All you need to know, in quickie form, about the Red Sox' 11-5 loss to the Yankees, complete with BSJ analysis and insight:
BOX SCORE
HEADLINES
Groundhog Day: Well, now ... these are starting to all feel the same. For the sixth-straight game, the Red Sox lost a game. For the sixth-straight game, the Red Sox allowed at least eight runs. For the third-straight game, the Red Sox allowed double-digit runs. Yup, it's Groundhog Day for the Olde Towne Team.
Well, here's something very new: This edition of the Red Sox are the first team in franchise history to allow eight or more runs in six straight games. The MLB record is seven straight games (done five times, most recently in 2000 by the Orioles and Mariners) per Alex Speier of the Globe. The Red Sox have been outscored 63-30 during this skid. The Red Sox keep battling the Pirates for the worst record in the league.
“We just need to start playing good baseball,” said manager Ron Roenicke. “Then I think we’ll win. We’re not playing good baseball. We’re lacking in something it seems every day.”
Eovaldi not sharp: Eovaldi (1-2) had, by far, his worst outing this season, as he allowed three homers and eight runs in 5 1/3 innings. Opponents are batting .306 against Eovaldi. He was just not sharp on Saturday night, especially with his cutter. All three home runs were basically in the same place: middle and out over the plate. Take a look:
TURNING POINT
The game was going back and forth a bit — and going quickly (always sure to change between these two teams) — as the Yankees had a 4-3 lead into the sixth inning. And then, oh boy.
Gleyber Torres singled. Mike Tauchman doubled, and then Clint Frazier homered on the first pitch with one out. After Brett Gardner followed with a double, that was it for Eovaldi.
"When it rains, it pours," he said.
TWO UP
Rafael Devers: Showed some signs of life (along with No. 4 hitter J.D. Martinez, who went 2 for 4 with 2 RBI) by collecting two hits and making two standout plays at third base.
Alex Verdugo: Had two hits and his fifth home run to now rank second on the team behind Mitch Moreland (six). That's how bad the lineup has been.
ONE DOWN
Matt Barnes: If the Red Sox had any hopes of getting back into the game down 8-3, they were dosed once Barnes entered in the seventh as he allowed three runs (two earned) in his inning of work.
QUOTE OF NOTE
“It sucks. ... It’s not fun going out there and getting your head beat in every day.” — J.D. Martinez.
STATISTICALLY SPEAKING
- The Yankees have won the first five games in this rivalry by a combined score of 40-18.
- New York has beaten Boston in eight straight meetings, its longest winning streak in the rivalry since 1985.
- Red Sox starting pitchers have posted a 6.95 ERA in 21 games.
- Eovaldi has a 7.71 ERA in his last three starts