The Yankees dropped another close one in the second game of their three-game series against the Boston Red Sox on Saturday night by a score of 4-3.
Here are the takeaways…
-Hoping to get past his previous outing against the Red Sox in his last start on June 8 at Yankee Stadium where he allowed five earned runs in five innings, Carlos Rodon let Boston tag him for another run in the bottom of the first inning to kick things off.
Rob Refsnyder led off the inning with a double that just scraped the left field foul line and was almost stranded at second after Rodon retired the next two. With two outs, Carlos Narvaez grounded one to the left of shortstop Anthony Volpe who managed to get to the ball, but with all of his momentum taking him towards third base he tried channeling his inner Derek Jeter and jump threw the ball to first base.
The ball was down the line and even though Paul Goldschmidt came off the bag, he let the ball skip past him which allowed a run to score. It was ruled a single while Volpe was charged with a throwing error.
-Rodon kept the Red Sox scoreless until the fourth inning where they scored another run thanks to doubles by Narvaez and Trevor Story who lined one up the middle and caught Volpe sleeping at second base to hustle into second before the shortstop could tag him out.
-Volpe got a measure of revenge leading off the next half inning, hitting one off the Green Monster but being held to a single. The Yankees would not score in the frame.
-Boston scored again in the fifth on Romy Gonzalez‘s RBI double which drove in Kristian Campbell who was hit by a pitch to lead off the inning.
-Down 3-0 through five innings and 90 pitches, Rodon went back out to start the sixth but was pulled after Story’s leadoff double. Yerry De los Santos came in for relief but couldn’t strand Story at second, allowing the inherited runner to score and putting an end to Rodon’s night.
The lefty’s final line: 5+ IP, 7 H, 4 R (3 ER), 2 BB, 4 K.
-New York’s offense was held in check for most of the night against rookie right-hander Hunter Dobbins who pitched six scoreless innings and allowed just two hits and a walk while striking out five.
With Dobbins out of the game, the Yanks finally broke through in the seventh with two runs off Luis Guerrero to make it 4-2. After back-to-back walks began the inning, Jasson Dominguez singled home a run before Austin Wells followed with an RBI single of his own. They were the first Yankees not named Aaron Judge to have an RBI in the team’s last 30 innings played.
The inning could’ve been bigger had Dominguez not been picked off and caught stealing third base for the third out.
-The game’s score stood at 4-2 as New York went up to bat in the ninth inning. Goldschmidt ripped a double off The Monster to start things off against Greg Weissert who traded to two groundouts to second base for a run to score. Down to their final out, Dominguez also hit a double to put the tying run in scoring position. On a 3-1 pitch in the zone, Wells smashed one to the deepest part of the ballpark for a flyout to end the game.
-The Yankees’ top three of the batting order (Trent Grisham, Judge, Ben Rice) combined to go 0-for-12 with six Ks.
Game MVP: Hunter Dobbins
The rookie turned in a masterful performance to grab his fourth win of the season.
Highlights
Jasson Domínguez gets the Yankees on the board pic.twitter.com/zdjwmal2T0
— Yankees Videos (@snyyankees) June 15, 2025
Austin Wells hits an RBI single for the Yankees’ second run of the evening pic.twitter.com/3duxM5Eans
— Yankees Videos (@snyyankees) June 15, 2025
What’s next
The Yankees conclude their three-game set with the Red Sox on Sunday afternoon with first pitch scheduled for 1:35 p.m.
LHP Max Fried (9-1, 1.84 ERA) pitches for New York and will be opposed by Boston’s RHP Brayan Bello (2-1, 3.96 ERA).
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