Didi Gregorius: Gregorius keeps mashing, Yanks crush Red Sox

The rookie lefty was tagged for seven runs and failed to get out of the second inning as the contending Yankees handed the surging Red Sox an emphatic 13-8 defeat at Fenway Park. He joined Hall of Famers Willie Mays (10) and Mike Schmidt (11) and Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez (12) as players to have reached 35 home runs in 10 or more years. That first inning is a time where these good pitchers maybe aren’t quite into the rhythm of the game.

Xander Bogaerts had three hits, including a homer, and Blake Swihart had two hits and two walks for Boston.

Owens struck out two and walked two in his 1 2/3 innings pitched.

Why go to Bryan Mitchell when you have Adam Warren? That’s the bottom line.

“I need to get back on track quicker”, he said. “It’s a nice night for me personally but as far as the team goes we didn’t accomplish what we wanted to”. Ellsbury struck out. Gardner homered to right on a 0-1 count. Beltran welcomed the former Oakland Athletics All-Starreliever to the ballgame by smoking a two-run home run over the Green Monster on Cook’s very first offering, padding the Yankees’ lead with another two tallies.

Betts thought he was safe and told third-base umpire Vic Carapazza that if his foot came off, it was only because third baseman Chase Headley pushed him.

“I root for the Red Sox“.

After opening the road trip with a 38-run outburst in Atlanta over the weekend, the Yankees’ offense had gone mostly cold during the first two nights at Fenway Park.

The Blue Jays won for the fifth time in six games and maintained a 1½-game lead over the New York Yankees in the AL East.

Both scored easily when Drew followed with a double that rolled all the way to the wall in left-center, giving the Yankees a 2-1 lead. Sox starters had a 2.42 ERA in their past 14 games entering yesterday’s matinee.

“He’s been through a lot“, manager Joe Girardi said. He only took up the position in 2014, lest we forget, and while the transition has been smooth as can be, the fact of the matter is that any change has to be treated as a bit of a gamble.

The nine looking strikeouts by the Yankees indicated the tremendous movement on Porcello’s sinker on Tuesday. The Birds have dropped six straight and 12 of 13 since they climbed within a half-game of the second AL wild-card berth.

Andrew Bailey came full circle Tuesday.

Bailey admitted that “a small part of me” wondered if he’d pitch in the majors again.

Yet, the schedule-maker doesn’t allow the Yankees to play the pathetic Braves and putrid Red Sox exclusively until the end of the regular season. Girardi was asked if he’s noticed Drew doing anything different at the plate to break out of his season-long slump. Ramirez struggled defensively through much of the season during Boston’s attempt to convert him to an outfielder. He’s in 11-5 with a 3.27 ERA in 18 career road starts.

It has been a largely disappointing season for Porcello, who signed a four-year extension worth $82.5 million in April before ever throwing a pitch for the Red Sox.

Multimedia Sports Journalist: A New York City native and Daily Record sports reporter since 2000, Jane is particularly interested in Olympic sports and the interaction of sports with science and technology.