The Boston Red Sox will clinch the AL East crown one day soon — but it wasn’t Tuesday night against the rival New York Yankees.
The champagne was on ice and it looked for a while like it might get sprayed around Yankee Stadium. The Red Sox held a 1-0 lead against the Yankees into the seventh inning. The stakes were simple. With Boston’s Magic Number sitting at 2, a win against the Yankees would give them their third straight division title.
But that’s when Neil Walker played spoiler. Walker hit a three-run homer in the seventh off Red Sox reliever Brandon Workman to put the Yankees ahead.