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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Sept 19, 2020 4:32:27 GMT -5
Alex Speier @alexspeier · 5h J.D. Martinez now 0-for-6 with 4 Ks, with strikeouts on a changeup, curveball, and twice on fastballs. He's also back below the Mendoza Line at .199. It would've been impossible to project this as a worst-case scenario for him entering the year.
Tony Massarotti @tonymassarotti · 36m He quit on this season a long, long time ago.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Sept 19, 2020 4:32:55 GMT -5
Alex Speier @alexspeier · 6h Matt Barnes has appeared in 31 career games against the Yankees. He’s allowed runs in 17 of them. He has a career 9.53 ERA vs the Yankees, 3.60 against everyone else.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Sept 19, 2020 4:35:15 GMT -5
Matt Barnes blows lead in ninth, and Yankees beat Red Sox in 12 innings By Julian McWilliams Globe Staff,Updated September 19, 2020, 12:31 a.m.
The 2020 Red Sox may yet beat the New York Yankees, but they’re down to two chances, and squandered their best yet on Friday night.
Gary Sanchez launched a Matt Barnes curveball into the Monster Seats with two outs in the ninth, completing a four-run comeback that denied a deserved win from Martin Perez, and New York eventually won it in 12 innings, 6-5, for their ninth consecutive victory.
After neither team scored in the 10th and traded single runs in the 11th, DJ LeMahieu’s two-out double in the 12th scored Aaron Hicks with the winning run. Kevin Plawecki’s groundout got extra runner Christian Vazquez to third in the bottom of the inning, but Jackie Bradley Jr. flew out to short center and Michael Chavis grounded out for Boston’s 11th straight loss to their rivals.
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The Red Sox (19-33) were 3-for-22 with runners in scoring position, stranding 14.
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▪ Barnes had two outs in the ninth inning with the Red Sox clinging to a 4-3 lead. Barnes had retired Aaron Hicks and Gio Urshela. Then, Sanchez stepped to the plate, and on an 0-and-1 count, Barnes left a curveball over the plate that Sanchez belted over the Green Monster to tie it.
It wasn’t the first time Barnes imploded late in the game against the Yankees. In their Aug. 3 matchup, with the game tied in the eighth, 7-7, Barnes left another hanging curveball over the plate. This one to Aaron Judge, who clobbered it to left-center for a two-run shot, cementing a 9-7 victory for the club.
In 31 career appearances against the Yankees, Barnes has allowed 17 runs and a 9.53 ERA. He has a 3.60 ERA against every other club.
⋅ Perez said he’s at his best when he doesn’t nibble. When he attacks hitters in the zone with his best stuff.
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For six innings against the Yankees, Martin Perez did just that. The Yankees came into Friday on a power surge, having hit an MLB-record 19 home runs in the prior three games against Toronto, and stacked the deck with an all-righty lineup against the lefthanded Perez. Nonetheless, Perez smothered and dominated, startling Yankee hitters with a devastating sinker. Against just three hits and one walk, Perez struck out seven — all on his sinker, and all seven went down looking.
When Perez and catcher Christian Vazquez find a pitch that’s effective, they tend to lean on it — sometimes, you think, almost too much. In his July 30 outing against the New York Mets, Perez tossed his changeup 31 times, including three in a row to Michael Conforto, striking out the lefty. Though the Mets hitters knew it was coming, there was little they could do with it.
The same happened Friday with Perez’s sinker. He established the inner third of the plate with it, freezing many of the Yankee hitters with its late run back over the plate.
⋅ Manager Ron Roenicke said after the Red Sox swiped six bags against Tampa’s Tyler Glasnow last week that he likes when his team is aggressive on the bases. Much like Glasnow, Yankee starter Jordan Montgomery was slow to the plate Friday.
With one out in the fourth, Vazquez stole third and Jackie Bradley Jr. stole second against the lefthander, who rarely checked runners. After Michael Chavis struck out, Christian Arroyo hit a three-run blast.
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An inning later, Vazquez doubled in Xander Bogaerts after Bogaerts stole second off Montgomery.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Sept 19, 2020 4:40:37 GMT -5
Bill Koch @billkoch25 · 7h
Martin Perez -- 6 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 7 K (all looking), 86-54 8 swing/miss. . Second scoreless outing this season.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Sept 19, 2020 4:41:40 GMT -5
Julian McWilliams @byjulianmack · 4h Roenicke called J.D. Martinez's struggles at the plate "baffling" to everyone.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Sept 19, 2020 4:44:20 GMT -5
Bad news Red Sox fans: The Yankees are really good again
By Rob Bradford 4 minutes ago
This was going to be the one feather in the cap of the 2020 Red Sox.
