Jarren Duran’s walk-off single in the 10th inning completed a brutal four-game sweep for the Red Sox at Fenway Park, and one Yankees streamer’s meltdown perfectly captured what every fan in the Bronx was feeling.
As soon as Duran’s RBI single off Fernando Cruz sealed the deal, Yankees streamer Joseph Solano completely lost it on his live stream.
“You forgot this f–ing team, bro! I f–ing paid this shit, bro! Why the f— did I turn this s–t on, bro? Why the f— I did this s–t to myself, bro? I was playing Batman, bro. Chillin’, bro. Why the f— did I turn this s–t on, bro? These motherf—— ran away to ruin my f—ing night, bro.”
That’s the raw emotion of a fan who’s watched his team get embarrassed by their biggest rival. Solano blamed himself for staying loyal to a team that keeps breaking his heart.
What made it worse? Getting swept by Boston.
“By the b-m-a– Red Sox, bro. The worst team in the AL, bro. Don’t f—ing swat! Don’t f—ing swat, B! Come on! F–king a–! F–king cheeks! You got no hit by Sonny Gray for mad long, and he done walked off on us.”
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Solano streams all 162 regular-season games – that’s dedication you don’t see every day. His loyalty runs deep, but even he couldn’t handle this series.
Sunday’s loss was particularly painful. The Yankees managed just zero hits through seven innings against Red Sox ace Sonny Gray. Meanwhile, Boston jumped ahead 2-0 in the fourth off Carlos Rodon.
The Yankees showed fight in the ninth, erasing that two-run deficit. They even took a 4-2 lead in the 10th by capitalizing on Boston’s mistakes.
But it lasted all of a few minutes.
The Red Sox answered with three runs of their own to complete the comeback and the sweep. That’s baseball’s cruelest twist – hope followed by heartbreak.
Sunday’s game had extra drama too. Jazz Chisholm Jr. got tossed in the sixth after arguing a controversial check-swing call. The Yankees also had their chance to end it in the ninth against Aroldis Chapman, but couldn’t capitalize.
The sweep drops New York to 48-35, putting them one game behind the Tampa Bay Rays for the AL East lead. Getting swept by your rival is bad enough – watching it cost you first place makes it even worse.
For fans like Solano, it’s the kind of series that makes you question why you put yourself through this every summer. But come tomorrow, he’ll probably be right back streaming the next game, hoping this time will be different.
