David Price’s latest outing against the New York Yankees on Sunday could have been much worse.
The Boston Red Sox starter gave up a whopping 11 hits in the Bronx, walking one with only one strikeout over 5 2/3 innings, but he minimized the damage to just three runs, a two-run deficit the Red Sox’s offense should have been able to come back from. In short, Price wasn’t bad. But the Red Sox are expecting him to be great.
Price was leaving pitches over the plate, and the left-hander couldn’t nail down a put-away pitch. After the game, he was forced to harp on the same thing he has all season: execution.
“Even when I was ahead (in the cou…