Jake Bennett Accomplished This Career-First Against Feeble Yankees Lineup
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The Boston Red Sox have been recipients of outstanding pitching on all three nights of the series against the New York Yankees.
On Saturday night, it was Triple-A call-up Jake Bennett, who was pitching in just his fourth game since replacing Brayan Bello, who put together a career night.
Bennett carried a Red Sox no-hitter into the fifth inning for the second night in a row. It wasn't until Max Schuemann squared up a first-pitch fastball and deposited it into the batter's eye in straight-away center field that the slumping Yankees were able to record their first and only run of the night with two outs in the fifth inning.
The home run was the only hit Bennett allowed in the first six full innings of his start.
Interim manager Chad Tracy made the decision to send Bennett out in the seventh. He allowed a weak infield single to the first batter before giving Cody Bellinger a pitch to hit as well. He struck out Jasson Dominguez in what would be the last at-bat of his outing.
Bennett's final line read: 6.1 innings pitched, three hits, one earned run, three strikeouts and two walks.
More impressively, Tim Healey of the Boston Globe reported after the game that Saturday was the first time in Bennett's pro career, Majors or minors, that the rookie had pitched into the seventh inning of a start.
Bennett's ERA was lowered to a respectable 3.27 on the season as the Red Sox pulled off a third consecutive victory over the first-place Yankees.
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