And thus it has been written: every New York vs. Boston playoff series must go the full number of possible games before a victor can be declared.
It could have been a sweep. It should have been a sweep. The Yankees scored first, but Trevor Story tied it up with a two-RBI double. The Yankees took the lead again in the fifth, and Story tied it back up again with a solo home run in the sixth. The Yankees finally squeezed out another run in the bottom of the eighth, and Story and the Sox had no answer in the ninth. The series is tied, 1-1.
I don't want to go through all the missed opportunities - the runner held at third, the dropped fly ball, the reliever left in the game too long, etc., etc. Suffice it to say we could have won this game, but didn't. What's more, starting pitcher Brayan Bello only lasted 2⅓ innings and we went through six relievers, severely draining our bullpen for Game 3 tomorrow, same time (6:00 pm).
The ESPN announcers were ass - they were so obviously pro-Yankee they couldn't even try to hide it. After Story hit the two-run double in the third, the inning ended on a most unremarkable double play, but the camera followed the New York pitcher back to the dugout as if he had just saved a Game 7 without even mentioning that Boston had just tied the game up. After the commercial break, they replayed the double play and not the game-tying, two-run double that came just before it. And of course, they talked about Aaron Fucking Boone almost incessantly, going so far as to speculate when he'd be at bat again even while the Red Sox were at the plate.
No matter how this series ends, I'll at least be glad I won't have to listen to them any more.
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