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BOSTON – David Price continued his playoff feats on Saturday night as the New York Yankees conceded two home goals in the first two games of the second game of the American League division series. Price came out after scoring just five outs and a 3-0 lead over the Red Sox.
Price came in with a career record of 0-8 in nine playoff starts (he has two wins as a reliever). His playoff score as a starter is now 6.03 since he has allocated 13 homers in 59 innings as a starter. This was the shortest relay of his career.
The two home runs went off. It should be noted that Sanchez now has six homers in Price's house, tied with Jose Bautista for the most batters against the left-handed veteran – with the exception of Sanchez who only managed 14 shots on goal while Bautista did it in 59.
The Yankees own Price this season. They hit home five times on July 1 and now have 11 on the season. Counting the playoff numbers, this is the highest number of home runs that a team has beaten against a pitcher in the past 10 seasons.
Asked Friday on his past playoff, Price did not specify the reasons for his difficulties. After giving a cliched answer about treating him like any other beginning, he joked, "I can not really put my finger on the finger, that was my generic answer."
He also said that if fans would probably accept it more if he won Saturday's start, he was focusing on the big picture.
"Yes, but if I lose all the series and if we win a world series, I'll take it, that's why I'm here, I do not want it to speak about me and I do not win." said Price. "I want to go tomorrow and throw the ball well and help the Red Sox win, that's what worries me."
After Sanchez's return match, Price had two quick exits, but then walked Gleyber Torres on five shots before Brett Gardner made a run of eight shots, tilting 2-2 just inside before taking a quick shot and coming out of the strike zone for the fourth . Andrew McCutchen followed with a rocket in the left field, above the Green Monster, a ball that would have been a home run in many parks. That's all for Price, made after 42 shots, three innings, no dam sprain and a chorus of dazzling vocals as he headed for the Boston canoe.
The winner of Cy Young in 2012 now has the third worst ERA ranking among the pitchers with at least 10 starts, behind Jaret Wright (7.77) and Tim Wakefield (6.45).
Joe Kelly replaced Price while Alex Cora had to fight his way into an enclosure where Steven Wright already stands, after the playmaker was removed from the playoff training on Saturday due to a knee injury (replaced by Heath Hembree). The editor of the Red Sox struggled to start strikes in the first game of the best five series, it took 89 shots to get only 11 outs.
"We are going to try to get 27 outs, hope we have the lead, but we have some work to do," Cora told TBS before round four. "We still have Joey going back to get the three outs and we'll leave from there."
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