Will Judge ever be able to stay healthy?

NEWYORK— This was a few days ago and Aaron Judge was sitting in the Yankees dugout using a hand-held massage device on his side.

The YES Network camera next to the dugout caught it. Judge looked over to the cameraperson and pointed two fingers at his eyes and then pointed at the field.

Judge’s message: Don’t point that thing at me. Point it at the action on the diamond.

My message after Judge was held out of Wednesday’s lineup because of a sore side: Keep it up, you intrepid cameraperson.

Once again, the real action with Judge is taking place in the trainer’s room, with a TimTam or some such device, and not on the field.

And Yankees fans’ joy over Judge’s hot start has to be

to be a different feeling. But nothing changes. Weneed to work to get better.”

Ryan Yarbrough (0-1), who pitched 5 ⅔ shutout innings in his first outing this season, added three more scoreless before Bogaerts singled in a run and scored on Vázquez’s line drive over the Green Monster in the fourth. Vázquez also homered on Tuesday night to tie it in the ninth inning before Boston won it in the 12th; he caught the entire game.

“He needed a break, but obviously he’s really good against lefties,” Cora said. “He’s one of the toughest ones in that clubhouse. He wants to play every day. That catching position is a tough one; He nails it.”

Boston added six in the fifth — all with two outs — thanks to sloppy Tampa fielding.

Martinez doubled with runners on first and second to score two runs — his major league-leading sixth double this season. Bogaerts singled on a hardhit ball that shortstop Willy Adames couldn’t handle, then Vázquez followed with an RBI single.

Hunter Renfroe then hit a grounder to shortstop and Adames threw it wide of first base. As the ball rolled around in the netting above the photo pit next to the dugout, both Bogaerts and Vázquez scored.

Christian Arroyo followed with a double to make it 9-1 and send the Rays to their fourth straight loss. In all, Yarbrough was charged with a career-high nine runs — six of them earned — and nine hits in five innings.

Martinez, who homered in the 2020 finale, is the first Red Sox payer with at least one extra-base hit in each of the team’s first six games since David Ortiz started the 2005 season with six straight. Martinez also has had two or more RBIs in each of the last four games.

Boston had double-digit hits for the third straight game.

“I feel like we have one of the best offenses in baseball,” said Eovaldi, who has allowed one or zero runs in each of his last six starts dating to Aug. 20. “Other teams are sleeping on us right now, which is fine. I feel like we’re going to be able to go out there and compete.”

Late Tuesday Red Sox 6, Rays 5 (12):

Randy Ar oz arena got twisted around in deep right field on J.D. Martinez’s two-run double with two outs in the bottom of the 12th inning, lifting the Red Sox.

The Rays were in line to win before Christian Vázquez belted Diego Castillo’s 0-2 pitch over the Green Monster for a tying homer leading off the ninth. Martinez had an RBI double in the eighth for the Red Sox, who won their second straight after an 0-3 start.

Manuel Margot hit a two-run single for the Rays, who wasted a strong six-inning effort by starter Tyler Glasnow. Tampa Bay lost the series opener 11-2 on Monday night and has dropped three in a row.

Boston starter Martín Pérez gave up three runs on five hits, striking out six and walking two in five innings. He was pulled after walking the leadoff hitter in the sixth.