Morning sports update: What the Yankees had to say after their blowout loss at Fenway Park
"Something like this is a little tough to forget about."
Steve Pearce homered three times as the Red Sox rallied from an early deficit to beat the Yankees 15-7 on Thursday night. Boston has a season-high 6 1/2-game lead in the AL East. The teams meet again Friday at 7:10 p.m.
Here’s what else you need to know as you catch up on sports headlines this morning:
What the Yankees had to say after their blowout loss at Fenway Park
The Yankees will look to Luis Severino on Friday night as the team attempts to move on from a 15-7 setback in the opening round of a four-game series that could go a long way toward deciding the AL East.
Although manager Aaron Boone said he “can’t wait” to hand Severino the ball, outfielder Brett Gardner noted a defeat like the one New York suffered Thursday is hard to swallow.
“Something like this is a little tough to forget about, but one loss is one loss,” Gardner said, per ESPN. “It doesn’t matter if it’s 5-4 or 2-1 or 20-3. It’s a tough game.”
The Yankees burst out to an early 4-0 lead, but Steve Pearce and the Red Sox soon reeled them back in. Pearce hit three home runs on the night — the first Sox player to do so against New York since Kevin Millar in 2004. Boston chased C.C. Sabathia from the mound after he threw 77 pitches through three innings.
“Just all over the place. Just off with the command, with everything. My fastball, my slider, my changeup,” Sabathia said. “You want to come out and pitch well the very first game of the series, especially against a team that’s leading the division.”
The pitcher that replaced him, Jonathan Holder, did no better. Holder did not record an out in the fourth inning as the Red Sox went through the entire lineup and put eight runs on the board. The Sox would not relinquish the lead, finishing the night with 19 hits in support of Brian Johnson.
As the Yankees turn their attention to Friday night, Boone is keeping the loss in perspective.
“We just need to go out and have an outing where we get deep into the game and all of a sudden change the narrative,” he said. “This is a long, arduous season. You’re going to hit these little bumps in the road where it’s difficult.”
Severino will face Rick Porcello at 7:10 p.m.
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“That was my first reality check of, like, there’s a monster in Boston,” he said. (Boston.com)
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