The Boston Red Sox came up short in a number of ways in their Game 2 loss to the New York Yankees on Wednesday night. But left fielder Jarren Duran is taking all the blame for the defeat, which will have the two teams playing a deciding Game 3 Thursday night in the Bronx.

Duran misread a line drive off the bat of Aaron Judge in the bottom of the fifth inning and let the ball fall out of his glove for an RBI single for the Yankees right fielder. The play happened with two outs, so Yankees leadoff man Trent Grisham (who was on second) was off as soon as Judge put lumber on the ball and easily scored to give New York a 3-2 lead.

The Red Sox tied it a few batters later when Trevor Story socked a solo homer, but the Yankees won, 4-3, on an Austin Wells RBI single off Garrett Whitlock in t

See Full Page