Red sox score series#

“Everybody talks about the bullpen, how great they are, and we saw the window there,” said Cora, who used two pinch hitters in the inning against Chapman. Trevor Story scored from third to make it 7-6 but Rob Refsnyder, who held up at first, was forced out at second. LeMahieu went back on it from second base and Aaron Hicks came in from center, but the ball glanced off LeMahieu’s glove and fell in. Chapman (0-3), who returned from the Injured List earlier this month, loaded the bases in the sixth on a single and two walks.ĭowns pinch hit for Jarren Duran and blooped one toward center field.

Vazquez hit a solo homer in the bottom of the third, then doubled home a run in the fifth Martinez hit the next pitch out to right-center to tie it 6-all. Giancarlo Stanton and Matt Carpenter homered for the Yankees, who scored two runs off Boston starter Nick Pivetta in each of the first three innings to open a 6-2 lead. Martinez hit a two-run homer to make it 6-all in the fifth, and Franchy Cordero and Christian Vazquez also homered. “But we feel like we can play with anybody.” “We play in a tough division, and we’ve been getting beat in the division and we know that,” Red Sox manager Alex Cora said. It was the second straight comeback sparked by Downs, a 23-year-old rookie named after former Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter who was supposed to start in Triple-A on Saturday but was scratched so he could head to Fenway Park. Boston scored one in the third, three in the fifth to tie it, one in the sixth to take the lead and four insurance runs in the seventh. Jeter Downs’ bases-loaded blooper against Aroldis Chapman dropped in off DJ LeMahieu’s glove to break a sixth-inning tie, and the Red Sox rallied from a 6-2 deficit to win on Sunday night. “It’s nice to give the fans something to come back to the ballpark and look forward to.” “Especially how the first two games went,” he said, alluding to the 12-5 loss on Friday in which outfielder Jackie Bradley Jr. You’re definitely lying if you say that,” said shortstop Xander Bogaerts, who was added to the AL roster for the All-Star Game earlier Sunday. “I don’t think anyone would have bet that we would have split it after the first two.

Red sox score series#

The split improved the Red Sox to 0-8-1 in series against AL East teams - not great, but a boost as they head into the All-Star break with series against the Rays and Yankees. One night after rallying to win in extra innings, Boston scored nine unanswered runs on Sunday to come back from a four-run deficit and beat New York 11-6. In the ninth, a four-game set against the first-place Yankees, they opened with back-to-back losses and trailed by two runs in the 10th inning of Game 3.

Business & Finance Click to expand menu.īOSTON (AP) - The Boston Red Sox lost every one of their first eight series against AL East opponents this season.