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The Red Sox beat the Yankees, 5-4, Sunday at Fenway Park. That score doesn’t do justice to everything that happened, however. The story was initially about a no-hitter. You see, the 1990, 1991, 2012, 2015, and 2021 seasons each produced seven. The 2021 season has been tied for the record for over a month now and lately it’s been teasing us. On Saturday night, Angels starter Patrick Sandoval gave his first hit with a putout in the ninth while the Astros put in a combined effort without a hit in the eighth.
On Sunday, Yankees starter Domingo Germán had seven innings without allowing a hit. He was dominant, striking out 10 on catches, but Alex Verdugo doubled up to lead the eighth and wiped out the shot in history. Germán was looking to become the Yankees’ second pitcher with a hitting this season (Corey Kluber hitting the Rangers in May) after they hadn’t had one since 1999.
But things changed very quickly at Fenway Park. The Red Sox, led 4-0 in the start of the eighth, went mad after Verdugo’s brace shattered the draw and a hit parade ensued before two productive strikeouts.
After Verdugo, reliever Jonathan Loaisiga replaced Germán and gave up a brace to Hunter Renfroe and a single to Christian Vazquez and Franchy Cordero. Enrique Hernandez then doubled down and the Yankees called Zack Britton. Britton got two strikeouts, but they were an RBI groundout and a fly sack. Just like that, it was 5-4 Red Sox headed for the ninth inning.
Yet another late-inning collapse for the Yankees.
“These guys have handled and handled adversity,” said Yankees coach Aaron Boone told reporters after the game. “We’ve handled that in this series and bounced back. I know we’ll do it again.”
The problem is that it continues anyway. That’s now 19 losses in the bullpen and 14 missed saves.
The Yankees are 51-47 and nine games behind Boston. The Red Sox moved up to 61-39 and are first in LA East, winning three of four in the series, including two comebacks at the end of the inning.
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