BOSTON -- Yankees manager Aaron Boone tried deflecting blame from Friday night's humungous missed opportunity at Fenway Park away from his $315 million designated hitter.
Giancarlo Stanton didn't.
He knew that his failures in the clutch were what the Boston Red Sox needed to hold on for a 5-4 win over the Yankees in Game 1 of a best-of-five Division Series.
His sixth-inning single off Red Sox starter Chris Sale helped ignite a comeback from a big 5-0 hole that starter J.A. Happ had dug the Yankees into, but Stanton's four other at-bats all ended with swings and misses.