SOX LAND LAST PUNCH
Night after brawl, Boston pops Yanks
BOSTON — The Yankees must not have had any fight left in them.
A day after brawling with Boston, the Bombers looked lifeless and sloppy in a 6-3 rubber-game loss to the Red Sox on Thursday night at Fenway Park. Rick Porcello no-hit the Yankees for the first six innings before Aaron Judge broke it up with a booming double to center leading off the seventh. Judge also extended his hitting streak to 10 games — the second longest of his career. The game featured a 45-minute rain delay.
Sonny Gray was awful, Tyler Wade couldn't hit or field, and Giancarlo Stanton overran a routine fly ball that he appeared to have lost in the rain.
Gray struggled to find the strike zone and put hitters away. He allowed six runs on seven hits, walked two and uncorked three wild pitches. In his first three starts, Gray has only managed to total 13 innings.
Wade went 0-for-3 at the plate, dropping his average to .100. He also committed a throwing error.
Hanley Ramirez was forced to leave the game after being hit by a first-inning pitch from Gray. X-rays were negative but Ramirez suffered a right wrist contusion. It appeared that both benches were warned at the time, following Wednesday’s melee.
The Yanks scored three runs in the ninth last night when Gary Sanchez hit a bases-loaded double to right center, forcing the Red Sox to bring in closer Craig Kimbrel to get the final three outs.