Jake Diekman closes the door on the Yankees in the ninth, Bobby Dalbec connects for his first homer of 2022
It wasn’t pretty but the Red Sox earned their first win of the 2022 season. Bobby Dalbec hit a go-ahead home run in the top of the sixth inning giving the Sox the 4-3 lead. That score would hold as the Red Sox bullpen slammed the door shut on the Yankees.
Ryan Brasier, Kutter Crawford, Matt Strahm, Hansel Robles and Jake Diekman combined for 5 ⅔ scoreless innings. Diekman would come in the ninth to earn his first save of the season.
The left-hander struck out Aaron Judge, Giancarlo Stanton and Joey Gallo in the bottom of the ninth.
After an 11 pitch at-bat against Judge, he made quick work against Stanton and Gallo. The save was the 15th of Diekman’s career.
Bobby Dalbec connects for his first home run of the season
Dalbec smashed his first home run of the season. The power hitting first baseman led off the sixth inning hitting Yankees reliever Clarke Schmidt’s sinker into the right field seats.
Dalbec now has 34 home runs and 95 RBIs in 159 career games with Boston. He hit 25 homers as a rookie last season but batted .240 with 156 strikeouts in 133 games. Dalbec improved tremendously in the second half, posting a .955 OPS and driving in 42 runs over 61 games.
Rookie Kutter Crawford would earn the win after pitching nicely in two inngings striking out three batters.
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