Home for good: Yankees eliminated by rival Red Sox in ALDS
Home for good: Yankees eliminated by rival Red Sox in ALDS
.
Aaron Judge and the NY The Yankees could not wait to go home.
Now, that is exactly where they are staying.
CC Sabathia became the last pitcher to put New York on an early hole, as rookie manager Aaron Boone stayed with his starter for too long, and the Yankees failed to extend their season on Tuesday night with a loss by 4-3 against rival Boston Red Medias in game 4 of their AL division series.
New York mounted a last-minute rally against wild closer Craig Kimbrel, scoring twice in the ninth inning. But the Yankees' comeback stalled when Gary Sanchez's base-loaded sacrifice fly was caught on the left-field warning trail, and rookie Gleyber Torres faced two in the final, more or less.
The play at first base was close, so both teams and a whole crowd held their breath during a dramatic repeat check before the call was confirmed after a 63-second delay. Kimbrel and the Red Sox, suspended in the middle of the celebration for a minute, resumed jumping with emotion.
After accumulating 100 wins in the regular season and beating Oakland in the AL wild card game, it was a humiliating departure for a team full of Yankees that added to the reigning National League MVP, Giancarlo Stanton, last season and He hit a league record of 267 homers. this year.
However, with the bets at their highest level, the Yankees never left the court in two home games against Boston. They were outscored 20-4, as the American League East Division champions took the 3-1 series of the best of five and advanced ALCS against the defending champion of the Houston World Series.
Last year, it was the Yankees who made it to the American League Championship Series before their surprising career ended with a loss in Game 7 against the Astros.
Then, a 2018 season of rising expectations - now in bitter disappointment.
While the Red Sox had good starts from Chris Sale, Nathan Eovaldi and Rick Porcello during the series, the Yankees' starters only gave 13 innings in four games.
In addition to the humiliation, Mookie Betts and the Red Sox were delighted with a second champagne celebration at Yankee Stadium in less than three weeks. Boston also achieved its third consecutive division crown in the enemy's field on September 20.
So while the Red Sox advance in search of their fourth World Series title in 15 years, the Yankees have only one championship and one championship during that span (2009).
On deck, a long winter of wondering how they have lagged behind in a rivalry they dominated for almost a century.
That all changed in 2004, when Mariano Rivera finally could not close the annoying Red Sox and rallied for an unprecedented comeback of a 3-0 deficit to win the American League Championship Series. Boston won Games 6 and 7 at Yankee Stadium on its way to its first World Series championship in 86 years.
This was the first post-season meeting between the clubs since then, and the Red Sox again felt at home in the Bronx. After splitting two games at Fenway Park, they calmed the bustling crowd of the Yankees and their dangerous bats. New York had not played consecutive games at Yankee Stadium without a home run since April.
Before the last two games, New York was 7-0 at home during the last two seasons. Confident players were excited to return to the Big Apple, and Judge even walked past the Boston clubhouse inside Fenway Park early Sunday morning with Frank Sinatra's rendition of "New York, New York" to all Volume from a boom box on the wheeled bag he was pulling with his left hand.
"It's a good song, and Aaron, he's one of our resident deejays, so he has a fairly extensive playlist," Boone said later that day at Yankee Stadium, with a smile that filled his face. "We like to hear that song sometimes when we win a great game."
That was the last time his team did it.
Boston's 16-1 blowout marked the biggest loss for a home team in postseason history, and shortstop Didi Gregorius called it "an embarrassing day."
Boone acknowledged some regret by allowing ace Luis Severino to start the fourth inning 3-0. Severino was removed with the bases loaded and no one left, but relievers Lance Lynn and Chad Green quickly left the game out of control.
The following night, after 1978, Boston's nemesis, Bucky Dent, threw the first pitch, Boone stayed with Sabathia even when the 38-year-old left-hander struggled in the third. By the time the entry ended, the Red Sox had a 3-0 lead that they never abandoned.
"It was fine with the way CC was throwing the ball," Boone said. "I think it was a wise decision."
Zach Britton gave up an off-field homer to No. 9 hitter Christian Vazquez in the fourth, and New York never recovered.
---
More MLB AP: https://apnews.com/tag/MLB and https://twitter.com/AP-Sports
SOURCE LINK ERESVIRAL.COM https://www.beviral.online
Comentarios
Publicar un comentario