Red Sox rout Yanks 14-1 for 9th win in row

The scrum broke off into several micro-brawls, but A-Rod-Varitek was the main event.

And now, Tyler Austin tangling with Joe Kelly.

Chris Sale #41 of the Boston Red Sox pitches against the New York Yankees during the first inning at Fenway Park on April 10, 2018 in Boston, Massachusetts.

“It’s Yankees-Red Sox. That’s what everybody wants”.

It was the shortest start of Price’s career.

That type of candor has rarely been seen from Red Sox managers through the years.

The New York Yankees are once again Major League Baseball’s most valuable team, according to an annual list compiled by Forbes Magazine. Price got Didi Gregorius to pop out before giving up a two-run homer to Gary Sanchez, who had been in a 2-for-36 slump.

NY starter Masahiro Tanaka had retired 10 straight men into the bottom of the fifth, only allowing a solo homer to left by Hanley Ramirez in the first. “Hopefully put this to bed. I was able to manage to grind through six innings with some good defense behind me, but just to give up a homer like that, especially after us scoring a run – it’s disappointing”. I thought there was nothing wrong with that slide.

“I thought it was over after that”, Austin said. Austin cleated Holt, and Kelly didn’t like that so he drilled Austin: an appropriate response. They were down 10-6 in the seventh at the time Kelly hit Austin.

When Giancarlo Stanton was traded to the Yankees back in the beginning of December, New York was immediately considered one of the favorites to become the 2018 World Series Champions. Yankees hitting coach Marcus Thames shoved Austin all the way across the infield toward the NY dugout. “We’re going to look back on this in August and laugh about it”. Kelly and Austin were both ejected, as was Yankees coach Phil Nevin. The mound-charging incident was the second of the day after Nolan Arenado charged Padres’ Luis Perdomo for throwing behind him in Colorado. “I think he knows that now”.

Yes, Sterling is planning to use his vocal cords to drop a few lines from a classic song, per Andrew Marchand of the New York Post. Before that, there was the legendary Bill Lee-Graig Nettles clash. “For me, that was most important: From the first pitch they threw in the program in spring training, they were locked in”. “That means fight fight fight!”.

Alex Rodriguez, left, is pushed by Red Sox catcher Jason Varitek.

Before the melee, there was some baseball.

Chris Sale shut down the Yankees’ vaunted lineup with eight strikeouts over six one-run innings, and Mookie Betts clubbed a grand slam to punctuate the Boston Red Sox’s 14-1 rout of visiting NY on Tuesday night. Price was shaking his hand during the inning. He hit 59 home runs previous year! Sanchez allowed one run on three hits in eight innings while striking out four and working around five walks.

Hanley Ramirez went 2-for-2 with three RBIs. It wasn’t until he got into his 3rd inning of work that he started to get hit hard. The plan is to have him play catch on Thursday and have it reevaluated. After allowing a leadoff infield single to Brett Gardner, Price issued a walk to Aaron Judge.

Yet through the first 10 games of the season, NY has struggled to find its groove.

Angels 11, Rangers 1: Los Angeles (9-3) matched the best start in team history with a road victory over Texas.

The Red Sox are 8-2 in Price’s last 10 home starts and have won five of his last seven starts overall.

Tony Wolters hit a bases-loaded, two-run single that center fielder Franchy Cordero misplayed to allow another run to score.