The Red Sox’ 5-3 win over the Yankees on Friday might have been their best of the season. On the flip side, it might have been the worst loss of the year for the Yankees.
New York was one strike away from taking Game 1 of the three-game series. But Masataka Yoshida took Yankees closer Clay Holmes deep for a two-run home run to tie the game. Ceddanne Rafaela hit a two-run homer of his own in the 10th before Kenley Jansen retired three Yankees hitters in a row to seal the win.
But several innings prior to blowing the lead, the Yankees made a major mistake along the basepaths.