What a fucking brutal loss. That ninth inning was a microcosm for the entire game. Just threatening and threatening and coming up empty. I'm pretty sure the Yankees had the bases loaded in every single inning. They left a goddamn horde on the bases tonight. The Red Sox have pretty much the worst bullpen in baseball and they were able to preserve a one run lead for 12 outs. The Yankees completely threw this game away and wasted an opportunity to pick up a game on Toronto (I swear to god they lost, look it up).
When the ninth inning started I was pretty sure the Red Sox had just brought in Pablo Sandoval to close the game out.
Turns out this is actually Jean Machi. He came in with a 5.21 ERA and could not find the strike zone, giving up a single to Drew and then walking A-Rod. The only thing that saved him was the home plate ump ringing Beltran up on two strike calls that were about six inches off the plate each, changing the entire complexion of the inning. After walking McCann and Headley, the latter to bring in a run, he was able to strike out Bird and get Didi to fly out with the bases left full of Yankees. I was 100% sure Didi had just hit a grand slam. That ball would have landed on the fucking railroad tracks at Yankee Stadium. But like every other opportunity tonight, the Yankees couldn't take advantage.
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