Game 91: Red Sox (Winkowski) @ Yanks (Cole)

Maybe you don't pitch to Devers, who owns you and go after Valdez, who doesn't. Then you're not torqued off at a marginal strike call, and Devers doesn't beat you like he usually does and start your mini-meltdown.

Smith fouls off a cutter near middle, 0-1
Fouls off a FB above and outside middle, 0-2
Swings over a curve in the zone down and in, K, inning FINALLY over.

Sox probably win the game here, scoring 3, and lead 3-1 going bottom 3rd. Let's see if Soto and Judge can break out of their mini-funks and strike back.
Verdugo due up 3rd.

27 pitches in the 3rd, and 69 through 3 for Cole.

Soto takes a change just low in the middle
Takes another just low inside middle, 2-0
Takes a cutter on the outer half, 2-1
Great diving change down and in is topped to first, Smith fields near first and steps on the bag, weak out, 1 down.

Judge's only hit of the series goes 40 feet.

Judge checks his swing on a sharp dropping sinker near middle at the bottom, tapped down the 3rd base line, swinging bunt, it stays fair as Winckowski waits for it to go foul. Infield hit for Judge. yay.

FINALLY! WELL WELL

Verdugo takes a change bounced near the corner inside, 1-0
Cutter for the backdoor misses outside and a bit low, 2-0
Bad hanging sinker just above middle, and for a change Verdguo doesn't miss, belting a fly to deep center that carries into the netting over Monument Park. Yanks answer back, and tie it at 3!!