Yankees’ Carlos Rodón, bullpen can’t keep Red Sox in yard to drop series
By: Max Goodman | Published: 2025-06-09 02:34:00 | Source: www.nj.com
NEW YORK — The Yankees wasted no time on Sunday night responding to Hunter Dobbins’ viral comment about never wanting to pitch in pinstripes, taking an immediate lead against the Red Sox right-hander.
Dobbins had said earlier this weekend that he would rather retire from baseball than agree to pitch for the Yankees, strong words coming from a rookie with an entire career ahead of him.
But Dobbins and his Beantown teammates had the last laugh in Sunday’s rubber match. They were able to erase an early deficit, take a late and pour it on late, all via the home run ball.
What looked like a close, low-scoring ballgame in the early innings quickly turned into a slugfest, a frustrating 11-7 loss for the Yankees — a series loss to a team that stumbled into this three-game set in fourth…
