The Red Sox snapped a three-game skid with a chaotic, error-filled win over the Yankees highlighted by Roman Anthony's ninth-inning three-run homer. Both teams left double-digit runners on base and traded mistakes, including multiple errors, a pickoff, a balk, and a disengagement violation. Ben Rice opened the scoring with a solo home run, and Nathaniel Lowe delivered a go-ahead RBI double. The bullpen provided able relief with Steven Matz, Greg Weissert, Garrett Whitlock and Aroldis Chapman escaping trouble. Roman Anthony and Rafael Devers produced notable WARs, and the win energized the team heading into the weekend.
Each team left double digit runners on base, had errors (well, the Yankees had FOUR), a pickoff, a balk, a disengagement violation, it just felt like trading mistakes. The Red Sox strike first? Ben Rice solo smash right away in the bottom of the frame. Yankees take the lead? Sox tie it right back up the next frame. Yankees take it back again the next frame.
The knockout punch-obviously-was Roman Anthony's monster mash in the top of the 9th. The Nation collectively breathed and that was the ballgame. Courtesy of Mike Carlucci, he let us at OTM know Rafael Devers is at 2.9 bWAR and Roman Anthony is at 2.4. You love to see it. You love to see a Red Sox win on a rare Thursday game! Time for the weekend to kick off.
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