Red Sox walk off Yankees 5-4 to complete four-game sweep
- Davis Cornell
- Jun 28
- 4 min read
The Red Sox took down the Yankees 5-4 in walkoff fashion to complete a four-game sweep. Carlos Rodon took the mound for the Yankees and faced off against former Yankee Sonny Gray.
Jazz Chisholm Jr., Ben Rice and Jasson Dominguez went three up, three down in the top half of the first inning.
In the bottom of the first, Rodon navigated around a two-out walk and recorded his first strikeout of the ballgame to end the inning.
Rodon struck out the side in order in the bottom of the third inning to put his total up to five for the ballgame.
Oswaldo Cabrera, who was just recently recalled from Triple-A, made a costly E5 in the bottom of the third inning. That error came back to bite the Yankees as former Yankee farmhand Caleb Durbin lined a two-out two-run single into center field to give the Red Sox a 2-0 lead.
The Yankees went down in order in the top of the fourth inning and for the first time in 1963 and the second time in Yankee franchise history, they were no-hit through four innings, three straight games.
The Yankees went down in order in the bottom of the sixth inning and Jazz was ejected after throwing his helmet on a questionable check swing strike three call.
Paul Blackburn replaced Rodon on the mound in the bottom of the sixth and worked a nice and easy 1-2-3 inning.
Final line for Rodon: Five innings pitched, one hit allowed, two runs, none earned due to Cabrera's error, walked four, and struck out six on 96 pitches. He threw his fastball 47% of the time, the changeup 24%, the slider 20%, the sinker 6%, and the curveball 3%. Rodon topped out at 95.8 mph, averaging 93.9 on the heater, and had 17 swings and misses.
Rice, Dominguez and Cody Bellinger went three up, three down in the top of the seventh inning as the Yankees remained hitless.
Blackburn came back out for the bottom of the seventh inning and faced the minimum, thanks to a 4-6-3 inning-ending double play.
With one out in the top of the eighth inning, Amed Rosario sent a single right back up the middle to break up the no-hitter. But Cabrera bounced into a fielder's choice and Austin Wells flew out as the Yankees couldn't crack the score column.
David Bednar got the call for the bottom of the eighth and worked a 1-2-3 inning to keep the Yankees' deficit at two runs heading to the ninth inning.
José Caballero led off the ninth inning with a single into left field against former Yankee Aroldis Chapman to bring the tying run to the plate. Caballero then stole second base and Anthony Volpe worked a walk. Rice flew out to deep right field, and on a wild throw into the infield, Caballero scored, and Volpe advanced to third to make it a 2-1 ballgame. Paul Goldschmidt pinch-hit for Dominguez and chopped an RBI fielder's choice to tie the ballgame at 2-2.
Bednar came back out for the bottom of the ninth and allowed a leadoff single. But Bednar immediately erased the leadoff single by inducing a tailor-made 6-4-3 double play as he faced the minimum to send the ballgame to extra innings.
To lead off the 10th inning, Wilyer Abreu, who has been one of the best right fielders in baseball this year with a 16 DRS, dropped a flyball, resulting in a RBI single from Rosario to allow the Yankees to take a 3-2 lead. Cabrera laid down a sac bunt, then Wells brought home another run on an RBI fielder's choice to make it a 4-2 game.
Fernando Cruz came in relief for Bednar in the bottom of the 10th and allowed an RBI single to Anthony Seigler to make it a one-run game. Masataka Yoshida lined a double to right field to move the tying run up to third and put the winning run on second base. Tsung-Che Cheng tied the game with a sacrifice fly. Jarren Duran then walked it off with an RBI single to give the Red Sox the four-game sweep.
The Yankees will now head back to the Bronx to take on the Tigers in a three-game set. Ryan Weathers will get the starting nod for the Yankees and face off against Casey Mize. First pitch is slated for 7:05 p.m. ET on the YES Network.
My thoughts on the game: Just a pathetic series all around and a heartbreaking loss tonight, may very well be the worst loss of the year, that's right up there with that Mets loss. Rodon looked great early on, but that error for Cabrera in the third inning completely threw off his rhythm and forced him to throw 37 pitches in the frame. I am a big Rodon supporter, but it seems like every time something doesn't go his way, he completely unravels. Blackburn picked up six big outs tonight; he has been great this year, now with a 2.50 ERA. Bednar picked up six huge outs to send this game to extra innings. But unfortunately, Cruz, who has been nails this year, just didn't have it at all tonight, costing the Yankees this game. The Yankees were able to show some fight, tying the game in the ninth against one of the best closers in baseball. Then, they tacked on two more runs in the 10th inning. For the third straight game, with just three hits from the Yankees' offense, they have to turn it around. Two of those hits were from Rosario, and honestly, I am surprised the second one wasn't ruled an error. Just a brutal series all around, and now the Yankees are no longer in first place, sitting a game back from the Rays in the AL East. I am really looking forward to the game being back on YES tomorrow; the NBC broadcast was absolutely atrocious. On to tomorrow, as the Yankees will look to put an end to their four-game skid.
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