The Yankees and Red Sox turned a tied game into chaos late on Sunday Night Baseball. In the bottom of the seventh, the Red Sox had a go-ahead runner on second when Kyle Schwarber popped up a routine third out. DJ LeMahieu camped under it and dropped it. The inning continued, and so did the blunders. Joey Gallo followed up by misplaying another routine fly ball, letting the go-ahead run score. He managed to throw out Schwarber at second, but the damage was done.
The Yankees tried to mount a comeback in the eighth but ran into more confusion. Tyler Wade got thrown out trying to steal second after thinking DJ LeMahieu fouled off the pitch. LeMahieu hadn’t swung, and Wade stopped running for no reason. Anthony Rizzo then hit a ball into the gap with a chance to tie it, but LeMahieu didn’t score from first. Rizzo barely made it into second safely, though the throw could have easily gotten him. With two runners on, Aaron Judge stepped up and hit a routine fly ball for what should have been a third out. Bobby Dalbec dropped it. Judge got another life after the catcher dropped a foul tip on strike three, which couldn’t be reviewed. On the next pitch, he ripped a double to left center to give the Yankees the lead, dislocating his finger on the slide.
Then Giancarlo Stanton crushed a moonshot over the Green Monster. Reactions in the crowd ranged from stunned silence to disbelief. By the end, both teams had racked up errors and odd plays, but the Yankees came out on top in one of the sloppiest and most bizarre games in recent memory.