NEW YORK — The ninth inning of Sunday’s recreation between the Red Sox and Yankees was intense. It had an actual playoff really feel to it. When it was over, it was Boston that got here out on prime in a 6-5 victory to comb the three-game sequence.
First baseman Justin Turner proved to be the distinction. He completed with 4 RBIs and drove within the game-winner within the prime of the ninth off nearer Clay Holmes. With runners on first and third, one out and the rating tied at 5, Turner doubled down the right-field line to attain Pablo Reyes.
“I try to keep it simple and not try to do too much — get something I can get in the outfield to make sure to get one run in. Sometimes, good things happen. I feel good. I like being in those situations,” Turner mentioned.
Turner had one other heroic second earlier within the recreation. With two outs within the seventh inning and a runner on second base, supervisor Aaron Boone deliberately walked Rafael Devers to get to Turner. One can perceive Boone’s logic: Devers is a Yankee killer, with 23 profession homers in opposition to New York, together with a solo blast within the first. But the plan backfired. Turner broke a 2-2 tie by hitting a three-run homer off reliever Michael King.
“I would have walked [Devers], too,” Turner mentioned. “Any time someone intentionally walks in front of you, obviously, it feels a little bit better when you make a big swing right after that.”
But Boston reliever John Schreiber shortly gave up the lead by permitting a three-run bomb to Anthony Volpe within the backside half of the body.
Turner produced on Sunday regardless of enjoying with a bone bruise on his proper heel. In reality, supervisor Alex Cora mentioned Turner won’t play Monday in opposition to the Astros so long as Triston Casas, who missed the previous two video games with a tooth an infection, can play.
“I’m tired. I’m looking forward to getting on that plane and off my feet a little bit — regroup and get after it tomorrow,” Turner mentioned.
The Yankees wouldn’t go quietly within the backside of the ninth inning in opposition to Red Sox nearer Kenley Jansen. After Greg Allen doubled and DJ LeMahieu was hit by a pitch, Aaron Judge got here to the plate and struck out on three pitches. Gleyber Torres adopted and in addition struck out, earlier than Ben Rortvedt flied out to heart fielder Adam Duvall to finish the sport.
“Just take one pitch at a time and give it a try,” Jansen mentioned. “That’s what I did — slow it down pitch by pitch, and slowly but surely got out of the inning.”
After the sport, the Red Sox celebrated with a beer bathe for bench coach Ramón Vázquez, who took over the sport within the sixth inning after Cora was ejected for arguing balls and strikes.
Cora, who watched the remainder of the sport in Boston’s locker room, talked in regards to the play on the plate within the backside of the eighth wherein the Yankees thought Isiah Kiner-Falefa scored the go-ahead run on a single by Volpe.
But the decision was overturned after Boston challenged and Kiner-Falefa was referred to as out. The Yankees then challenged that catcher Connor Wong blocked Kiner-Falefa’s path to residence plate, however the name stood.
“From the get-go, I thought he was out,” Cora mentioned. “[Home-plate umpire] Junior [Valentine] waited and waited to look at the baseball and then he called him safe.”
But the victory belonged to Vázquez.
“That was our bench coach’s first win. Definitely, a beer shower. I called [Cora] to give the speech,” Jansen mentioned. “We just try to have fun, man. We’re trying to chase the Wild Card and go to the postseason. We have to stay loose and have fun.”
Boston has taken eight out of 9 from the Bronx Bombers this season, with a four-game sequence remaining in September.
“I think everybody in the AL East is tough this year,” Kiner-Falefa said. “They’ve simply bought the higher of us. I really feel like they’re swinging the bats properly, they have recreation plan. They’re simply higher than us proper now.”
Cora mentioned the Red Sox are group of men to work with, and it began in Spring Training. Entering the four-game sequence in opposition to the Astros on Monday, the Red Sox are three video games behind the Mariners for the third and ultimate Wild Card spot within the American League.
“It should be fun for the next month and a half,” Cora mentioned. “We are playing good baseball. We are getting healthier, which is the most important thing. Let’s see where it takes us.”
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