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“DIARY OF A WINNER” |
THE BEST RED SOX TEAM EVAH! ... July 1, 2018 ... First, it was third-string catcher Kyle Higashioka getting the silent treatment in the dugout after a home run. Then, the same for Aaron Hicks when he hit homer No. 3. On a 91-degree night with the pennant race heating up, the New York Yankees enjoyed some more yucks against their biggest rival. Hicks launched three home runs and the Yankees pummeled David Price again, connecting five times in the first four innings on the way to an 11-1 rout of the Red Sox. Luis Severino became the first 13-game winner in the majors, cruising through 6 2/3 shutout innings of two-hit ball after the Bronx Bombers quickly built him a big cushion. With the teams trading blowouts all weekend, the Yankees (54-27) took two of three from the Sox to regain baseball’s best record and first place in the AL East. Aaron Judge and Gleyber Torres also homered for New York, which leads the 19-game season series 5-4. The first Yankees leadoff batter to hit three home runs in a game, Hicks connected twice from the right side of the plate and once from the left. He smacked a two-run shot to right field in the second inning and a solo drive to center in the fourth that chased Price (9-6) and made it 8-0. Hicks pulled his 14th of the season into the right-field stands in the eighth off Hector Velazquez. It was the first three-homer game by a Yankees player since Alex Rodriguez accomplished the feat at Minnesota in July 2015. Judge had three hits and scored three times. Torres socked a three-run shot that gave New York a 4-0 lead in the first, and the Yankees finished with a season-high six homers to boost their major league-leading total to 137, setting a franchise record for before the All-Star break. Higashioka homered into the second deck in left field off Price for his first major league hit after an 0-for-22 start to his career. Higashioka received the silent treatment when he returned to the bench before happy teammates finally engulfed him. n, obviously it was amazing. It was just a great feeling.” Price was rocked for eight earned runs and nine hits in 3 1/3 innings, his latest flop against the Yankees. He had never given up more than three homers in a game. Severino (13-2) lowered his AL-leading ERA to 1.98 and improved to 8-0 at home this season. He walked off to a standing ovation from the sellout crowd of 46,795. The Sox (56-29) were outhit 16-4 and didn’t score until the ninth. Tyler Thornburg is expected back this week after rehabbing from surgery for thoracic outlet syndrome last June. |
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