Four errors doom Yankees in 6-3 loss to Red Sox
- Davis Cornell
- Jun 25
- 5 min read
The Red Sox took down the Yankees 6-3, as the Yankees' defense cost them dearly. Cam Schlittler got the start for the Yankees and faced off against Connelly Early.
“We just didn't do a good job of taking care of the ball tonight,” Aaron Boone said of the Yankees' defense. “Just not up to the way we've been playing or capable of playing. And ultimately, it was too much to overcome.”
Paul Goldschmidt lined a double off the Green Monster to lead off the ballgame to cap off an eight-pitch at-bat. Then, with one out, Amed Rosario sent a single through the left side of the infield to put runners at the corners. With two outs, Jasson Dominguez lined an RBI single up the middle to continue his hot hitting against left-handed pitching and give the Yankees a 1-0 lead.
The Red Sox put runners on first and second with one out in the bottom of the first inning via a walk and a catcher's interference from Austin Wells. Schlittler picked up his first strikeout of the night for the second out, then on a pickoff attempt, he fired a ball into center field to put two runners in scoring position. But no harm, no foul as Schlittler induced a groundout to end the inning.
Jazz Chisholm Jr. led off the second inning with a line drive single into left field. José Caballero laid down a bunt and Jazz was thrown out at second. Caballero then stole second base and Goldy worked a two-out walk, putting runners on first and second for Ben Rice. Rice sharply grounded out to end the inning.
The Yankees displayed some more lackluster defense in the bottom of the second as Wells and Schlittler let a routine pop-up drop in between them to allow the leadoff man to reach. Schlittler then plunked a batter when he was ahead in the count 1-2 to put runners on first and second with one out. But Schlittler locked in and picked up a strikeout as well as a groundout to work into and out of trouble.
“I mean, got to take responsibility for that,” Schlittler said on the pop-up. “I mean, we're both just kind of sitting there. Miscommunication, so again, own that one, just giving them too many opportunities to try and get on base.”
Schlittler worked a nice and easy 1-2-3 bottom of the third inning with a pair of strikeouts to put his total up to four for the ballgame.
With two outs in the top of the fourth inning, Caballero crushed a hanging curveball into the Green Monster seats for his eighth home run of the year to make it 2-0.
In the bottom of the fourth inning, Schlittler allowed a single and a double to put two runners in scoring position with one out for the Red Sox. But Cam recorded back-to-back strikeouts to put his total up to seven on the night and keep the Red Sox out of the score column.
Schlittler walked the leadoff batter in the bottom of the fifth inning, then allowed a single. It looked like Schlittler induced an inning-ending double play, but the ball went right under Rosario's glove to allow a run to score. Then Jarren Duran tied the game with a sacrifice fly. Caleb Durbin followed with a two-run bomb to give the Red Sox a 4-2 lead. All four runs were unearned due to the Rosario error.
Paul Blackburn replaced Schlittler on the mound in the bottom of the sixth and worked around a leadoff single to put together a scoreless inning.
Final line for Schlittler: Five innings pitched, five hits allowed, four runs with none of them being earned, walked two, and struck out nine on 92 pitches. He threw his cutter 40% of the time, the fastball 34%, the sinker 25%, and the curveball 1%. Schlittler topped out at 100.4, sitting at 98.4 mph on his heater, and had 16 swings and misses.
“I was happy with where the cutter was, and I feel like I was playing a good mix with the fastball,” Schlittler said. “I can't walk the lead-off guy. Can't make a mistake there with two outs. So, I got to learn from it and take it in next week.”
Jazz worked a walk to lead off the top of the seventh inning, then Wells lined a one-out single to right field. Jazz pulled off a delay steal to put runners at the corners for Goldy, who worked a 12-pitch battle and picked up an RBI groundout to make it a one-run ballgame.
Tim Hill took over for Blackburn in the bottom of the seventh inning and quickly retired the Red Sox in order on just seven pitches.
Yerry De los Santos got the call for the bottom of the eighth inning and walked a batter, gave up a single, then committed the Yankees' fourth error of the night to load the bases with nobody out. Ryan Yarbrough replaced Yerry with the bases loaded and one out and plunked Nate Eaton to make it a 5-3 game. It looked like Yarbrough induced an inning-ending double play, but a horrible throw from Volpe allowed another run to score.
Volpe led off the ninth inning with a walk, then Caballero singled with one out to bring the tying run to the plate. It looked like Goldy legged out an infield single, keeping things alive. But Rice grounded out to strand the bases loaded and end the ballgame.
The Yankees will look to bounce back tomorrow with Will Warren on the mound, facing off against Peyton Tolle. First pitch is scheduled for 7:10 p.m. ET on the YES Network.
My thoughts on the game: Just a terrible performance from the Yankees' defense, four errors leading to six unearned runs, just completely unacceptable. Schlittler didn't have his best stuff tonight, but the defense didn't do him any favors, especially Rosario, and completely cost the Yankees. Blackburn and Hill each did their jobs, working scoreless innings. Then in the ninth, Yerry, Yarbrough and the defense combined to allow two runs. Goldy stayed hot with two more hits tonight, even though the second hit in the ninth inning probably should have been ruled an error. Caballero had a couple of hits and crushed a homer. Just a brutal night for the Yankees' defense, which ended up being the defense. I can't wait for Ryan McMahon to come back; he would have made that play that Rosario messed up with his eyes closed. Rosario also misplayed a pop fly in foul territory in that fifth inning that I didn't mention in the recap, just a brutal, awful performance from him tonight. The Rays also won today, so the Yankees' AL East lead is down to two games. On to tomorrow, as the Yankees will look to bounce back and even the series.
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