Sale Gives Up Two Home Runs, Yankees Edge Red Sox 4-3
Sunday, August 20, 2017
Tyler Austin's 1st career at bat vs. Sale went pretty well. pic.twitter.com/luEfYEm6OG
— New York Yankees (@Yankees) August 19, 2017
The loss drops the Red Sox to 70-52 on the season and trims their AL East lead to four games.
Yankees Use Long Ball to Beat Red Sox
With the game tied at zero in the top of the 2nd inning, New York’s Didi Gregorius doubled to right field. Following Gregorius, Todd Frazier drew a walk to put two men on with one out in the inning.
New York’s Tyler Austin followed and drilled a home run over the Green Monster to give the Yankees a 3-0 lead.
The Red Sox would get two runs back in the bottom of the 5th. Jackie Bradley Jr. hit an RBI single to score Rafael Devers and cut the Yankees lead to one, 3-2.
In the top of the sixth, New York’s Todd Frazier hit a solo home run over the Green Monster to put the Yankees up 4-2.
The Red Sox would get one back in the seventh to cut the Yankees lead to 4-3, but they were unable to get the tying run across.
Next up
The Red Sox and Yankees wrap up their series on Sunday, August 20 at 1:35 p.m.
The pitching matchup is Boston’s Rick Porcello against New York’s Sonny Gray.
Yankees have won 3 out of 4 games against Chris Sale.
— Sung Min Kim (@sung_minkim) August 20, 2017
Chris Sale, asked if HRs came off good pitches: "One was a fastball, one was a slider - and I've never seen a good pitch go over the fence."
— Tyler Kepner (@TylerKepner) August 20, 2017
Related Slideshow: The History of Baseball in Central Massachusetts
Baseball and Central Mass. go way back - to the 1860s. The local historical landmarks range from Mudville to Hotel Vernon to Fitton Field. A version of these highlights is posted on the site of the new, yet-to-be-formally-named Worcester Baseballteam of the three-year-old Futures Collegiate Baseball League.
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