Houck then came back out for the fourth, with Enrique Hernández mic’d up on ESPN (which I didn’t love, but opinions seemed mixed), and the Yankees answered back. Jonathan Araúz, who got the start at second base in this game, came through with the second sacrifice fly of the night for Boston, and they were back up by a pair.
Boston would quickly get the run back, too, thanks to a leadoff strikeout that still resulted in a runner with the third strike getting to the backstop, a single, and then a weak grounder that served essentially as a sacrifice. That still left a pair on base with one out, and a two-out hit batter loaded the bases, but again Houck walked the tightrope and escaped the inning up 2-1. The booth said he had bobbled it, and while I didn’t see that it’s the only reasonable explanation. After that, Giancarlo Stanton lined a base hit into left field, and while it looked like Alex Verdugo had Anthony Rizzo dead to rights at the plate he didn’t even attempt a throw. That said, the issues did start with a leadoff, four-pitch walk before Arroyo failed to get to a pop up down the line that fell in for a single. Houck would manage to escape a little more trouble in the second, this time working around a single and a wild pitch, but in the third his issues caught up to him, although his defense played a hand in that as well. Photo by Mike Stobe/Getty Imagesįrom there, the Red Sox offense again went quiet, letting Montgomery settle in a bit with just a walk over the next two innings. Still, he was somehow able to navigate two walks and a single in a 31-pitch first inning, getting Gleyber Torres to pop a 3-2, two-out pitch to left field to end the inning. The splitter, which is really the key to his development, was thrown (poorly) once in the first, and never again in the game, while the slider and both of his fastballs seemed to vacillate all evening in terms of command. That brought Tanner Houck out to the mound for his first start of the season, and the righty never quite looked comfortable with his location. After Bobby Dalbec was hit by a 1-2 pitch to extend the inning, Christian Arroyo - who made his first career start in the outfield in this game - came through with a sacrifice fly, and Boston had a 2-0 lead after the top half of the first. Martinez dropped a double into the left field corner, and Rafael Devers came around to score and give Boston a 1-0 lead. Martinez, and finally they took advantage with runners in scoring position. But however it happened, Boston had a pair on for J.D.
It was a little bit fluky with their first two batters reaching on a bloop single and a rocket of a ground ball that smacked off of Yankees starter Jordan Montgomery, who was on the ground for a couple minutes but stayed in the game. Sure enough, Boston was able to get out in front in this game off the bat as well. In each of those losses, they took early leads but then failed to add on when given the chance, opening up the opportunity for the Yankees to come back and win, which New York took advantage of both times.
NY YANKEES SCORE LAST NIGHT SERIES
In the first two games of this season-opening series in the Bronx, the Red Sox offense has been notably absent with runners in scoring position. The offense for Boston was, again, a bit less robust than we were hoping for, but the bullpen came through in a big way while a solo shot from Bobby Dalbec in the seventh proved to be the game winner, and the Red Sox have their first win of 2022. Boston’s pitching staff, led in this one by Tanner Houck, felt like it was on the ropes basically all night, but to their credit they did a good job of not breaking.
After the Red Sox failed to take advantage of key chances in losses on Friday and Saturday, it was the Yankees who failed to do so on Sunday. It’s always nice when you can flip a script.
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