BOSTON — The Yankees got here out flatter than Lance Dobbins’ skilled baseball portfolio.
After which as soon as they lastly bought a rally going, they killed it faster than it began due to a boneheaded play.
The end result was a second straight loss to the Purple Sox, 4-3, on a cold Saturday evening when Hunter Dobbins shut them down throughout six shutout innings in entrance of a sold-out Fenway Park.
Dobbins, who made headlines over the previous week by speaking about his hatred for the Yankees and detailing his father Lance’s skilled baseball profession that turned out to be constructed on falsehoods, silenced the Yankees’ bats.
They mustered simply two hits and one stroll towards the Purple Sox rookie right-hander, who struck out 5 and solely allowed one runner to succeed in scoring place all evening.
As soon as Dobbins left the sport, the Yankees (42-27) lastly confirmed indicators of life.
Their first two batters of the seventh inning reached on walks and got here round to attain on RBI singles from Jasson Domínguez and Austin Wells that lower the Purple Sox’ 4-0 lead in half.
However there have been two outs when Domínguez was on second and Wells on first as Trent Grisham swung via a 2-1 pitch.
Domínguez, maybe considering it was strike three, was caught standing flat-footed in no-man’s land between second and third base.
Purple Sox catcher Carlos Narváez threw all the way down to second as Domínguez took off for third, however he didn’t get there in time to keep away from making the ultimate out and ending the rally in brutal trend.
