Red Sox 10, Yankees 7

 

Just when you've given up hope, a miracle. The Red Sox win a game in the Bronx.

Things looked a little shaky and all too familiar in the 2nd inning, when Garrett Crochet gave up a three-run homer. But he settled down and went a total of six innings with nine strikeouts, the the Boston bullpen got six more Ks in the next three innings. Meanwhile, the Sox erupted for four runs in the third followed by a two-run homer by Romy González in the fourth for an 8-3 lead.

But no lead is safe for this year's Red Sox, and this was in Yankee Stadium, the Mordor of MLB. The damn Yankees started chipping away at the lead, an RBI single here, a double there, and soon the score was a scary 8-7.

And then the embattled Trevor Story (.222), who had earlier cleared the bases with a three-RBI double in the second, singled to center with bases loaded in the 9th, scoring all three runners, and the Sox won the game 10-7.

Sorry, Yankees, but we won't get swept in the Bronx. Not this weekend.

Game three, the rubber match, is at 7:10.