FINAL: New York Yankees 2, Red Sox 1 (10) - Sox Strikeout 14 Times in Tight Loss

The Red Sox (74-73) lose game one of their four game series against the New York Yankees (85-62), losing 2-1 in extra innings.

The Sox lone run came in the fifth inning, with Danny Jansen hitting a solo homer to left field, tying the game at one run a piece. The team had four hits total tonight, with three of them being for extra bases, being Jansen's home run, and doubles from Tyler O'Neill and Connor Wong. Boston struck out 14 total times tonight, with four players striking out twice (Jarren Duran, Romy Gonzalez, Tyler O'Neill, Ceddanne Rafaela), and Rafael Devers struck out three times, and went 0-4 in the game.

Cooper Criswell got the start, and he got the job done against the Yankees strong lineup. He pitched five and a third innings, giving up just one run on four hits, while walking three and striking out four. The lone run he allowed was a lead off home run from Gleyber Torres. Cam Booser would come in after him, and get only one out, allowing a hit and two walks. Zack Kelly then bailed Booser out, getting out of the bases loaded jam in the sixth. Justin Slaten came into the game in the seventh, pitching the full inning, and he let up a hit and struck out one Yankee. Chris Martin made an appearance in the eighth inning, striking out two. Kenley Jansen then came in in the ninth, forcing the game into extras. Josh Winckowski would end up with the loss, giving up a lead off single to Juan Soto, which scored the ghost runner Torres.

My Player of the Game: Danny Jansen - Jansen went 1-2 with a walk, and got Boston their only run of the game. He also struck out just once.

Tomorrow's game will start at 7:05 p.m., with the probable pitchers being Tanner Houck (8-10, 3.24 ERA) and Clarke Schmidt (5-3, 2.34 ERA)
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WHO: Red Sox (74-72) at New York Yankees (84-62)
WHEN: 7:15 p.m.
WHERE: Yankee Stadium
SERIES TO DATE: 5-4
STARTING PITCHERS: RHP Cooper Criswell (6-4, 4.11 ERA) vs. LHP Nestor Cortes (9-10, 3.97 ERA)
TV/RADIO: FOX, WEEI-FM 93.7

LIVE BOX

LINEUPS

RED SOX

Jarren Duran LF
Rafael Devers 3B
Romy Gonzalez 2B
Tyler O'Neill DH
Connor Wong 1B
Trevor Story SS
Danny Jansen C
Wilyer Abreu RF
Ceddanne Rafaela CF

SP Cooper Criswell

OPPONENT

Gleyber Torres 2B
Juan Soto RF
Aaron Judge CF
Austin Wells C
Giancarlo Stanton DH
Jazz Chisholm Jr. 3B
Jasson Dominguez LF
Anthony Rizzo 1B
Anthony Volpe SS

SP Nestor Cortes

WHAT'S UP

BOS won last night's series finale vs. BAL, 5-3, on Tyler O'Neill's walk-off 3-run HR in the 10th inning. It was the Red Sox' 6th walk-off win of the season (previous: 8/12 vs. TEX), tied for 3rd most in the AL. It was O'Neill's 2nd career walk-off HR (also 9/22/18 vs. SF)...Was his 5th career walk-off RBI and 2nd this season (also 4/28 vs. CHC). Boston improved to 9-8 in extra innings, including 4-5 at home...It has won 4 of their last 5 extra-inning games (beginning 7/31 vs. SEA). Each of the Sox 4 wins over their 6-game homestand were comeback victories where the opponent scored 1st.

The Sox are 13-7 in their last 20 games against the Yankees, dating back to 6/11/23...NYY took the most recent series from 7/26-29 at Fenway Park (2-1). The Sox won a pair of 3-game series vs. NYY: 6/14-16 at Fenway Park (2-1) and 7/5-7 at Yankee Stadium (2-1). Since the start of 2021, 40 of the 60 games (66.7%) between these teams have been decided by 3 runs or fewer...BOS is 30-30 vs. NYY during that span.

Boston is 39-32 (.549) on the road, the 3rd-best road record in the AL behind NYY and BAL. The Sox have lost 5 straight road games after winning each of their previous 3...They have not lost 6+ consecutive road games, since an 8-game road losing streak from 9/21-10/2/22. The Red Sox are 27-21 (.563) in their last 48 road games since 5/19, the AL's 2nd-best road record in that span behind NYY (28-21; .571). Boston will play on the road in 16 of its 25 games from 8/30-9/25, before finishing the season with a 3-game series at Fenway Park vs. TB.

On Tuesday night vs. BAL, Jarren Duran scored his 100th run of the season...He ranks T-8th in MLB and 6th in the AL with 102 runs on the season. He became 1st BOS player to score 100 runs since Rafael Devers in 2021 and the 1st to do so within the team's first 145 games in a season since Mookie Betts in 2019. Duran ranks 3rd in MLB in bWAR (8.6), trailing only Aaron Judge (9.5) and Bobby Witt Jr. (9.0). Only 8 players in Red Sox history have finished a season with 8.5+ bWAR (18 occurrences): Ted Williams (6x), Tris Speaker (3x), Carl Yastrzemski (3x), Mookie Betts (2x), Wade Boggs, Fred Lynn, Rico Petrocelli, and Babe Ruth.

Double-A Portland is a 0.5 game back of Somerset for the Eastern League Northeast Division's 2nd-half title (4 games left). With 10 games remaining, Triple-A Worcester is 2.5 games back in the International League's 2nd-half standings...They're 24-7 in their last 31 games.