Tyler Wade put a base hit through the right side to load the bases before Andrew Velazquez lined a single of his own into center field. He got Gary Sánchez to hit a line drive right at Devers for the second out, bringing up the soft bottom of this Yankees lineup. With two runners on, Houck now had to buckle in to try and escape the jam. (For whatever it’s worth, I thought that was the right call as the play was close enough that it’d be tough to overturn no matter the original call.) Rougned Odor then followed that up with a soft liner that fell into left field for a single. Instead, it went right towards the batter, and while it wasn’t entirely clear whether or not it hit him, Voit was awarded first base and Boston decided not to challenge. That brought Luke Voit to the plate, and Houck had a slider that just didn’t break. He did start off the inning with an out, though it was of the hard-hit variety. Here, Houck didn’t seem to have much feel for anything besides his fastball - and even that pitch was more fine than good - and the Yankees put together a rally. The righty induced three ground balls in the innings, all of which were hit at Rafael Devers and all of which were turned into outs. It looked like he was passing the test early on, as he had no trouble at all in the first inning. He’s had success against this team twice this season, but the feel around the Yankees is different right now, and he was going to be tested.
Houck is now back on a full-time basis as well, and he was on the mound taking on the Yankees. As we talked about on this very website earlier in the week, Chris Sale’s return does a lot to shift the perception of this rotation. To make the loss extra devastating, Boston had the bases loaded with nobody out in the seventh and final inning, but failed to score.Īs the Red Sox come into this doubleheader looking to keep their momentum, all eyes are on the starting pitching. They walked four and allowed three runs in the fifth to allow New York to take a two-run lead. But Alex Cora decided to take out Houck after just four innings, and while I thought it was the right call at the time, the bullpen imploded. Tanner Houck was shaky to start, but settled down later to give the Red Sox time to both tie the game and then take the lead in the fifth on a Christian Vázquez homer. They had a big test this week going down to Yankee Stadium, and things did start off very well. But it was unclear if they’d actually turned things around or if they just got to play a terrible team. After coming through with a sweep over the weekend of the Orioles, the Red Sox finally had some momentum on their side in the first time in about three weeks.
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