8/6/2023 0 Comments Ny yankees score thursday![]() On the other end, well, Gerrit Cole was doing Gerrit Cole things. After a wild pitch moved the runner to third, Brewer got a huge pop up and then Austin Brice got a ground out to end the inning with just two runs on the board. ![]() The young Yankees shortstop has been struggling this year, but this Red Sox pitching staff seems to cure slumps and sure enough Torres smacked one out to deep right field for a two-run double to give the Yankees a 2-0 lead. After a walk and a ground out, Gleyber Torres came to the plate with two in scoring position. The inning started with a Luke Voit line drive to shortstop that could have been caught by an outstretched Xander Bogaerts but instead went through the glove for a leadoff single. Unfortunately, one can only keep the Yankees off the board for so long, and they were ready to get to the righty a bit in the third in their second time through the order. That was indeed the case, too, as Brewer came back and struck out Mike Tauchman with the bases loaded to keep the Yankees off the board.īrewer’s best inning came in the second, and while he threw a bunch of pitches in the process he only allowed a walk in a scoreless frame. The second single was a ground ball up the middle on which Jonathan Araúz made a huge defensive play to slide and keep it out of center field, potentially saving a run. In the first, for example, he gave up a leadoff single, and then after a couple of outs he issued a walk and gave up another base hit. That said, Brewer did pitch alright, albeit while never really making it easy on himself. Now, New York was without Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton, but this is still a scary lineup, so hopes weren’t exactly high in this one. Instead, I want to start with the pitching, as the Red Sox were going with another bullpen game, starting with Colten Brewer. They even had to go up against perhaps the best pitcher in the league, but we’ll get to that later. The Red Sox really could have used a cookie of a series after the beatdown they experienced at home against the Rays this past week, but instead they are down in the Bronx having just played their first of four against the Yankees. What’s weird is this game didn’t even feel particularly bad, which says more about what else has happened this year than anything else. Friday in the Bronx marked a fifth straight game with at least eight runs allowed, and with Gerrit Cole going for the Yanks that’s a guaranteed loss. You have to think a team can at least fake its way to a passable performance now and then. We all knew it was going to be a rough year on the mound for this staff, but I know I didn’t expect it to be this bad. It’s hard to put into words just how bad the Red Sox pitching is.
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