Yankees’ Sloppy Performance vs. Red Sox Was Worst In 113 Years

The New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox both tried to hand each other Thursday night’s game on a silver platter.

Boston left a staggering 14 runners in scoring position, usually an indicator that a team blew its best chances to win. But the Yankees not only kept giving them those chances — they sometimes handed Boston runs when they didn’t deserve them.

New York made four errors on the evening, including two overthrows that led to multiple free bases on the same play. Boston scored three unearned runs, and was aided in the process by nine walks from Yankees pitching.

Four errors, nine walks. Have you ever even heard of such a combination?

It’s about as rare as it sounds. According to Katie Sharp of Stathead, the last time the Yankees made at least four errors and walked at least nine in a home game was May 11, 1912, the year the Red Sox moved into Fenway Park.

The Yankees were called the New York Highlanders at the time, and their roster featured names like Hippo Vaughn and Paddy Baumann, the two main culprits in that May 11 game against the Detroit Tigers.

There was plenty of blame to go around. Pitcher Luis Gil failed to field a ground ball. Jazz Chisholm and Ben Rice had costly overthrows in the same inning. And first baseman Paul Goldschmidt’s flubbed ground ball allowed the Red Sox to bring rookie sensation Roman Anthony to the plate for the back-breaking two-run homer in the ninth inning.

New York concluded play Thursday with a 4-13 record on the season against the Red Sox and Toronto Blue Jays, the other two top teams in their own division.

Self-inflicted wounds are nothing new for the Yankees (see: World Series Game 5), but they’re still finding new ways to disappoint.

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