Boston Red Sox: It’s beyond time David Price called Yankees his daddy
After dominating on the mound his past few starts, Boston Red Sox lefty David Price had his usual problems with the New York Yankees.
Take a deep breath, relax, focus and just deliver. Those are the things going through the mind of Boston Red Sox lefty David Price when he steps on the mound against the New York Yankees.
But, whatever the reason, it just never seems to happen that way against that uniform in that stadium. One would think that the pitcher who has looked worth every penny of his $217 million contract over the past couple months would find a way to solve his woes in Yankee Stadium.
Fate certainly set Price up to turn the corner against the team that he just has to call his daddy. At least he is in good company with Pedro Martinez in succumbing to that fact over a decade ago.
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You see, David Price has had some of his worst starts against the New York Yankees. With a chance to change that narrative and help his team pop the champagne as American League East champions, Price had another bad start.
At this point, it just has to be mental. Over 5 1/3 innings, the revived ace gave up five hits and six runs, including two homers from some guy named Luke Voit.
Disappointing? Yes.
Red Sox manager Alex Cora summed it up following Wednesday night’s latest debacle.
"“It’s disappointing, because what we set to do in every series is to win it,” Cora said, via MLB.com. “We don’t have a chance to win the series. Show up tomorrow, we know where it stands. Try to win the game and make it a happy flight.”"
With a magic number of two, a single victory wins the division, but Price’s performance puts a damper on the bigger pitcher. The lefty is a key player in this team’s hopes of getting past either the Cleveland Indians, Houston Astros or Yankees (or some combination of the two).
Frustrating? Indeed.
Losing 10-1 to those New York Yankees is never a good thing. But, when it is David Price regressing to his struggling ways against a team he could very well face in the playoffs, it’s depressing because there is not much confidence – it was low to begin with – in Price being reliable in the postseason.
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He certainly feels the frustration and once again recognizes his mistakes on the mound.
"“I didn’t make as good pitches, especially later on in the count,” Price said. “I left some balls up and they did what you’re supposed to do with those pitches. Anytime you give up a home run it’s frustrating, but everybody is playing in the same park. It’s not like the fences move back when they hit or move forward when they hit. So it’s part of it.”"
David Price went on to say he has to get better and produce whenever he is handed the ball in whatever stadium against whatever team. Now 0-6 with a whopping 9.79 ERA in six games at Yankee Stadium as a member of the Boston Red Sox, Price vows he’ll turn it around.
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The main question is when? We’ve certainly heard that before. Maybe if he just recognizes that the New York Yankees just have his number, he’ll do better against them. That is when Red Sox Nation will truly embrace David Price.