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Yanks, Red Sox both 0-3 for only second time
It may be only three losses, but for just the second time in Major League
history both the Yankees and Red Sox are 0-3 after each team was swept in its
season-opening series.
The only other time the two American League East powers both failed to win a
game in their first three contests was 1966. In that season, the Red Sox and
Yankees went on to finish ninth and 10th, respectively, in the 10-team
American League.
Boston posted a 72-90 record, while the Yankees went just 70-89 for their
seventh-worst winning percentage in club history. Considering the teams have
played less than two percent of their games, there's no need to put much
stock in these numbers. The fact remains though, that the last time both
these teams sat winless at this point, Lyndon Johnson was still in office.
"We've all been through three-game losing streaks, but because it's the
beginning of the year, it seems to be magnified a bit," Yankees manager Joe
Girardi said. "This has been a team that over the years has been very
resilient, and I expect to see that again."
New York, in fact, had six losing streaks of three or more games last season
and the Red Sox had eight, including an 0-6 run to start the season.
The nature of some of the losses have made the winless starts especially
painful, with each team squandering at least one ninth-inning lead on its way
to getting swept. Yankees closer Mariano Rivera blew his first save
opportunity of the season as the Rays rallied to win the season opener, 7-6.
The Red Sox outdid their rivals on Sunday, blowing a three-run, ninth-inning
lead and then scoring two in the 11th en route to a 13-12 walk-off loss to
the Tigers.
Sunday's loss brought along another piece of history for the Red Sox, as it
marked just the seventh time in franchise history and the first since 1970
that Boston put up 12 or more runs and still lost.
Boston will try to avoid its second consecutive 0-4 start to the season when
the Sox travel to Toronto on Monday. As for the Yankees, a loss to the
Orioles on Monday would drop them to 0-4 for just the third time in club
history, and the first since 1973.
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隨著這對世仇組合今日分別不敵光芒和老虎之後 自 1966 年以來第二次兩隊開季三連敗
那一年兩隊當然也是成績不是很理想 紅襪 72 - 90 洋基 70 - 89 兩隊包辦末二位
那時候兩聯盟還是單一分區的時代 兩隊分別排名第九和第十位 位居美聯墊底
洋基去年有六次三連敗或是更多 而紅襪去年包含開季六戰全敗在內總共有八次
紅襪今日以 12 : 13 敗北 象徵著隊史第七次 以及自 1970 年以來第一次得到 12 分
或是更多時 球隊仍然輸球的情況
洋基明日將遭遇金鳥 要避免自 1973 年以來第一次開季四戰全敗的窘境
而紅襪不想重蹈去年六戰全敗的狀況 面對藍鳥的比賽將力求本季的首勝