Friday night’s Yankee massacre of Boston was answered in turn this afternoon:
BOSTON — It had been 75 years since the Boston Red Sox allowed as many hits to the Yankees as they did on Friday night. But baseball players learn to move on quickly, a lesson instilled in them by the six-month grind of their schedule, and it was easy for the Red Sox to purge the memory.
“What are you going to do getting mad and going crazy?” David Ortiz said in the losing clubhouse Friday. “Nothing you can do about today. There’s something you can do about tomorrow. That’s what counts.”
Did it ever. Ortiz and the Red Sox flipped the story line on the Yankees, smashing A. J. Burnett in a 14-1 rout. Burnett allowed nine runs, a career high, in his third rough start at Fenway Park this season. The Red Sox gained a game in the American League East and now trail the Yankees by six and a half.
Kevin Youkilis bashed two homers for the Red Sox, and Ortiz did his part, too. He doubled home two runs in the first and added a two-out homer in Burnett’s fifth and final inning. It has been a good week in an uneven season for Ortiz, who is 11 for 28 (.393) with 5 homers and 13 runs batted in over his last seven games.
It was just one game, Boston. Just one game.
August 22nd, 2009 at 10:49 pm
To the you it was just a game. But then again, no one seriously thinks the Sox have a chance overtaking the Yankees at this point. For us, every win is necessary to cling to the lead for the Wild Card.
With the first 2 games of this series being this crazy, I’m wondering what’s in store for tomorrow.
August 22nd, 2009 at 10:53 pm
OMG
Fourteen to ONE!!! Now, THERE’s a score!