Yankees sailing as their rivals, the Red Sox, fall into complete chaos
With their 8-3 win on Saturday night, the first place Yankees have won eight straight games.
HOUSTON – Now churning like a hurricane through the AL, the first-place Yankees won their eighth straight game Saturday night. And this Yankee run had a hand in the utter chaos happening in Boston. Moments before the Yankees’ first pitch at Daikin Park, on the way to an 8-3 victory against the stumbling Astros , news about the Red Sox reached Aaron Boone.
“I wasn’t sure if it was true initially,’’ the Yankees manager said of hearing that Boston manager Alex Cora and several coaches had been let go. “I had heard whispers of it as we were walking out (to the field),’’ said Boone. “So, yeah, certainly surprising and probably caught us off guard.
’’ Two nights prior, the Yankees completed a three-game sweep of their ancient rivals at Fenway Park, limiting the Red Sox to three runs in 27 innings and leaving them in the AL East basement. Boone and Cora have been good friends since their ESPN analyst days, and “I have a feeling he’ll do whatever he wants,’’ Boone said of a manager with a world championship pedigree. “He’s a great manager, smart, talented person that I’m sure will have a lot of opportunities available to him,’’ said Boone, who was “very shocked’’ by Cora’s dismissal.
More than anything last week, the Yanks exposed more cracks in the Red Sox’s roster design, with a pedestrian offense and a pitching staff trying to stay afloat due to injuries. Austin Wells comes through After the game, the Yankees still hadn’t decided on Giancarlo Stanton’s status. Unavailable on Saturday due to tightness in his right calf, Stanton remained a candidate for the injured list.