▶Yankees beaten for fourth straight time by rival Red Sox; New York’s Britton exits with injury.
Beat rival New York for 4th straight time; Britton injures left leg
Hunter Renfroe had two RBIS, including a go-ahead sacrifice fly in the third inning, and Boston’s pitchers held New York scoreless over the final seven innings to help the Red Sox post a 5-3 win over the Yankees on Friday night.
It was Boston’s fourth straight win over its rival, a streak that started with a three-game sweep in New York earlier in the month. Boston opened this three-game series in second place in the AL East, 31⁄2 games ahead of third-place New York.
The announced attendance of 36,869 was the first sellout of the season since Fenway went back to full capacity on May 29 for the first time since the start of the pandemic.
New York reliever Zack Britton came out of the game in the eighth with what appeared to be a left hamstring injury.
Boston starter Martin Perez allowed six hits and three runs over 32⁄3 innings, walking two and striking out three before being replaced by Hirokazu Sawamura.
Sawamura pitched 11⁄3 scoreless innings, turning it over to Garrett Whitlock (3-1) in the sixth, who got the win after allowing no runs and one hit over two innings. Adam Ottavino pitched a scoreless eighth, handing it over to Matt Barnes.
Barnes allowed two hits in the ninth but struck out Clint Frazier and got DJ Lemahieu to hit into a game-ending double play to pick up his 16th save.
New York’s Domingo German (4-5) pitched four innings, yielding five hits and all four runs while striking out three and walking one to take the loss. Boston’s bats got going early. Bogaerts put the Red Sox up 2-0 in the first with a two-run double to center field. He then scored on Renfroe’s double to left field.
The Yankees got all the runs back in the second, courtesy of some shaky defense by Boston. Giancarlo Stanton led off with a walk, followed by Luke Voit’s single.
With one out Gia Urshela reached on an error by Bogaerts, loading the bases.
Miguel Andujar struck out,
but Perez walked Frazier to put the Yankees on the scoreboard. Lemahieu then tied the game up with a two-run single.
K Corner
RHP Esteban Loaisiga became the third Yankees pitcher to strike out four in an inning when he did it in the seventh, joining A.J. Burnett in the sixth inning against Colorado on June 24, 2011, and Phil Hughes against Toronto in the fourth inning on Sept. 20, 2012. Michael Chavis reached on a wild pitch as he struck out, and Alex Verdugo, J.D. Martinez and Xander Bogaerts fanned in order.
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