Game 111: Yanks 3 Sox 2

Wow, I’ve gotten way behind on posting after watching games. The last two weeks have been super busy. The weekend of this series I was down in Portland playing in a tournament so I was slowly catching up after the weekend. It didn’t help that it was a Yankee-Sox series; 3 ½ hours felt like a quick game. Feels a little silly writing these recaps this much later but here’s to trying to catch up.

Sox and Yankees came into this game tied for the AL East lead so no matter how you sliced it, someone was going to take the lead after these three games. Yankees started off with the W in a game the Sox really wanted to win: Lester on the mound facing Colon. Sox got out to the early lead with a double from Ellsbury in the third and a solo shot from Ortiz in the 4^th. But the wheels came off for Lester in the sixth. He had been cruising but suddenly lost control, giving up 3 hits and two walks in the inning, plating three.

After that the game was over. In the last three frames, the Yankees only got 2 baserunners and the Sox only got 1. Crawford and Reddick led the team with 2 hits a piece but overall the Yankees did a good job of spreading 8 hits and a walk over the game. The Yankees on the other hand crowded their 5 hits and 6 walks (6!) to win the game.