Game 87 | 47-40, 1st : Three things are certain in life — death, taxes, and the unknown rookie pitcher defeating the New York Yankees. It’s the surest bet one can make in professional sports gambling. This time it was Boston’s Eduardo Rodriguez, who made his major league debut on May 28th of this year, going 6.1 innings allowing 2 earned runs. Ivan Nova pitched well enough to earn a victory if he had any offense, but no such luck today.
Here’s the box score, full recap, and video highlights.
Red Sox 5, Yankees 3
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- Alex Rodriguez The afternoon got off to an encouraging start on A-Rod’s first inning blast over the Green Monster, his 18th of the season.
- Jacoby Ellsbury This is spark the Yanks have been missing. Ellsbury went 3-4, scored 2 runs and launched a booming home run to the deepest part of Fenway in the 6th inning.
- Rob Refsynder The long waited major league debut of second-baseman Refsynder!
“After the double play, I think I kind of settled in. It was nice. Chase gave me a great feed right in the chest; kind of textbook from him. Chase made my life and job a lot easier for that one play, for sure.” ‐ Rob Refsynder
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- Yanks prospect Refsnyder impresses in debut (mlb.com)
- Rob Refsnyder is on his way to the big leagues, but then what? (LoHud)
- Rob Refsnyder’s rude welcome to the show (espn.com)
- Is Rob Refsnyder up with Yankees for the weekend, or for good? (Wallace Matthews/espn.com)
- Stats, Highlights, Bio (mlb.com)
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- Adam Warren Warren did not record an out in tonight’s relief appearance, but no knock on him. I’m thinking he’s off axis with his new assignment to the ‘pen. Warren is adjusting to a new routine, one he’s mastered in the past but coming off a long stretch of starting, this can’t be easy.
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FOOTNOTES : Nathan Eovaldi takes the hill tomorrow afternoon in the first half finale before the All-Star break …
