BOSTON — The Purple Sox defeated the Yankees, 9-3, in Sunday’s Father’s Day contest at Fenway Park, setting a franchise report within the course of.
With the win, the Purple Sox improved to 37-35 whereas the Yankees fell to 50-24.
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ONE BIG TAKEAWAY
Boston didn’t get off to an encouraging begin after Aaron Choose crushed a towering solo residence run within the first inning to get New York on the board, that wasn’t sufficient for the Purple Sox to struggle till the very finish.
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After developing scoreless within the first inning in opposition to New York right-hander Marcus Stroman, Boston’s offense patiently created scoring probabilities and countered. A lot of the runs scored didn’t require any further base knocks or deep outfield drives both because the Purple Sox leaned on an aggressive base-running strategy, swiping 4 bases off New York catcher Jose Trevino.
Dominic Smith, Jarren Duran, David Hamilton and Ceddanne Rafaela every flexed their leg velocity, serving to the remainder of the lineup by creating extra favorable run-generating alternatives — Boston set a franchise report with 9 stolen bases totaled. This proved to be particularly helpful for the Purple Sox as soon as the Yankees, too, tried to place collectively a (two-run) rally on their very own within the sixth inning.
New York loaded the bases with no one out within the high of the seventh inning, and didn’t rating a single run, squandering a picture-perfect probability to plate residence the game-tying and go-ahead runs. From there, the Purple Sox took care of enterprise and prevented the Yankees from taking the three-game set.
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STARS OF THE GAME
— Purple Sox reduction pitcher Zack Kelly logged the bail-out efficiency of the night time after adopting a bases-load, no-out jam within the seventh inning. The 29-year-old struck out back-to-back Yankees hitters and drew a fly-out to assist Boston escape a potential-nightmare situation.
— Duran went 2-for-3 on the plate, credited with two stolen bases which helped high an all-time workforce report final reached on Sept. 29, 1940. The 27-year-old elevated his stolen base complete to 17 this season, seven shy of matching a career-best 24 which Duran recorded in 2023.
— Choose went deep over the Inexperienced Monster within the first inning, ending 1-for-4 on the plate whereas rising his residence run complete to 26 this season.
ON DECK AT NESN
The Purple Sox will return to motion and open up a six-game street journey beginning Monday night time in Toronto in opposition to the Blue Jays. First pitch from Rogers Centre is scheduled for 7:07 p.m. ET, and you may catch the sport, plus a full hour of pregame protection, stay on NESN.
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