No matter what happened in last night’s series finale, the Yankees sent the Red Sox home hurting after their four-game series in the Bronx this weekend.
There was the 13-6 blowout on Thursday, the 2-0 thriller that ended in the 15th inning on Friday — an extra blow that it was an Alex Rodriguez walk-off homer that won it — and the 5-0 shutout on Saturday. Three days, three humbling losses for Boston, which tumbled to 5 1/2 games back in the American League East pending last night’s late result.
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The Red Sox have only themselves to blame as the division lead slides from view. They beat New York eight times in a row during the first half of the season. Yet, despite that individual dominance, Boston didn’t match that success against other teams and so found itself 2 1/2 games back heading into New York. With a pitching rotation that now appears paper thin, maybe its time the Red Sox simply to focus on holding onto that dwindling wild card lead, which had slipped to 1/2 game over the Texas Rangers entering play Sunday night.
