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“DIARY OF A WINNER” |
THE BEST RED SOX TEAM EVAH! ... September 19, 2018 ... David Price has been pummeled over and over at Yankee Stadium. This time, it was Yankee firstbaseman Luke Voit's turn to knock him around with a big assist from the short right-field porch. Voit hit two homers off Price, Miguel Andujar popped another one barely into the right-field seats and the Yankees stalled the Sox division-clinching celebration by beating them, 10-1. Voit's homers cleared the right-field fence by about two yards combined. The second was close enough that umpires reviewed it on video for potential fan interference. Luis Severino (18-8) pitched seven innings of one-run ball. Mookie Betts had two strikeouts and no hits in his return to the lineup. He pulled a possible grand slam just foul in the ninth before grounding into a game-ending double play. Voit had his second multihomer game with New York and has nine homers in 29 games since being acquired from St. Louis. The stout slugger bowled back into the dugout after the second shot, grinning amid a barrage of high-fives and fist bumps. His next homer would give the Yankees a major league-record 12 players with at least 10. Fans chanted ''Luuuuuke!'' after Voit singled in the eighth for his career-high fourth hit. Teammates joked with Voit after the game that they were jealous of the fans' affection for him. Price (15-7) entered the game 5-0 with a 1.56 ERA in nine starts since the All-Star break, but he has rarely been that sharp at Yankee Stadium. He came in with a 4.75 ERA at the park over 20 starts, the worst mark for him in any stadium where he's pitched at least 10 times. Price surrendered three homers this time. Andujar hit his 25th just over the wall for a 1-0 lead in the second, and Voit added solo shots in the fourth and sixth to nearly the same spot. The Sox trailed 6-1 when manager Alex Cora pulled Price following Voit's second homer with one out in the fifth. Yankee Stadium fans jeered as Price walked slowly to the dugout. |
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