Martin Perez had shown there was some hope with the team’s starting staff heading into the 2021 season, dominating the Yankees over six innings. The lefty not only held the visitors to no runs on three hits, but struck out seven, six of which went down looking.
The Sox’ second base conundrum also was seemingly in the process of being solved thanks to the continued emergence of Christian Arroyo, who not only launched a three-run homer (his third home run in the last week), but stood out with is work in the field. There were also the good vibes given when watching the somewhat diminutive infielder get rolled through the dugout in a laundry cart by his teammates after he had put his team up by three runs with the blast.
But, nope.
By the time Ron Roenicke conducted is postgame Zoom call with the media just before 1 a.m. the sad trombone was still playing.
The Yankees had not only won their ninth in a row courtesy a 12-inning, 6-5 victory Friday night at Fenway Park, but they also extended their mind-boggling win streak over the Red Sox to 11 games.
As bad as the optics have looked for the Red Sox this season, this was has to be the worst look of all.
Just 10 days before, we had written a piece called, “Good news Red Sox fans: The Yankees stink all of a sudden”. New York had lost five straight and were dangerously close to falling out of the postseason picture. Well, we’re glad we could inspire them.
Now the Yankees are the team we though they would be, currently living such existence Friday night with their regular lineup for the first time since the second game of the season. New York now owns the best record of the Wild Card teams, passing Minnesota by a game. They are rolling, and the Red Sox are not.
All of those good vibes induced by Perez and Arroyo went out the window by the time midnight rolled around, with closer Matt Barnes giving up a game-tying, two-out solo homer to Gary Sanchez in the ninth inning before the Yankees ultimately bested the Red Sox in the 12th. (Barnes bizarrely has a 17.18 ERA against the Yankees since helping close out the 2018 American League Division Series in Yankee Stadium, allowing 15 runs in his eight appearances.)
Oh yeah, and J.D. Martinez went to bed sitting under the Mendoza Line (.199), going 0-for-6 with four strikeouts.
And to add injury to insult, one of the few bright spots for this year’s Red Sox team Alex Verdugo was forced from the game with a tight hamstring.
“It was definitely one of them,” said Roenicke when asked if this might have been the most frustrating losses of his team’s 33 defeats.
At this point, the downturns are too many to count. Now the Yankees are just piling on.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Sept 19, 2020 4:46:35 GMT -5
Pete Abraham @peteabe · 8h Martin Perez has a 3.95 ERA after five shutout innings tonight.
Fair to say he's wildly outperformed expectations and earned his $6.25M option for '21.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Sept 19, 2020 4:47:47 GMT -5
Pete Abraham @peteabe · 5h #Yankees 6, #RedSox 5 (12).
* Red Sox were 3x22 with RISP and blew a 4-0 lead.
* Yankees 8-0 vs. Sox this season. They have won 16 of the last 17 vs. the Sox.
* Time of game: 4:55.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Sept 19, 2020 4:49:08 GMT -5
Alex Speier @alexspeier · 5h J.D. Martinez now 0-for-6 with 4 Ks, with strikeouts on a changeup, curveball, and twice on fastballs. He's also back below the Mendoza Line at .199. It would've been impossible to project this as a worst-case scenario for him entering the year.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Sept 19, 2020 4:49:56 GMT -5
Alex Speier @alexspeier · 5h The worst season ever by the Red Sox vs the Yankees came vs a pretty not bad NYY team in 1927. The Sox were 4-18 that year (.182). The Sox (0-8 vs NYY in '20) would have to win both remaining games this weekend to avoid their worst single-season winning percentage ever vs NYY.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Sept 19, 2020 4:57:45 GMT -5
Red Sox Stats @redsoxstats · 7h Pretty sad this could be JBJ's last homestand here. Pretty sure 50% of my tweets have been arguing with people online about him. It's been a pleasure.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Sept 19, 2020 5:05:06 GMT -5
Yankees @ Red Sox Saturday 19th September 730pm
Happ 1-2/ 3.96
Last 5 starts have been excellent pitching to a 2.45era with 27k's and 5 walks.
Mazza 1-1/ 5.57
Is 1-1/ 6.28 in 4 starts this season and is 0-1/ 6.35 vs the Yankees. Embrace the Tank.
