{"id":1427330,"date":"2022-04-10T07:30:12","date_gmt":"2022-04-10T11:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1427330"},"modified":"2022-04-10T07:32:24","modified_gmt":"2022-04-10T11:32:24","slug":"stanton-and-rizzo-home-runs-power-yankees-over-red-sox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/stanton-and-rizzo-home-runs-power-yankees-over-red-sox\/","title":{"rendered":"Stanton and Rizzo Home Runs Power Yankees Over Red Sox"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fstanton-and-rizzo-home-runs-power-yankees-over-red-sox%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1427330&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Giancarlo Stanton finished the 2021 season by mashing against the Red Sox.<\/p>\n<p>The Yankees slugger has started off 2022 by doing more of the same.<\/p>\n<p>Stanton crushed a two-run homer in the sixth inning, his second in as many days, to break a tie and lift the Yankees to a 4-2 win over the Red Sox on Saturday in The Bronx.<\/p>\n<p>Anthony Rizzo also homered for the second straight game and Luis Severino threw three solid innings in his first start in more than two years as the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/04\/09\/yankees-deep-bullpen-already-a-big-weapon\/\">Yankees clinched the series victory and opened a season 2-0<\/a> for the first time since 2018.<\/p>\n<p>For the second day in a row, the Yankees\u2019 bullpen was asked to cover a big chunk of innings and the relievers delivered again, this time throwing six no-hit frames to shut down the Red Sox.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe got a chance to sweep the Red Sox at home,\u201d Rizzo said. \u201cDoesn\u2019t matter when it is in the season, it\u2019s a big game tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Stanton\u2019s decisive blast came with one out in the sixth inning off Red Sox starter Nick Pivetta, who had held the Yankees to three hits up to that point. Stanton took advantage of a hanging slider, driving it 437 feet into the left-field seats in a hurry to snap a 2-2 tie.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/DSC_9132.jpg\"><\/a><figcaption>Giancarlo Stanton gave the Yankees their 4-2 lead with a two-run blast in the sixth inning.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Robert Sabo<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/DSC_9132-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"809\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/DSC_9132-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"Giancarlo Stanton is embraced in the Yankees dugout after his home run.\" class=\"wp-image-21844489\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/DSC_9132-1.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/DSC_9132-1.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/DSC_9132-1.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/DSC_9132-1.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=512 512w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Giancarlo Stanton is embraced in the Yankees dugout after his home run.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Robert Sabo<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n\t<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cWhen G gets locked in, that\u2019s what happens,\u201d manager Aaron Boone said. \u201cSo finishing last year on a high note like he was and now coming off what I thought was a really meaningful and purposeful spring for him into this season, I just think he\u2019s in a really good mental and physical space right now. That can be the result with a great player.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Including his line-drive home run in Friday\u2019s 11-inning win, Stanton has homered in six consecutive games against the Red Sox \u2014 including a late-September series and the AL wild-card game at Fenway Park \u2014 while batting 12-for-24 with 14 RBIs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe didn\u2019t execute the most important one last year [the AL wild-card game], I know that, so just focused on right now,\u201d Stanton said. \u201cI had two fortunate ones to help us win this year. Just gotta keep it going.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/DSC_8180.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"789\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/DSC_8180.jpg\" alt=\"Luis Severino pitches Saturday during the Yankees&#039; win over the Red Sox.\" class=\"wp-image-21844486\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/DSC_8180.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/DSC_8180.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/DSC_8180.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/DSC_8180.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=512 512w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Luis Severino pitches Saturday during the Yankees\u2019 win over the Red Sox. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Robert Sabo<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/DSC_8781.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"728\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/DSC_8781.jpg\" alt=\"Anthony Rizzo\" class=\"wp-image-21844488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/DSC_8781.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/DSC_8781.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/DSC_8781.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/DSC_8781.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=512 512w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Anthony Rizzo\u2019s fourth-inning home run tied the game at 2-2.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Robert Sabo<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Severino, making his first start since the 2019 ALCS (he was limited to just six relief innings since then because of Tommy John surgery and various setbacks), lasted one batter into the fourth inning in an overall encouraging, if brief, debut. He struck out five and averaged 97.8 mph on his fastball, though he gave up five hits and his return was blemished by a two-run homer from Alex Verdugo in the second inning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s been a long time, but I remember very well how it feels,\u201d Severino said. \u201cI\u2019m gonna do anything to help my team win.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/DSC_8781-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"947\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/DSC_8781-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"Anthony Rizzo celebrates after his game-tying two-run home run.\" class=\"wp-image-21844487\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/DSC_8781-1.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/DSC_8781-1.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/DSC_8781-1.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/DSC_8781-1.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=512 512w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Anthony Rizzo celebrates after his game-tying two-run home run. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Robert Sabo<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>After Ron Marinaccio made his MLB debut by relieving Severino and working out of trouble to record a memorable scoreless frame with two strikeouts, Rizzo came through with his two-run shot off Pivetta to tie the score 2-2 in the bottom of the fourth inning.<\/p>\n<p>From there, Stanton turned two hard-hit ground balls in his first two at-bats into an elevated hard-hit ball in his third for the go-ahead home run while a parade of Yankees relievers dominated the Red Sox.<\/p>\n<p>After the bullpen gave up just one earned run over seven innings on Friday, the relievers combined for six more shutout innings Saturday to put the Yankees in a position to complete the sweep on Sunday night.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s really fun to watch and good to be behind them and not in the box against them,\u201d Stanton said. \u201cThey\u2019re nasty and they\u2019re going to be tough for guys all year.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Giancarlo Stanton finished the 2021 season by mashing against the Red Sox. The Yankees slugger has started off 2022 by doing more of the same. 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