis, 1B
Vázquez, C
Bradley, CF
Núñez, 2B
Travis, LF
AL East: Rangers/Rays, 1 PM. ... MFY –, TBR 7.0, BOS 10.0.

4 comments:

Jake of All Trades said...

Bottom of the 4th, 4-2 Red Sox, JBJ on first and Nuñez batting.

A-Rod says “If Cessa makes a mistake on a slider, we could have a tie game...”

johngoldfine said...

A-Rod says “If Cessa makes a mistake on a slider, we could have a tie game...”

That fellow clearly knows his baseball!

Anonymous said...

Possible Positives about moving all 81 "Home" games to London:
1) More travel days. You can't lose on travel days.
2) Earlier bedtimes during Red Sox - Yankee games.
3) Bullpen smell won't be so noticeable at a distance of a few thousand miles.
4) Team BA might top the 1950 squad.

Michael J. G. said...

The Evil DOB Empire extends to summer college ball: http://www.necbl.com/view/necbl/news-1185/news_522177

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