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“DIARY OF A WINNER” |
THE BEST RED SOX TEAM EVAH! ... September 29, 2018 ... The Bronx Bombers lived up to their nickname by hitting another big number. Gleyber Torres and Giancarlo Stanton connected as the Yankees set the major league record for most home runs in a season, beating the the Red Sox 8-5, for their 100th win this year. The Yankees entered Saturday tied with the 1997 Seattle Mariners with 264 homers. Torres hit a two-run drive in the fourth inning that gave the Yankees the outright record, and Stanton added to it with his 38th of the season in the seventh. New York became the first team to get at least 20 home runs from all nine spots in the batting order. The Yankees improved to 100-61. This is the 10th time in big league history that a team has won at least 100 games and not finished first. Since the start of division play in 1969, the only clubs that didn't wind up on top despite triple-digits wins were Oakland in 2001, which won 102 games to Seattle's 116 and San Francisco in 1993 and Baltimore in 1980. The Yankees joined the Sox and Houston to win 100 or more this season, making the AL the first league to have a trio of 100-win teams in the same year. New York reached 100 wins for the 20th time in franchise history. Brock Holt hit a two-run homer in the ninth for the Red Sox. Manager Alex Cora, who has been shuffling the lineup and resting players for the playoffs, wasn't overly concerned after today's loss. Lance Lynn (10-10) got the win with three innings of relief, holding the Sox to one run on two hits. Aroldis Chapman shut down the Sox ninth-inning rally for his 32nd save. Eduardo Rodriguez (12-5) pitched the third and fourth for the Sox and took the loss, allowing three runs on four hits. After Greg Bird's RBI double put New York up 2-1 in the fourth, Torres hit a 1-1 pitch from Rodriguez out to right, sailing over the head of Blake Swihart at the bullpen wall and giving the Yankees the record-breaking 265th homer. Andujar drove in two runs on a double during New York's three-run fifth and Stanton led off the seventh with a homer off Steven Wright. Stanton pushed the homer record to 266 with a drive to left field, then got a surprise. A strong-armed fan sitting in the seats above the Green Monster threw the souvenir back, and the ball bounced into Stanton as he rounded second base. The Sox fans cheered when the fan let loose and Stanton smiled when the throw reached him on a bounce. Stanton gave a quick salute to the man. The home run record wasn't the only one to fall. Miguel Andujar hit two doubles and increased his total to 46, the most by a Yankees rookie since Joe DiMaggio hit 44 in 1936. |
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