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Boston Red Sox @ New York Yankees

2017-08-31 · Night game · Yankee Stadium II · Att: 43309 · 74°F, cloudy · Wind 12 mph L to R · 3:44

New York Yankees defeated Boston Red Sox 6–2. Boston Red Sox opened the scoring in the 3rd — Red Sox challenged (force play), call on the field was overturned: Xander Bogaerts grounds out, shortstop Didi Gregorius to second baseman Starlin Castro to first baseman Greg Bird. Eduardo Nunez scores. Mookie Betts to 2nd. New York Yankees took the lead in the 5th — Gary Sanchez singles on a pop up to second baseman Eduardo Nunez. Brett Gardner scores. Aaron Hicks to 2nd. The game's biggest swing came in the 3rd: Gary Sanchez homers (28) on a fly ball to center field — worth 12% in win probability.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BOS	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	4
NYA	0	0	1	0	1	3	1	0		6	14

W: CC Sabathia L: Eduardo Rodriguez SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: D.J. Reyburn · 1B: Tripp Gibson · 2B: Greg Gibson · 3B: Sam Holbrook · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Rajai Davis	3	0	0	0	0	2
Eduardo Nunez	5	1	1	0	0	1
Andrew Benintendi	2	0	2	1	3	0
Mookie Betts	3	0	0	0	2	1
Xander Bogaerts	4	0	0	1	0	3
Rafael Devers	2	0	0	0	2	1
Hanley Ramirez	4	0	0	0	0	0
Chris Young	3	1	0	0	1	0
Christian Vazquez	3	0	1	0	0	0
Brock Holt	1	0	0	0	0	0
Mitch Moreland	1	0	0	0	0	0

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Brett Gardner	4	1	2	0	0	1
Aaron Hicks	5	0	2	0	0	1
Gary Sanchez	5	1	2	2	0	2
Didi Gregorius	4	0	1	1	1	0
Starlin Castro	5	0	2	0	0	2
Aaron Judge	2	1	0	0	2	0
Chase Headley	4	1	2	0	0	1
Greg Bird	4	1	2	3	0	0
Todd Frazier	3	1	1	0	1	1

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Eduardo Rodriguez	5.0	10	2	4
Fernando Abad	0.2	2	0	1
Heath Hembree	0.1	2	2	0
Robby Scott	1.0	0	0	1
Blaine Boyer	1.0	0	0	2

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
CC Sabathia	6.0	4	5	6
David Robertson	2.0	0	1	1
Dellin Betances	1.0	0	2	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Rajai Davis: K
Eduardo Nunez: E1/BG15S
Andrew Benintendi: W.1-2
Mookie Betts: W.2-3;1-2
Xander Bogaerts: K
Rafael Devers: K

Bot 1

Brett Gardner: HP
Aaron Hicks: 7/F7S
Gary Sanchez: K
Didi Gregorius: W.1-2
Starlin Castro: K

Top 2

Hanley Ramirez: 43/G4MD
Chris Young: 9/F89M
Christian Vazquez: S9/L9S
Rajai Davis: K

Bot 2

Aaron Judge: W
Chase Headley: 9/F9M
Greg Bird: 7/F7S
Todd Frazier: 8/F8LM

Top 3

Eduardo Nunez: S8/G6M
Andrew Benintendi: S8/L78S+.1-3;BX2(84)
Mookie Betts: W
Xander Bogaerts: 643/G6S.3-H;1-2
Rafael Devers: SB3
Rafael Devers: W
Hanley Ramirez: 53/G5L-

Bot 3

Brett Gardner: S7/L78S-
Aaron Hicks: 1(B)3(1)/LDP
Gary Sanchez: HR/F89D+
Didi Gregorius: 2/F23F-

Top 4

Chris Young: 53/G5
Christian Vazquez: 43/G4MD
Rajai Davis: 63/G6

Bot 4

Starlin Castro: D8/L8RM
Aaron Judge: 8/F8LD+.2-3
Chase Headley: K
Greg Bird: 8/F8RXD+

Top 5

Eduardo Nunez: 63/G6
Andrew Benintendi: S9/L34D
Mookie Betts: K+CS2(24)/DP

Bot 5

Todd Frazier: K
Brett Gardner: S8/L8LM
Aaron Hicks: S4/G34-.1-3
Gary Sanchez: S4/F34D-.3-H;1-2
Didi Gregorius: 8/F8LD
Starlin Castro: S6/G56.2-3;1-2
Aaron Judge: 3/F3

Top 6

Xander Bogaerts: K
Rafael Devers: W
Hanley Ramirez: 96(1)/FO/F89S-
Chris Young: 64(1)/FO/G6-

Bot 6

Chase Headley: D8/F8RXD+
Greg Bird: HR/F9D+.2-H
Todd Frazier: S7/L78S
Brett Gardner: K
Aaron Hicks: S4/G34.1-2
Gary Sanchez: 8/F8RM
Didi Gregorius: S8/G6M+.2-H;1-2
Starlin Castro: 64(1)/FO/G6

Top 7

Christian Vazquez: 63/G6MD
Brock Holt: 8/L8RD+
Eduardo Nunez: 8/F8LD+

Bot 7

Aaron Judge: W
Chase Headley: S8/F8RD.1-3
Greg Bird: S7/G6.3-H;1-2
Todd Frazier: W.2-3;1-2
Brett Gardner: 4/DP.2X2(46)
Aaron Hicks: K

Top 8

Andrew Benintendi: W
Mookie Betts: E1/G13-.1-2
Xander Bogaerts: K
Rafael Devers: 43/G4S-.2-3;1-2
Hanley Ramirez: 9/L89M

Bot 8

Gary Sanchez: K
Didi Gregorius: 2/F25F-
Starlin Castro: K

Top 9

Chris Young: W
Christian Vazquez: HP.1-2
Brock Holt: HP.2-3;1-2
Eduardo Nunez: K
Andrew Benintendi: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Mookie Betts: 4/F34-
Mitch Moreland: 7/F78M

Notes & reviews

Yankees challenged call that second pitch to Davis hit him; call was overturned - foul ball, not hit by pitch
Yankees challenged call that Benitendi was safe at 2nd; call was overturned - single and batter out stretching
Red Sox challenged call that Betts was out at 2nd; call was overturned - runner not out at 2nd, so ground out, not double
Yankees challenged call that Bird was out at 2nd; call was upheld - double play

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