Red Sox 12, Yankees 1

 

Is this even a contest anymore? Boston's leading this four-game road series, 3-0, by a cumulative score of 19-4. They've won eight of the nine games against the Yankees this season. I don't want to gloat and put a jinx on tonight's game, but Boston superiority has clearly been established. 

The ninth inning alone was ridiculous. The Sox entered the final inning with a healthy 5-1 lead, and then scored seven more runs (seven!) on a whole bunch of RBI singles and a balk, capped off with a two-run Carlos Narváez homer. The Yankees, admitting defeat, didn't bother going to the bullpen and burn another reliever in a losing effort, instead choosing to let pitcher Paul Blackburn get absolutely roasted, his ERA skyrocketing to 8.83 in  his Yankees debut since getting traded from the Mets. Welcome to the Bronx, Blackburn. Those guys don't care about you.   

In Crochet we trust: starting pitcher Garrett Crochet (14-5, 2.38) went seven innings, striking out 11 and giving up only one run ( a fourth inning homer) on five hits. Yankee batters went 7-for-33 (.212) against Crochet in the game.

The Sox go for the sweep tonight. Dustin May (7-9, 4.49) takes the mound against the Yankees' Carlos Rodón (13-7, 3.24). The Sox are 2-0 against Rodón this season, while May, making his fourth Boston start since getting traded from the Dodgers, hasn't yet faced the Yankees this season.