The New York Yankees falter as the Red Sox batter them 8 – 4 (Part 1)
Labour Day has been known for many occasions and 2010’s version was anything out of the ordinary. Back in 1929, the American Economy suffered its worst crash in a decade. The New York Yankees, on the other hand were much lucky
Sunday night. Having won the playoffs position in the coming post season there was still the ambition to reel in the division title for the club players and the supporters. They were facing their arch rivals in the last league series and many considered this
an encounter to decide the title. Whatever the case may have been, Boston Red Sox was the opposing side and the action was going to enter its final note, scaling down the two teams for a mega knock out bout.
Dustin Moseley was a man to star for the Yankees and his inclusion came at a critical time. The experienced thrower had been reliable recently and manager Joe Girardi handed him the ball to showcase his ability on the mound. The
Yanks needed a crucial win and Tampa Bay Rays loss to the Kansas City Royals. New York had been trailing the Florida based club for a few games, after the two met in the Yankees stadium, during the middle week of September.
With both teams level before Sunday night’s independent games, the Rays were on equal footing with the Yanks. Their advantage of 10 – 8 games win against Joe Girardi’s team meant they had the point advantage to make it through
for the top spot against the Texas Rangers in the post season. A win was important and Moseley who carried an Earning Run Average (ERA) of 4.77 was tasked to lure the result his way.
Opposing Moseley on the mound was John Lackey. The 31 year old ball player had a good record going into the bout on Sunday. His 13 wins and 9 losses in the season offered more presence on the field, than his counterpart. Compared
to Dustin’s 8 game starts, Lackey had been used 32 times in that position. The analysts were also note worthy of John’s ERA as his 4.47 figure superseded Moseley’s stats.
Boston was heading nowhere after the team’s season ended on Sunday. They ranked 3rd and had no chance to go into the post season. The fact they were 1 – 1 with the Yanks in their final series of the season meant they
were fighting hard in front of their home crowd of 37,453 fans in Fenway Park. There could be nothing more than pride that drove the team to its current situation. They beat the Yankees in their series away and now they had come to the verge of repeating the
deed on their home ground.
The match began with the Yanks on the batting plate. Lackey was pitching for the Red Sox and he made sure the visitors tailed as he struck out 3 players in the first inning. Moseley came in for New York to pitch and he failed at
his attempt to restrict the Boston attacking line up. Eric Patterson was struck out but Jed Lowrie was walked to the first. Jonathan Drew followed and he got the right ball to put away. He punished Dustin with a 411 feet homer to the right and scored the team’s
second run as he ran behind Lowrie who had been on the first before the shot was hit.
With the end of the bottom 1st, the Yankees were trailing Boston by 2 runs. The top 2nd provided the visiting faction a chance to respond to the hosts’ brace and the Yanks pulled it off eventually. Robinson
Cano started the innings with a grounder out to shortstop. With his exodus from the diamond, Nick Swisher walked up to the strike zone for Lackey’s pitching. He didn’t waste time to cut the deficit as the strong hitter bashed a stunning shot 399 feet over
the right centre half of the field. As the remaining New York players slumped out, the 2nd innings ended with a deficit cut.
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