Red Sox waste good Rick Porcello start as David Ortiz, John Farrell get tossed in Bronx

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NEW YORK — It wasn’t before a drama-filled ninth inning that saw Boston Red Sox slugger David Ortiz and manager John Farrell ejected as a bid to tie the score came up short, but Rick Porcello’s streak finally came to an end Friday night.

Boston loaded the bases with one out in the ninth against New York Yankees closer Andrew Miller, bringing Ortiz to the plate. When plate umpire Ron Kulpa called a 3-1 pitch for a questionable strike, Farrell was out of the dugout and ejected quickly. On-deck hitter Hanley Ramirez calmed Ortiz to get the desingated hitter back in the box. He took a called third strike. Ortiz went back to the dugout chirping, and then he, too, was ejected, prompting him to charge out to protest to Kulpa. Ramirez struck out swinging to end it.

The Red Sox staked Rick Porcello to a 2-0 lead before he threw a pitch, but the Yankees chipped away and saddled the righty with his first loss. Adam Hunger/USA TODAY Sports

The right-handed Porcello has been the best surprise for the Red Sox rotation this season, having opened the campaign by winning his first five starts. But on his first pitch of the seventh inning, he gave up a home run to Yankees …

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