Sox Beat Yanks After Rays Series Split

Well, after pulling off a Trop split of four against the Rays, narrowly missing taking the finale in a 10 inning loss, the Sox opened in the Imitation of the House That Ruth Built by grabbing an early lead and finally blowing out the Stripes, 9-4.  It was six zip after two and a half, and quickly became 7-1 an inning later. The Sox put a dozen hits on the board, topped off by eight extra base knocks, three of which were shots to the cheaps. Danny Nava, continuing his late season hitting recovery, had a three run shot followed by Bogaerts's solo job a moment later. Rookie Mookie Betts added his solo rocket an inning later. According to info from the team, this is the first time two rookies have homered in the same game at Yankee Stadium since 1952 (Ted Gernert and Faye Throneberry for you trivia buffs). Overall, Bogaerts went 4-5, missing a cycle by a triple. The new Sox left fielder, YoBaby, again had a productive evening, going 3-5 with a two bagger, a trip and another ribbie. He now stands fifth in the league and looks to be a cinch to join Papi over the century mark in that category. Betts was also 3-5 with a ribbie, and that aforementioned shot in the Sox 4th.
Pitching and defense featured a solid game from recently acquired Joe Kelly, who showed what pitching means. He was in control most of th4e way, but often by pitching himself out of jams he'd gotten into. IN 6 2/3 innings, he allowed five hits and four freebies, but kept things under control by picking up a half dozen K's, many of them when it really counted. The Sox pen, Layne and Koji, closed things out, although not without a little drama from the Sox closer. After Layne went 1 1/3 no-hit innings, allowing just a single freebie, Koji came on just for some work (he'd not pitched in over a week), and opened things up by presenting Stripes catcher McCann a fat pitch that the catcher quickly deposited over the wall. After that, Koji took control, and although allowing a single, effectively ended the Yankees evening with a pair of K's.
Backing up the Sox hurlers, Yo made one of his classic artillery launches from left to assist on nailing a Yankees runner who went too far, thus ending the possible Stripes big inning.