BOSTON – First Hunter Dobbins spun some yarn concerning the Yankees. Then he spun a gem towards them.
The Pink Sox rookie loved probably the greatest begins of his younger profession on Saturday night time, tossing six scoreless innings in a 4-3 win over the Bombers. The precise-hander solely allowed two hits his ninth begin, and he walked only one whereas hanging out 5 over 82 pitches.
“He’s a good pitcher,” Paul Goldschmidt mentioned after going 1-for-3 within the recreation. “He mixes it up. He’s bought fastball, throwing 97, 98… He was actually utilizing all of his pitches tonight and finding fairly properly.
“I felt like he was ahead 0-1, 0-2, 1-2 on everyone. It’s a good recipe for success, and unfortunately, we didn’t really get anything going those first six innings.”
The efficiency adopted per week of scrutiny for Dobbins, because the 25-year-old vocally inserted himself into baseball’s oldest rivalry when he advised the Boston Herald that he’d retire if the Yankees have been the one workforce to supply him a contract. Dobbins cited his father, Lance, being a diehard Pink Sox fan when explaining his disdain for the pinstripes.
Dobbins additionally advised the Herald that his dad was drafted by the Yankees twice and that the daddy was shut buddies with Bronx legend Andy Pettitte. Nevertheless, the New York Submit reported that these claims have been unfaithful, as Pettitte and Brian Cashman, amongst others, had no recollection of a Lance Dobbins.
Requested about that report, the youthful Dobbins mentioned that he heard these tales rising up and that he had no purpose to fact-check his dad.
Whereas Dobbins dominated the workforce he’ll by no means pitch for in his second begin towards the Yankees — he held them to a few runs over 5 innings on June 8 — New York began to rally within the seventh when Jasson Domínguez and Austin Wells knocked RBI singles off Luis Guerrero and Justin Wilson, respectively.
Nevertheless, Domínguez killed the momentum when he misplaced observe of the depend throughout Trent Grisham’s ensuing at-bat.
Domínguez, apparently pondering Grisham had simply been rung up on strikes when the depend was actually 2-2, strayed too removed from second base. Carlos Narváez then threw right down to second earlier than the confused Domínguez was thrown out at third for the ultimate out of the inning.
Realizing his mistake too late, Domínguez hung his head at third because the Pink Sox ran off the sector.
Oh man… The Pink Sox caught Jasson Dominguez sleeping on the bottom paths!
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That wasn’t the one time sloppiness damage the Yankees on Friday, because the Sox scored their first run on an Anthony Volpe throwing error within the opening inning. Volpe tried a Derek Jeter-style bounce throw within the gap at shortstop, however he bounced the ball previous Paul Goldschmidt at first.
The Sox scored their second run within the fourth inning on a hustle RBI double from Trevor Story. Whereas the shortstop didn’t come round to attain himself, he appeared to catch Grisham and Volpe abruptly as he motored into second base.
Boston crossed the plate once more within the fifth, a body that started with Carlos Rodón hitting Kristian Campbell. The rookie ended up scoring on a Romy Gonzalez double.
Rodón, hit arduous all night time, totaled 5 innings, seven hits, 4 runs (three earned), two walks and 4 strikeouts over 92 pitches. He now has a 3.01 ERA this season.
The Pink Sox bought their final run on a Marcelo Mayer sac fly within the sixth. That got here with Yerry De los Santos on the mound.
The Yankees managed to chop the deficit to 1 within the ninth with a Paul Goldschmidt double and a Volpe groundout, however they fell quick towards Greg Weissert after Wells flew out to finish the sport, stranding Domínguez at second following a two-out double.
The primary-place Yankees, who solely scored one run in Friday’s series-opening loss, have now dropped their final 4 video games towards the fourth-place Pink Sox. They’ll attempt to snap that streak on Sunday with their stopper, Max Fried, on the hill.
The lefty has a 1.84 ERA this season.
Brayan Bello will take the ball for the Pink Sox as they struggle for a sweep on Father’s Day. He has a 3.96 ERA this yr.
Initially Printed: June 14, 2025 at 10:03 PM EDT