Streaking Yankees look to continue hold on rival Red Sox FLM
Their first trip of the season to Fenway Park was significantly tougher than expected but the Yankees rallied from four runs down. Now they seek their season-high 10th straight win Saturday night when they continue a three-game series with the Boston Red Sox.
New York has won nine straight games for the third straight season and is seeking its first 10-game winning streak since June 8-18, 2012.
New York outscored opponents 71-20 during the first eight games, highlighted by becoming the first team to hit at least six homers in three straight games over Toronto before heading to Boston. The Yankees then played the toughest game of their run by pulling out a 6-5 victory Friday on DJ LeMahieu's RBI double in the 12th inning.
LeMahieu's latest hit gave him an 11-game hitting streak and a .367 batting average after he was hitless in his first four at-bats. He leads Chicago White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson by two points in the American League batting race.
"It was definitely a grind," Yankees manager Aaron Boone said after his team completed the four-hour, 55-minute marathon. "We didn't play great but I give our guys a lot of credit for continuing to compete and really being energized in the second half of the game and just continuing to grind away, find a way back in it and coming up with a lot of big plays."
Gary Sanchez drove in three runs and hit the game-tying homer while Giancarlo Stanton hit an RBI double and Luke Voit hit an RBI single in the 11th.
"We're playing like we should be playing," LeMahieu said. "The competitiveness, everyone clicking on all cylinders. We knew what we were capable of and we're definitely playing that way right now."
LeMahieu's clutch hit also moved the Yankees (30-21) percentage points ahead of the Minnesota Twins for fourth place in the AL and the right to host every game in a first-round series. The Yankees also own a magic number of two to secure a playoff berth.
New York also owns an 11-game winning streak over the Red Sox and a win on Saturday would match its longest winning streak in the rivalry. The Yankees have won 12 straight over Boston three times and last did it from Aug. 16, 1952-April 23, 1953.
The Red Sox are also 1-16 in the past 17 meetings with the Yankees since July 28, 2019. On Friday, Boston went 3-for-22 with runners in scoring position, stranded 15 runners and matched a season-high by striking out 15 times.
"Streaks and stuff, they don't matter to me," Boston manager Ron Roenicke said. "We played a really good ballgame and had a chance to win."
Christian Arroyo drove in four runs and Christian Vazquez had three hits but J.D. Martinez, Rafael Devers, and Michael Chavis were a combined 0-for-17 with eight strikeouts.
The Yankees used six relievers Friday and are hoping lefty J.A. Happ (1-2, 3.96 ERA) can continue his string of strong performances of late.
Happ has a 2.45 ERA over his last five starts and allowed one run in five innings in a no-decision against the Baltimore Orioles Sunday.
The veteran left-hander is 12-4 with a 2.95 ERA in 26 appearances (25 starts) against the Red Sox. He beat the Red Sox Aug. 16 when he allowed one run in 5 2/3 innings.
Chris Mazza (1-1, 5.57 ERA), who has allowed 10 runs in 14 1/3 innings over his first four starts, will start for Boston. Mazza's last start was Sept. 8 in Philadelphia when he allowed two runs in five innings for his first win.
The right-hander made two appearances against the Yankees last month. In his lone start, he opposed Happ and allowed four runs on eight hits in three innings.
--Field Level Media
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Post by Kimmi on Sept 19, 2020 6:38:31 GMT -5
Arroyo is getting some production. For as long as he's been around, it's easy to forget that he is only 25.111. You crack me up. Arroyo is making a case for himself.
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Post by Kimmi on Sept 19, 2020 6:45:03 GMT -5
Red Sox 5, Yankees 6: Just the longest sigh imaginable
Hated that! By Matt_Collins@MattRyCollins Sep 19, 2020, 12:30am EDT {Sigh}
It was a hard loss to take. I figured that once the Yankees tied it up, things were not going to end well.
However, there are several positives to take from that game:
1. Martin Perez
2. Some great defense.
3. Christian Arroyo
4. It took the Yankees 12 innings to beat us by 1 run. The Sox had their chances. The game could have gone either way, and this is the type of game that I chalk up to luck or randomness, not to one team outplaying the other.
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Post by Kimmi on Sept 19, 2020 6:48:24 GMT -5
Verdugo (hamstring) removed as precautionBy Ian Browne @ianmbrowne 1:31 AM EDT. Some not so positives to take from the game:
1. It doesn't sound like Verdugo's hamstring is that serious, but it's likely that we won't see him the remainder of the series for precautionary reasons. The line up looks very different without him in it.
2. What the heck is going on with JD?
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