Yankees get revenge on Walker Buehler in World Series rematch, Sox fall 9-6
NEW YORK The last time Walker Buehler stood on the Yankee Stadium mound he was a Los Angeles Dodger pitching a - - ninth inning to win the World Series A mere days later the Yankees got to exact their revenge pummeling Buehler and his new club the Red Sox - in their first meeting of the season Hours after manager Alex Cora announced he hoped to get six innings from his starters this weekend Buehler lasted just two innings He needed strikes for strikes strikes to get through them and the Yankees had a - lead by the end of his outing He yielded seven runs five earned on seven hits walked two struck out two gave up two home runs and hit a batter A throwing error by Marcelo Mayer led to the two unearned runs in the second The Bronx batters pounced on Buehler as if they d lain in wait for him since the previous October He issued a leadoff walk to Trent Grisham and gave up a three-run homer to Jazz Chisholm Jr and two-run homer to Anthony Volpe before at last bringing the first inning to a close First-inning damage has emerged as a critical issue for this Red Sox gang They entered Friday leading the American League in first-inning runs behind only the Dodgers and Colorado Rockies The bottom of the second presented a different but equally recursive Red Sox trouble Buehler had one on Aaron Judge who singled and stole second and two outs when a throwing error by Mayer allowed Paul Goldschmidt to reach base and the inning to continue Chisholm followed with an RBI single and stolen base after which Buehler walked Jasson Dom nguez to load the bases and plunked Volpe to force in run No Thus for the second tournament in a row the Red Sox were forced to dip into their bullpen almost instantly before Thursday s off-day Lucas Giolito had lasted just innings at Fenway Zack Kelly stemmed the bleeding with a pair of scoreless innings allowing one hit and striking out four Though he ultimately yielded four earned runs on three hits the majority of Will Warren s start served as a brutal foil for the Red Sox rotation issues The Yankees righty breezed through his first five innings holding Boston to two hits If the Yankees fans in attendance enjoyed their initial introduction to Mayer when he made a crucial error in the second they turned on him in the fifth when he led off with the biggest hit of his burgeoning career As his first-ever home run soared feet to right-center the home crowd booed him venomously Yet Mayer s first round-tripper was only Boston s second hit of the night joining Abraham Toro s second-inning one-out single And the Yankees took that run back almost straightaway on yet another Boston miscue With two on and two outs in the bottom of the six Judge shot a single past a diving Mayer and into left Jarren Duran made an error on his throw home as Austin Wells crossed the plate as New York s eighth run Like Mayer Duran repented for his miscue with a big knock The Red Sox leadoff man opened the sixth with a first-pitch triple fittingly hit to Judge s territory in right and scored Boston s second run on Wilyer Abreu s sacrifice fly Duran s knock was the beginning of the end for Warren who completely faltered and exited with one out in the sixth He exited after loading the bases on a trio of walks to MLB walks leader Rafael Devers Carlos Narv ez and Toro It was Devers st free pass of the season he s walked more in games this year than he did in the entirety of his and campaigns all seasons in which he played between and games With lefty Brent Headrick replacing Warren Cora turned to Romy Gonzalez and Rob Refsnyder two of the best pinch-hitters on the roster to bat in place of Mayer and David Hamilton Gonzalez hastily plated two runs with a single but Trevor Story and Refsnyder followed with a pair of foul-tip strikeouts to leave two men in scoring position Again the Yankees answered back Paul Goldschmidt greeted Cooper Criswell with a leadoff home run in the bottom of the sixth - Criswell was otherwise in control he pitched the last three innings and didn t incur any further damage In the seventh Devers made things enthralling with one of his patented Yankee-killer bombs a -footer which scored Duran and cut New York s lead to three He s now hit career home runs in games at Yankee Stadium Yet in the entirety of the contest the Yankees tallied hits the Red Sox only six Boston made two errors New York zero Both teams struck out in the double digits The Red Sox are - The Yankees are - They meet again on Saturday at p m
