Trevor Story the hero, Red Sox/Yankees southpaw showdown underwhelms

NEW YORK It s been a long time since the Red Sox had an ace left-hander to bring to a southpaw showdown with the Yankees The Red Sox won - on Saturday In classic rivalry fashion it was more of a messy tug-of-war than a showdown I commented Bro I ve seen that event plenty of times ' manager Alex Cora explained relaying a conversation he had with Alex Bregman Like the day before right Like - and here we go again and we grind and we get it close and second and third one out in the seventh Just watching in the current era and listening you know at one point we couldn t hear the PitchCom and all that stuff Justin Wilson on the mound So people enjoy it you know that s the reason we play at tonight and we ll play at o clock on the morrow regardless of where we re at Cora added referring to this weekend s back-to-back national broadcasts on FOX Sports and ESPN Garrett Crochet yielded a season-high five earned runs on six hits in six topsy-turvy innings He issued one walk struck out nine and was charged with a balk Throwing pitches for strikes he induced swings-and-misses issued one walk was charged with a balk and struck out nine Crochet noted it felt good to get his feet wet in his first-ever rivalry encounter which was also his first career start against the Yankees but he wasn t pleased with his own results especially the length of his outing Outside of you know three or four pitches I felt like my line doesn t reflect how I threw the ball tonight the Sox starter explained Six innings is the bar minimum though you know I ve typically been able to get out of the jam with runners in scoring position tonight I didn t you know Threw a dozen-plus pitches that I didn t need to and you know could ve been into the seventh you know could ve gave the guys a little bit more of a breather That s the whole expletive part of my job Crochet commented Put the club in a position to win so it doesn t really mean anything more than it should That s just me doing my job Crochet s nine punch-outs included three by Aaron Judge who s still hitting with a OPS after going -for- in the contest It was only the third time the Yankees captain went hitless with three or more strikeouts this season You don t see that often Cora mentioned of Judge s -for- three-strikeout night It s a challenge for everybody right now He s on top of the world I don t know if I m right I might be wrong but getting a taste last year of the World Series kind of like you know pushed him to be better Which is hard to believe right because he s been amazing for years The Sox skipper suggested that Judge s incredible season may be partially motivated by wanting to prove he can lead the Yankees without Juan Soto who signed a record contract with the crosstown rival Mets in December A lot of people thought or had this wrong idea that his year last year was because Juan was here Cora stated Crochet has now struck out batters over his last three starts according to MLB s Sarah Langs he s the first Red Sox pitcher to strike out at least batters over a three-game span since Chris Sale and Eduardo Rodriguez in and the club s youngest pitcher to do so since Jon Lester in It began well enough for Crochet who needed pitches to get through a - - first which he bookended with a pair of strikeouts to leadoff man Paul Goldschmidt and Judge The bottom of the third went the same way But pitching with a one-run lead thanks to Kristian Campbell s first RBI since May in the bottom of the second Crochet got knotted up He gave up a leadoff single to Cody Bellinger who stole second after Jasson Dom nguez struck out looking and third while DJ LeMahieu worked a walk Austin Wells th home run of the year went just far enough feet to the short porch for a - Yankees lead It was the only advantage the Yankees got The second time his teammates handed him a lead Crochet hung on even as the lower-two thirds of the Yankees lineup hit him hard again in the fourth He gave us what we needed forget the line reported Cora There were a few plays defensively that we didn t make put him in a bad spot We needed six regardless We ll take it Ryan Yarbrough had triumphed in his three outings against the Red Sox last season but those were relief appearances with the Los Angeles Dodgers and Toronto Blue Jays Starts were another story Yarbrough entered Saturday with a career ERA over nine starts against the Red Sox with earned runs on hits and just strikeouts over innings All of stated games were with another divisional rival the Tampa Bay Rays between - Yarbrough s last start against Boston was Sept a seven-run drubbing in which he lasted just two innings A very different cadre of Boston batters stepped up to the plate four seasons later but the end impact was similarly productive they tormented Yarbrough into an early to the tune of eight earned runs on nine hits including Romy Gonzalez s first homer of the season in just four innings He issued two walks hit a batter and only struck out three For just the th time in this season the Red Sox scored first They jumped out to an early - advantage in the second and reclaimed the lead with a five-run top of the third in which Yarbrough faced the entire lineup and forced relievers to begin warming in the Yankees bullpen Unfortunately for the Red Sox Yarbrough s silver-platter start was over after the fourth and the Yankees bullpen wasn t nearly as generous Yerry De los Santos yielded one hit and two walks but kept Boston from adding on in his three innings of work and Mark Leiter Jr pitched a scoreless eighth Those wasted opportunities proved costly in the bottom of the eighth when Justin Wilson who s been so reliable for Boston became the latest Red Sox reliever to scuffle After allowing just one earned run over appearances dating back to April Wilson gave up two earned runs That Ceddanne Rafaela threw home instead of to the cutoff man for the second time this week when Ben Rice singled to center to drive in both runs didn t help matters Such defensive decisions don t register as errors but they still hurt the Red Sox in crucial moments The Red Sox also lead MLB in errors Boston s double-digit scoring night was due in large part to two of the club s coldest hitters Campbell went -for- with a pair of runs batted in and Trevor Story who twice delivered when he came up with the bases loaded In the third Story s fifth double of the year cleared the bases and retook the lead for the Red Sox After the Yankees pulled within a run in the eighth Story s two-run single gave Boston much-needed breathing room Huge Very pivotal for him Cora mentioned of Campbell At present was a great day for him All narrated the Red Sox tallied hits twice as a multitude of as their rivals and went for with runners in scoring position Credit to the guys getting on base ahead of me putting together really good at-bats against particular good pitchers announced Story Invariably feels good to come through with men on base and I feel like that s what we ve been missing a little bit lately Aroldis Chapman who spent seven seasons in pinstripes closed out the win for the Red Sox with a - - ninth While particular of his teammates have been vocal about their eagerness to participate in the storied Red Sox-Yankees rivalry Crochet saw the weekend differently It s nice being able to you know get a win versus a division opponent he stated But I mean the rivalry you know it s for the fans we re trying to win every event