{"id":3597,"date":"2026-06-26T04:36:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T04:36:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=3597"},"modified":"2026-06-26T04:36:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T04:36:16","slug":"red-sox-finally-get-to-cam-schlittler-take-advantage-of-four-yankees-errors-to-win-series-opener","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=3597","title":{"rendered":"Red Sox finally get to Cam Schlittler, take advantage of four Yankees errors to win series opener"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<div>\n<p><span>The Yankees arrived at Fenway Park on Thursday night with the best record in the American League, the Red Sox with the worst.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=3595\">After once pitching in a Red Sox uniform at Fenway Park, Cam Schlittler\u2019s one that got away \u2014 to the Yankees<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>The Sox also had the disadvantage of having arrived home from a road trip long after the sun came up because of mechanical issues with their chartered flight from Denver.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>But when you put these teams together, no matter what the standings say, things happen you don\u2019t expect.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span>This time it was the Sox scoring six unearned runs to beat their rivals, 6-3, before a sellout crowd of 36,307 at Fenway Park.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>That\u2019s not all. Caleb Durbin, who thought he had broken his left little finger on Wednesday, was 2 for 3 with a walk and what proved to be the game-winning two-run homer off Yankees ace Cam Schlittler in the fifth inning.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIt\u2019s been a crazy day,\u201d Durbin said.<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><span>Get Starting Point<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span>A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><label>Enter Email<\/label><\/p>\n<div><button>Sign Up<\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>And one desperately needed by the Sox, who had lost seven of their previous 10 games. But four errors by the Yankees provided the adrenaline they needed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWe didn\u2019t quit. We didn\u2019t give it away,\u201d said interim manager Chad Tracy, who experienced his first Yankees-Sox game at Fenway. \u201cI know they\u2019re tired. I\u2019m tired. We\u2019re all going to go home and sleep.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Schlittler dominated the Red Sox in two previous starts this season, allowing two earned runs over 13\u2154 innings. The Walpole native had a 2-0 lead through four innings in Round 3 before it was the Yankees who looked sleepy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Masataka Yoshida walked to lead off the fifth inning before Ceddanne Rafaela singled. Wilyer Abreu struck out looking at a triple-digit fastball on the inside corner.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Willson Contreras followed with a 112.8-mile-per-hour ground ball to third base. It should have been an inning-ending double play, but the ball went through the legs of Amed Rosario, allowing Yoshida to score.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Rafaela scored on a sacrifice fly to shallow left field by Jarren Duran as Jose Caballero made a weak throw to the plate. It seemed like a daring dash for Rafaela, but the Sox knew they could run on Caballero.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Schlittler had a chance to limit the damage, but Durbin belted a full-count cutter into the Monster Seats for a two-run homer and a 4-2 lead.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cJust gave him a lot of opportunities early on. Made a mistake there at the end to Durbin. I paid for it,\u201d Schlittler said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=3593\">Rob Rassey invigorated to be back with Harvard men\u2019s ice hockey, and thinks the Crimson can compete right now<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>Durbin batted with his injured finger taped to his ring finger. That allowed him to grip the bat at least somewhat comfortably.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI was just happy to be out there,\u201d said Durbin, who has hit .329 with a .976 OPS, 14 extra-base hits, and 16 RBIs in his last 24 games after slumping for the better part of two months.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Sox added two runs in the eighth inning when another Yankees error helped fuel a rally. A poor throw from shortstop Anthony Volpe on what could have been an inning-ending double play also played a role.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWe just didn\u2019t do a good job of taking care of the ball tonight,\u201d Yankees manager Aaron Boone said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It was an important game for lefthander Connelly Early. He and Payton Tolle, who starts Friday night, left Colorado on Tuesday to get out of the high altitude and rest back in Boston.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>That made Early the only player in the lineup who wasn\u2019t half-zombie to start the game. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cAlways want to pick up the boys when I can. They didn\u2019t get much sleep,\u201d said Early, who allowed two runs over six innings and struck out nine to improve to 7-5. He retired the final seven batters he faced, four by strikeout.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Sox bullpen inherited a 4-2 lead. Greg Weissert walked Jazz Chisholm leading off the seventh, and the Yankees manufactured a run to cut the lead to 4-3.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Aroldis Chapman, who shockingly allowed three runs on Monday for his first blown save of the season, loaded the bases with two outs in the ninth.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Ben Rice, the Cohasset native who leads the Yankees with 53 RBIs, grounded a ball up the first-base line. Chapman raced off the mound to snag the ball, spun, and made the throw to first. It was only his second assist of the season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Garrett Whitlock, who pitched a scoreless eighth inning, said he napped for 30 minutes in the clubhouse before the game.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=3591\">Players\u2019 reaction to MLB\u2019s latest labor deal proposals make interrupted 2027 season more likely<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cOne of those days,\u201d he said. \u201cBut it worked out.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Walpole native dominated Boston in two earlier starts, and had a shutout through four innings before the Sox struck after missing earlier opportunities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3596,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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